[GENERAL] only the last 3 records

2008-09-27 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, maybe it's a stupid question, but i do not remember how to query a table and to request only the latest 3 added records. How can i do that (i have a field time and a field date) ? thx. -- Alain Windows XP SP3 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache

Re: [GENERAL] only the last 3 records

2008-09-27 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Sat, dem 27.09.2008, um 9:13:48 +0200 mailte Alain Roger folgendes: Hi, maybe it's a stupid question, but i do not remember how to query a table and to request only the latest 3 added records. How can i do that (i have a field time and a field date) ? ... order by this field desc

[GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(

2008-09-27 Thread Alain Roger
Hi, i have a schema called : test_survey i have within this schema this table: CREATE TABLE test_survey.accounts ( ID bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('test_survey.accounts_ID_seq'::regclass), login character varying(300) NOT NULL, pwd character varying(100) NOT NULL, creation_date

Re: [GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(

2008-09-27 Thread Glyn Astill
when i write the following query i get the error :ERROR: relation accounts_id_seq does not exist SET search_path = test_survey; insert into accounts values (nextval('accounts_ID_seq'),'[EMAIL PROTECTED]','ab4ef51934f2d3f02f1a','11/19/2007 15:46:09'); why ? It's lowercasing the

Re: [GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(

2008-09-27 Thread Alain Roger
if i double-quote it, postgre tells me that the column accounts_id_seq does not exist. On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Glyn Astill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when i write the following query i get the error :ERROR: relation accounts_id_seq does not exist SET search_path = test_survey;

Re: [GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(

2008-09-27 Thread Martin Gainty
you'll need to reference the column with the correct camel_case as accounts_ID_seq != accounts_id_seq hint: next time you create a table keep the table and column names lowercase Martin __ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this

Re: [GENERAL] sequence... my nightmare :-(

2008-09-27 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Alain Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if i double-quote it, postgre tells me that the column accounts_id_seq does not exist. You almost got it. You need to doublequote to tell nextval with capitalization correctly, then single quote that so the query planner

Re: [GENERAL] Minor bug/inconveniance with restore from backup, using PITR base backup and archived wal files

2008-09-27 Thread Tommy Gildseth
Tom Lane wrote: Tommy Gildseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After a bit of looking around, and with some help from the fine people in #postgresql on freenode, I think I figured out what was going on. The last wal archive file was 00010003009F, and after finishing recovery, postgresql