[GENERAL] Problem connecting to postmaster

Hi, I have installed native postgresql8.0.1 on a PC running Windows XP professional. I am having trouble connecting to it from my application. The application is a combination of java and C++ which was developed on Sun Solaris (Unix). Thus on the PC, I have installed Microsoft Interix (Service

[GENERAL] Installation on XP

Hi, I am trying to install postgresql-8.0.1 on a machine running XP Professional. On the web site I went to the download area, then to V8.0.1 and then to win32. I downloaded postgresql.8.0.1.zip . I unzip that and executed postgresql-8.0.msi . When I hit the Start button, I get the following:

[GENERAL] Installation on XP - Permissions

Hi, When running the installer on XP, I get to the Service Configuration panel. When I enter the password and click OK, I get: Failed to open local computer policy. Unable to determine user account rights(5). If I click OK to that, the install continues until it fails complaining

[GENERAL] shared buffers

Hi, In the 7.4.5 version, the code is now trying to use a much larger value for shared_buffers. I can certainly set this to a lower number with the -B option. However, my guestion is: What is the performance issue with setting shared_buffers to something like 45? In doing some timing on my

Re: [GENERAL] LISTEN/NOTIFY with JDBC

Kris, Thanks for the response. I have been using Sun's JDBC. Do I take it that I need to create and use the Postgres JDBC to get the ability to do NOTIFY/LISTEN? Glenn Kris Jurka wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2004, Glenn Sullivan wrote: Hi, I have been trying to get LISTEN/NOTIFY working

[GENERAL] Conditional Adding to a Table

Greetings, I need to check a table to see if an item already exist in the table. It if does not, then I want to add it. Unfortunately, multiple processes (Solaris system) can be running at the same time. Sometimes, one process checks to see if an item exist and it does not. At the same time

[GENERAL] Other user access to database

Now that I have a database functional, I need to allow other users to have access. Using createuser I can give other users access to the postmaster, but I need to give them access to my database as well. Could someone enlighten me. Glenn

Re: [GENERAL] Pricing

Thanks for your responses to my question about the price of using PostgreSQL. Glenn