[GENERAL] Implementing rounding rule in plpgsql

2005-11-20 Thread jeff sacksteder
Due to application requirements, I need to implement a rounding function that is independant of the baked-in rounding functionality. I'd prefer to do it in plpgsql for maximum portability. To do this, I'll need to sequentially walk through the digits of an arbritarily long floating-point number. I

[GENERAL] transaction limits?

2005-10-21 Thread jeff sacksteder
Are there known limits to how many rows can be inserted by one transaction, or does that just reflect the already documented row, table and database limits?

Re: [GENERAL] Reverse engineering SW

2005-10-19 Thread jeff sacksteder
google forpostgresql_autodoc-1.21 On 10/18/05, Dann Corbit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use ER/Win for that.There are some other tools too.Search thearchives. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-general- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Bruno Cochofel Sent: Tuesday,

[GENERAL] unsigned types

2005-10-15 Thread jeff sacksteder
It occurs to me that I don't know how to define unsigned integer datatypes. I'm making a schema to describe network packets and I need columns to contain values from 0-255, etc. I can't seem to find any documentation on this. What's the best prectice for this situation?

Re: [GENERAL] unsigned types

2005-10-15 Thread jeff sacksteder
You can use a signed type with a CHECK constraint to restrict thecolumn's value to positive integers. The sign doesn't concern me. I am storing a value that is unsigned and 16 bits wide natively. I'll have to just use an int4 and waste twice the space I actually need.

[GENERAL] db size reporting

2005-10-12 Thread jeff sacksteder
I'm going to be working with some rather large datasets and I want to evaluate the effects of normalization/denormalization on disk space. Is there a simple way to find the size on disk of a specific database? To do so with the operating system is rather crude, since it know nothing about what

Re: [GENERAL] security documentation

2005-09-30 Thread jeff sacksteder
Are there any data access issues (as opposed to data visibility issues) you are having? No, It's just that in a hosting situation where each customer has a database of their own, they need to be boxed in somehow. In the event of an application bug allowing raw sql to be executed, it's not

[GENERAL] security documentation

2005-09-29 Thread jeff sacksteder
The security documentation available in the official documentation is rather sparse. Is there a more detailed document I should be aware of? As an example, I'd like to prevent a a user from being able to get a list of existing databases. Presumably, I can limit access to various system catalogs