[GENERAL] input from a external text file......!

2006-03-11 Thread AKHILESH GUPTA
Hi All.! I just want to know one thing that is it possible with PGSQL that, if I want to insert and execute a query from a external text file instead of giving it at the pgsql prompt? just like in Oracle the file having query is executed with a '@ filename' statement at the sql

Re: [GENERAL] [SQL] input from a external text file......!

2006-03-11 Thread PFC
inside psql, type : \i filename On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:29:20 +0100, AKHILESH GUPTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All.! I just want to know one thing that is it possible with PGSQL that, if I want to insert and execute a query from a external text file instead of giving it at

Re: [GENERAL] in Pl/PgSQL, do commit every 5000 records

2006-03-11 Thread Florian G. Pflug
Emi Lu wrote: Florian G. Pflug wrote: snipped code of stored procedure Are you aware of the insert into table (field1, ..., fieldn) select val1, .., valn from command? It'd be much faster to use that it it's possible... It did faster. Thank you Florian. Could you hint me why insert

Re: [GENERAL] Can the PostgreSQL store the Multimedia files

2006-03-11 Thread Christopher Browne
In the last exciting episode, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hallo, I am working with a group on a Gradute project and we use the PostgreSQL database for build an information system for a school. we have a small question: - Can the PostgreSQL store the Multimedia files ( Images ,video

[GENERAL] hi problem with installing postgresql8.1

2006-03-11 Thread venu gopal
Hi all, I am new to pgsql family.I had a problem with installing postgres8.1 i was getting the following error at the 4th step of installation the error is as follows: Data directory error: The specified data directory is not empty If you have an existing database with teh same major

Re: [GENERAL] hi problem with installing postgresql8.1

2006-03-11 Thread Tino Wildenhain
venu gopal schrieb: Hi all, I am new to pgsql family.I had a problem with installing postgres8.1 i was getting the following error at the 4th step of installation the error is as follows: Data directory error: The specified data directory is not empty If you have an existing

[GENERAL] Table locks and serializable transactions.

2006-03-11 Thread Bill Moseley
I need to insert a row, but how that row is inserted depends on the number of items existing in the table. I initially thought SERIALIZABLE would help, but that only keeps me from seeing changes until the commit in that session. Am I correct that if I need to insert a row into a table that

[GENERAL] hi problem again with installing postgres8.1

2006-03-11 Thread venu gopal
Hi Tino Wildenhain, Sorry for irritating you with my problems.Every time i run my installing it gives different problems and rolls back.Once when i move with account name as postgres it gives problem as user account exists and rollsback. If i try with different user it gives problem as

Re: [GENERAL] questions?

2006-03-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:59:13PM +1100, Chris wrote: xia_pw wrote: Hi,I have read the source codes of pgsql these days,and I want to know which part of the source codes deal with the function of executing the sql(select,alter,and so on),and which function deal with the query

Re: [GENERAL] Any Delphi programmers on this list?

2006-03-11 Thread Daniel Schuchardt
So whats the problem? Frank Church schrieb: I need to access PostgreSQL on a low level using libpq.dll. Are there any programmers using Delphi here? Free Pascal users is also fine. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the

[GENERAL] Autovacuum Daemon Disrupting dropdb?

2006-03-11 Thread Thomas F. O'Connell
I administer a network where a postgres database on one machine is nightly dumped to another machine where it is restored (for verification purposes) once the dump completes. The process is roughly: pg_dump remotedb dropdb localdb pg_restore remotedb.pgd We recently upgraded the system to

Re: [GENERAL] Autovacuum Daemon Disrupting dropdb?

2006-03-11 Thread Matthew T. O'Connor
Thomas F. O'Connell wrote: I administer a network where a postgres database on one machine is nightly dumped to another machine where it is restored (for verification purposes) once the dump completes. The process is roughly: pg_dump remotedb dropdb localdb pg_restore remotedb.pgd We

Re: [GENERAL] Autovacuum Daemon Disrupting dropdb?

2006-03-11 Thread Thomas F. O'Connell
On Mar 11, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matthew T. O'Connor wrote: Thomas F. O'Connell wrote: I administer a network where a postgres database on one machine is nightly dumped to another machine where it is restored (for verification purposes) once the dump completes. The process is roughly:

Re: [GENERAL] Autovacuum Daemon Disrupting dropdb?

2006-03-11 Thread Tom Lane
Matthew T. O'Connor matthew@zeut.net writes: I suppose you could instead: connect to local postmaster disable autovacuum pg_dump remotedb dropdb localdb pg_restore remotedb.pgd enable autovacuum For a real solution, perhaps DROP DATABASE could somehow look to determine if there's an