[GENERAL]

2009-08-04 Thread sweta
Hello , I know this is not the right place to post following query... but any help offered will help me a lot :) Can anyone tell me how to stop slony (its a postgres replication system ) I tried slon_kill but it says bash-3.2$ /usr/bin/slon_kill slon_kill.pl... Killing all

Re: [GENERAL]

2009-08-04 Thread sweta
Hello , You can use kill pid command to kill the slon daemons, find the pid's of the cluster and kill. But that is not totally right :P . If there is no other way we will use it.. But I want to stop slony properly using slony command. :) Regards , Sweta. -- Sent

Re: [GENERAL]

2009-08-04 Thread Glyn Astill
From: sw...@opspl.com sw...@opspl.com Subject: Re: [GENERAL] To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Date: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009, 11:03 AM Hello ,              You can use kill pid command to kill the slon daemons, find the pid's of the cluster and kill.      But that is

Re: [GENERAL] character 0xe29986 of encoding UTF8 has no equivalent in LATIN2

2009-08-04 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 4 Aug 2009, at 24:57, Andreas Kalsch wrote: I think the real problem is: Where do you lose the original encoding the users input their data with? If you specify that encoding on the connection and send it to a database that can handle UTF-8 then you shouldn't be getting any conversion

Re: [GENERAL] Refer to another database

2009-08-04 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 4 Aug 2009, at 7:43, Andreas Kalsch wrote: 1) I have to rewrite many lines of code = time Why? You do know that you can set multiple schemas in search_path do you? It's a path ;) Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll see there is no

[GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
I've create or replace function(... declare col1 varchar(32); ... create table pippo( col1 varchar(32), ... Unfortunately I can't schema specify the column to avoid name overlap. Is there another way other than just simply rename the variable? thanks -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo

[GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Hi Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the derby database does ? Paul -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription:

Re: [GENERAL] Refer to another database

2009-08-04 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article 4a77c4af.2060...@gmx.de, Andreas Kalsch andreaskal...@gmx.de writes: To be completely in context of a schema - so that I can use all tables without the prefix - I have to reset the search_path very often. Why? Just say ALTER DATABASE foo SET search_path = public, bar, baz once and

Re: [GENERAL] character 0xe29986 of encoding UTF8 has no equivalent in LATIN2

2009-08-04 Thread Andreas Kalsch
Alban, what I do to simplify the data chain: HTTP encoding PHP string encoding client connection server - all is UTF8. Plus invalid byte check in PHP (or server). What I have tested inside Postgres is entering a 3 byte UTF8 character to this function. And I have got an error. This is a

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Sam Mason
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 02:20:00PM +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: create or replace function(... declare col1 varchar(32); Unfortunately I can't schema specify the column to avoid name overlap. I think this is a limitation of plpgsql's parser; I tend to declare local variables with

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Sam Mason
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the derby database does ? No, and I think the consensus is that this would be bad. See:

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the derby database does ? No, and I think the consensus is that this

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the derby database

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: I've create or replace function(... declare  col1 varchar(32); ...  create table pippo(    col1 varchar(32), ... Unfortunately I can't schema specify the column to avoid name overlap. Is there another way other than just simply

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded with Java application without requiring seperate db manager,

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Paul Taylor, 04.08.2009 15:48: Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit tests is not really an environment I want to have. Well if you want to test the database, you will need a full database.

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:01:58 +0200 Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: I've create or replace function(... declare  col1 varchar(32); ...  create table pippo(    col1 varchar(32), ... Unfortunately I can't

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bayless Kirtley
Paul Taylor, 04.08.2009 15:48: Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit tests is not really an environment I want to have. Well if you want to test the database, you will need a full

[GENERAL] InitDB 8.3.7 fails on Windows - Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx

2009-08-04 Thread Abraham, Danny
Hi, InitDB of 8.3.7 fails. Windows XP. Compiled with VC2008, SP1 creating template1 database in ... 2009-08-04 11:46:53.954 GMTFATAL: could not create shared memory segment: 8 2009-08-04 11:46:53.970 GMTDETAIL: Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx. child process exited with exit code 1

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:01:58 +0200 Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: Is there another way other than just simply rename the variable? yes - the most common is an using of prefix '_' for local

