Re: [GENERAL] MySQL versus Postgres

2010-08-07 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
2010/8/7 Alban Hertroys dal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl: On 7 Aug 2010, at 5:19, Sandeep Srinivasa wrote: +1 on this. This is very interesting from the point-of-view of transitioning MySQL webapps to Postgres. The truth is that for a lot of people, MySQL is their first DB (because of

Re: [GENERAL] postgreSQL enquiry

2010-05-18 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Charo Carino charo_car...@hotmail.com wrote: - data stored in the database includes text, numbers, pictures and even video clips - avoids vendor 'lock ins' -- open DBMS - allows for a web-based end (web 2.0)    - fully searchable by anyone from anywhere and

[GENERAL] Need help to identify stray row in a table

2010-04-23 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
1. We have a production system tracking value added to a batch through series of stages. Value table is updated through triggers on data tables. 2. These trigger functions have been tested and validated for over 1.5 years with more than 100,000 records. 3. We found a difference in the

Re: [GENERAL] Need help to identify stray row in a table

2010-04-23 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
2010/4/23 Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com: You haven't given enough information to make any sort of reasonable diagnosis.  Most people are going to assume the problem is on your end but it's possible to know for sure without having the trigger function at the very least. Thanks merlin for

Re: [GENERAL] Need help to identify stray row in a table

2010-04-23 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
2010/4/23 Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com: There's way too much logic going on there for me to test all the different cases. I suspect this is your problem: you triggered a case somehow which is not handled properly via your labyrinth of switches and loops.  I highly doubt this is a case

[GENERAL] Query too slow with not in condition

2008-11-30 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
Dear Friends, I have loaded the backup from a live database in a test system. Both run 8.3.5 versions. The plan for a query varies in these systems. Test System A. PostgreSQL 8.3.5 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux) B. explain select * from

Re: [GENERAL] Query too slow with not in condition [Resolved]

2008-11-30 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
Thanks a lot. On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Rowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I assume workmem, effective_cache_size and random_page_cost are all the same in the 2 postgresql.conf? Indeed, work_mem is probably the problem. The critical

Re: [GENERAL] Query too slow with not in condition

2008-11-30 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:28 PM, David Rowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might find this page interesting: http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2008/08/13/nulls-vs-not-in/ Thanks David. Another issue I was faced with was exactly what the link you provided discusses. Best regards, Ma Sivakumar

Re: [GENERAL] Enforcing Join condition

2007-11-15 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Nov 15, 2007 8:17 PM, Sam Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Albe suggested, a view is about all that's going to help the poor people who work with this. When I do this sort of thing, I tend to find that there are very few queries that actually need everything all together in one place.

Re: [GENERAL] Enforcing Join condition

2007-11-15 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Nov 15, 2007 7:32 PM, Albe Laurenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You want to have a conditional foreign key reference that checks against different tables depending on a type field, right? For complicated conditions like this, you could use a BEFORE INSERT trigger that throws an error when the

Re: [GENERAL] Enforcing Join condition

2007-11-15 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
On Nov 15, 2007 5:52 PM, Sam Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I tend to do here, is something like: CREATE TABLE test ( type INTEGER, ref1 INTEGER REFERENCES table1 CHECK ((type = 1) = (ref1 IS NOT NULL)), ref2 INTEGER REFERENCES table2 CHECK ((type = 2) = (ref2 IS NOT

[GENERAL] Enforcing Join condition

2007-11-14 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
Is there a way to force join conditions in queries i.e. When a join is made to a table on a particular field, another column should also be checked? CREATE TABLE test (info_type varchar(3), info_reference integer); (depending on info_type, info_reference will contain key values from different

[GENERAL] df output change (in psql) after 8.2 version

2007-09-26 Thread சிவகுமார் மா
After upgrading to 8.2.4 version of PostgreSQL (Suse Linux, compiled from source), function display in psql is changed. In 8.1 version, using \df+ command we get the function description as entered while creating it. In 8.2 version this seems to have changed. There are additional characters and