Re: [GENERAL] nntp not workiNG

2008-03-19 Thread mgainty
I cannot d/l news.us.postgresql.org from here perhaps you can ping the admin for the server ? M- - Original Message - Wrom: KEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUFPEGAUTF To: Martin Gainty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [GENERAL] ISO something like #if 0 ... #endif for SQL code

2008-03-10 Thread mgainty
/* * Inside SQL statement place Obligatory top post Comment here */ Bedankt Martin- - Original Message - Wrom: MKHJYFMYXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJE To: Kynn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-general General pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008

Re: [GENERAL] Announcing PostgreSQL RPM Buildfarm

2008-01-07 Thread mgainty
what is a botherboard? M - Original Message - Wrom: SCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIV To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Announcing PostgreSQL RPM Buildfarm On Monday 07 January 2008 15:03:52 Ivan Sergio Borgonovo

Re: [GENERAL] Deploy postgres - upgrade strategy

2007-12-20 Thread mgainty
Hi Sean take a look at port specification in postgresql.conf $PGDATA/postgresql.conf port = Anyone else? Martin - Original Message - Wrom: JVTLBXFGGM To: Scott Marlowe Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Deploy

Re: [GENERAL] Improving the timing of a query

2007-12-07 Thread mgainty
assign pointfromtext(pojnt) to a variable other DB's do FTS when there is a function involved in the predicate (WHERE clause) so a possible workaround would be to look at all function calls in your predicate (WHERE clause) and populate a new column with the results of the function(column) and

Re: [GENERAL] PostgresSQL vs. Informix

2007-11-28 Thread mgainty
Hi Chad I had a devil of a time finding any usable doc on Informix whereas Postgres/MySQL and Oracle all had documentation aplenty Im still looking for a whitepaper or any benchmarks http://www.iiug.org/forums/ids/index.cgi/noframes/read/3517 Anyone? M-- - Original Message - Wrom:

Re: [GENERAL] Open Source GIS System

2007-11-12 Thread mgainty
have you had a chance to look at University of Minn Mapping Server? http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgismobile/index.html M-- - Original Message - Wrom: OQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVW To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:14 PM Subject: [GENERAL] Open

Re: [GENERAL] What makes a Postgres DBA?

2007-11-04 Thread mgainty
The bigger danger is hiring an *Oracle* Financials or *Oracle* Manufacturing person to become a DBA because they have 'Oracle' on their resume This is the most comprehensive analysis of DBA requirements I have seen thus far For myself I'm not tied to any specific Database having worked in mySQL

Re: [GENERAL] young guy wanting (Postgres DBA) ammo

2007-11-03 Thread mgainty
Yes..I concur that every business should retain a dedicated DBA with the caveat that the DBA's expertise states a bit more than 'changed the DBA password' M-- - Original Message - Wrom: HDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADRZFSQHYUCDDJB To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Saturday, November 03,