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Bayless Kirtley wrote: Paul Taylor, 04.08.2009 15:48: Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit tests is not really an environment I want to have. Well if you want to test the database, you

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Lane
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it writes: Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote: yes - the most common is an using of prefix '_' for local plpgsql variables. Other possibility is using qualified names. Just to be sure... by qualified names you mean schema qualified name or

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
2009/8/4 Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:01:58 +0200 Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: Is there another way other than just simply rename the variable? yes -

Re: [GENERAL] InitDB 8.3.7 fails on Windows - Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx

2009-08-04 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 16:48, Abraham, Dannydanny_abra...@bmc.com wrote: Hi, InitDB of 8.3.7 fails. Windows XP. Compiled with VC2008, SP1 Please note that VC2008 is not a supported build environment for the backend. you need to get VC2005. creating template1 database in ... 2009-08-04

Re: [GENERAL] character 0xe29986 of encoding UTF8 has no equivalent in LATIN2

2009-08-04 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 4 Aug 2009, at 15:02, Andreas Kalsch wrote: Alban, what I do to simplify the data chain: HTTP encoding PHP string encoding client connection server - all is UTF8. Plus invalid byte check in PHP (or server). You're missing my point. You start dealing with the encoding of the data

Re: [GENERAL] parameters in functions and overlap with names of columns

2009-08-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:01:58 +0200 Pavel Stehule pavel.steh...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/8/4 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo m...@webthatworks.it: I've create or replace function(... declare  col1 varchar(32); ...  create table pippo(  

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Thomas Kellerer wrote: Paul Taylor, 04.08.2009 15:48: Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit tests is not really an environment I want to have. Well if you want to test the database, you will

Re: [GENERAL] character 0xe29986 of encoding UTF8 has no equivalent in LATIN2

2009-08-04 Thread Andreas Kalsch
I know what you are talking about, but I am not sure how many websites really check for incoming encoding. Usually you trust that the client will use the same encoding for sending data as the server has sent. (This is what I mean with my simplified chain) It's some extra work to do converting

[GENERAL] Re: character 0xe29986 of encoding UTF8 has no equivalent in LATIN2

2009-08-04 Thread Greg Stark
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Alban Hertroysdal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl wrote: P.S. Please don't top post and keep some context of what you're replying to. Your messages are a bit confusing the way you write them. These arguments are more convincing if you don't leave the remainder

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does postgres have an embedded

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Paul Taylor wrote on 04.08.2009 17:04: Well if you want to test the database, you will need a full database. It was a simple question, does Postgres have an embedded mode (which is still a full database) but unfortunately it does not. I'm just trying to help get your test environment into

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 04:04:42PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: You don't really need to run an installer and/or create registry entries (for windows). This would then resemble more the Derby network server setup. Yeah, but this is messy and low because you have to wait the database to be fully

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Richard Sickler
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Paul Taylorij...@fastmail.fm wrote: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Sam Mason wrote: On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: Does

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread pepone.onrez
Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit tests is not really an environment I want to have. Why not? if you doesn't test the real thing you test is meaningless. you should test the real database

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: Then replace the DB client class with a class that returns fabricated data for the purpose of your test. Won't work because I am writing SQL and I want to test the SQL is correct Well, be warned that not all

[GENERAL] Line Number

2009-08-04 Thread Bob Pawley
I haven''t required line numbers on my query pages before now. I'm using PGAdmin version 1.8.4. Is this something that can be turned on? Bob

Re: [GENERAL] Line Number

2009-08-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 09:30 -0700, Bob Pawley wrote: I haven''t required line numbers on my query pages before now. I'm using PGAdmin version 1.8.4. Is this something that can be turned on? Maybe but it should be asked here: http://www.pgadmin.org/support/list.php Joshua D. Drake --

Re: [GENERAL] Line Number

2009-08-04 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 04/08/2009 17:30, Bob Pawley wrote: I haven''t required line numbers on my query pages before now. I'm using PGAdmin version 1.8.4. Is this something that can be turned on? Hi Bob, Do you mean the source code of your queries, in the Edit Query window? If so, it doesn't show line

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: Then replace the DB client class with a class that returns fabricated data for the purpose of your test. Won't work because I am writing SQL and I want to test the SQL is correct Well,

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: In response to Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm: Bill Moran wrote: Then replace the DB client class with a class that returns fabricated data for the purpose of your test. Won't work because I am

[GENERAL] timestamp with time zone, retrieving input offset/timezone

2009-08-04 Thread Der Tung
Hello there, We are creating an Application that needs to handle timestamps in different timezones in particular: Input and output in timezone of the User is no problem with Set Time Zone and At Time Zone But know I have two Users A and B in different timezones. When A saves a

[GENERAL] Recovery from crashed DB seems to occur progressively

2009-08-04 Thread Bruno Harbulot
Hello, I'm using version 8.3.5. The partition in which the 'pgsql' directory was became full. This database is normally used via an Hibernate/JDBC layer and one of the most common request is SELECT * FROM MYTABLE LIMIT 10, from a webpage. I tried to delete some rows manually from psql (delete

[GENERAL] ECPG: insert array?

2009-08-04 Thread Edward Amsden
I am using ECPG in a C application, and I would like to insert a C array of integers into an array in a PostgreSQL table. The documentation does not talk about this at all. Is it possible and if so, how? -- Edward Amsden FXCM IT Intern eams...@fxcm.com Cell: 937 638 6959

[GENERAL] CHECK constraint fails when it's not supposed to

2009-08-04 Thread Richard Yen
Hi All, I encountered an odd issue regarding check constraints complaining when they're not really violated. For this particular machine, I am running 8.3.7, but on a machine running 8.3.5, it seems to have succeeded. I also upgraded a third machine from 8.3.5 to 8.3.7, and the query succeeded

[GENERAL] Error when assigning default value for function parameter

2009-08-04 Thread Gert
I'm a bit in the dark: I use Windows XP I use pgAdmin ver 1.8.4 I use PostGres 8.3.6 All the documentation points out that it is allowed to assign default values to parameters, but I get a syntax error here. I would appreciate feedback. CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(a integer , b integer

Re: [GENERAL] Error when assigning default value for function parameter

2009-08-04 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello 2009/8/4 Gert gert.conra...@gmail.com: I'm a bit in the dark: I use Windows XP I use pgAdmin ver 1.8.4 I use PostGres 8.3.6 You have to upgrade to 8.4. Default parameter's values are implemented in 8.4. regards Pavel Stehule All the documentation points out that it is allowed to

Re: [GENERAL] Error when assigning default value for function parameter

2009-08-04 Thread Frank Heikens
You can't use default values in a function, that option is available as of version 8.4. You are using 8.3. Regards, Frank Op 4 aug 2009, om 19:16 heeft Gert het volgende geschreven: I'm a bit in the dark: I use Windows XP I use pgAdmin ver 1.8.4 I use PostGres 8.3.6 All the documentation

Re: [GENERAL] CHECK constraint fails when it's not supposed to

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Yen richy...@gmail.com writes: When I run my update, it fails: tii=# begin; update only public.m_class set date_end='2009-09-03 05:38:24.030331-07',term_length='177 days 17:59:09.868431' where id='2652020'; BEGIN ERROR: new row for relation m_class violates check constraint

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Guy Rouillier
Paul Taylor wrote: I am testing the code that extracts information from a read only database. These are UNIT tests so only interested in getting the right results given a particular set of data, anything else is a distraction. I don't understand your test environment. If all your code is

Re: [GENERAL] timestamp with time zone, retrieving input offset/timezone

2009-08-04 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Der Tungdert...@gmx.de wrote: Hello there, We are creating an Application that needs to handle timestamps in different timezones in particular: Input and output in timezone of the User is no problem with Set Time Zone and At Time Zone But know I have two

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Bayless Kirtley
- Original Message - From: Paul Taylor ij...@fastmail.fm To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ? Of course you can always use Derby for testing the Postgres later. I have found HSQLDB

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Eric Schwarzenbach
Bayless Kirtley wrote: Yes, I'm afraid you're gonna be out of luck on finding the array type in any of the smaller embedded databases. Honestly, the beg project I've been on for a year or so has used Postgres right through full development and testing. It's not hard to start and stop the

[GENERAL] Generating GRANT/REVOKE on functions from catalog

2009-08-04 Thread Doug Gorley
I am attempting to script the generation of grant/revoke statements for a database, and I'm having some trouble when it comes to functions. consider the following function: create function add(a integer, b integer) returns integer as $$ select $1 + $2; $$ language SQL; The statement I need to

Re: [GENERAL] Error when assigning default value for function parameter

2009-08-04 Thread Gert
Thanks Pavel Frank. Installed version 8.4, work perfect. Apologies. I did check ver 8.3 documentation earlier as well, but can confirm that I clearly read what I wanted to hear, and not what was actually there. Thanks again! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list

Re: [GENERAL] Generating GRANT/REVOKE on functions from catalog

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Lane
Doug Gorley doug.gor...@gmail.com writes: The statement I need to generate is: revoke all on function public.add(integer, integer) from someuser; I'm attempting to use the pg_proc table in the system catalogs, and I'm good up to the point where I need the parameter types. Can anyone give

Re: [GENERAL] Generating GRANT/REVOKE on functions from catalog

2009-08-04 Thread Doug Gorley
That looks like exactly what I want. Is there an easy way to cast that to a string so that I can concatenate it into a GRANT statement? *Doug Gorley* | doug.gor...@gmail.com mailto:doug.gor...@gmail.com Tom Lane wrote:

Re: [GENERAL] Does derby have an embedded Mode like Derby ?

2009-08-04 Thread Paul Taylor
Guy Rouillier wrote: Paul Taylor wrote: I am testing the code that extracts information from a read only database. These are UNIT tests so only interested in getting the right results given a particular set of data, anything else is a distraction. I don't understand your test environment.

Re: [GENERAL] Generating GRANT/REVOKE on functions from catalog

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Lane
Doug Gorley doug.gor...@gmail.com writes: That looks like exactly what I want. Is there an easy way to cast that to a string so that I can concatenate it into a GRANT statement? Well, since 8.3 you just cast it to a string ;-) In older versions I'd suggest a plpgsql wrapper function.

[GENERAL] LISTEN ON table WHERE attr1 LIKE '%abc%';

2009-08-04 Thread Eugen Dueck
Hi, there are already some items in the TODO list regarding LISTEN/NOTIFY, and I saw the discussion in the thread Feature request: NOTIFY enhancement on Jan 2008. Now I was hoping for a feature that goes even further than the ones discussed and allows clients to listen on changes in the

[GENERAL] LDAP Configuration for Postgres authenticating against AD

2009-08-04 Thread Richard Esmonde
Hi, I'm new to PostGres (so go easy on my naivety). I am trying to configure the postgres host based configuration file to permit users to authenticate against our Active Directory. Needless to say both Ubuntu server and AD are in the same Domain. . I am running PostGRESQL

Re: [GENERAL] LDAP Configuration for Postgres authenticating against AD

2009-08-04 Thread Kevin Kempter
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 19:41:57 Richard Esmonde wrote: Hi, I'm new to PostGres (so go easy on my naivety). I am trying to configure the postgres host based configuration file to permit users to authenticate against our Active Directory. Needless to say both Ubuntu server and AD are in

Re: [GENERAL] LDAP Configuration for Postgres authenticating against AD

2009-08-04 Thread Craig Ringer
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 21:41 -0400, Richard Esmonde wrote: Three days into this I am none the wiser - I’m exhausting Google servers. Can anyone tell me what I have forgotten to do or have overlooked in getting this setup correctly? To my mind it’s behaving as though it’s not honoring

Re: [GENERAL] LDAP Configuration for Postgres authenticating against AD

2009-08-04 Thread Steve Atkins
On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Richard Esmonde wrote: Hi, I’m new to PostGres (so go easy on my naivety). I am trying to configure the postgres host based configuration file to permit users to authenticate against our Active Directory. Needless to say both Ubuntu server and AD are in the

Re: [GENERAL] Idle processes chewing up CPU?

2009-08-04 Thread Brendan Hill
Hi all, We managed to trap further details of the problem today. Some large queries were terminated prematurely, perhaps causing a dirty SSL or TCP disconnect, and they seem to have left a few runaway processes. SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity showed each process was IDLE, while Process Explored