Re: [GENERAL] opened connection

2012-09-30 Thread Nathan Wagner
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 06:54:35PM +0200, Levente Kovacs wrote: > I've been using PostgreSQL for quite while, but I'd need some direction on > how to handle an opened socket to the database in longer periods. > > I open the connection to my database with PQconnectdb(). > > I access the database,

Re: [GENERAL] deferring pk constraint

2011-11-15 Thread Nathan Wagner
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:56:37 -0700, J.V. wrote: I have a table with existing data for which I need to: 1) drop the single primary key column (int4) 2) recreate the column with the pk (not null) constraint deferred 3) repopulate the column from a sequence 4) enable the constraint When I issue th

Re: [GENERAL] Getting the count(*) from two tables and two date ranges in same query

2008-01-28 Thread nathan wagner
ong, though easily modified to add "and table1_id = foo". > Wouldn't I need to use a UNION for this kind of query? A union will combine rows (if they're compatible) from two queries, What you are asking is to assemble columns, which is entirely different. -- nathan wagner

Re: [GENERAL] Getting the count(*) from two tables and two date ranges in same query

2008-01-28 Thread nathan wagner
hat "a BETWEEN x AND y is equivalent to a >= x AND a <= y" Which is wrong (though it may be required by the standard, of course). 1 is not between 1 and 2. "between" shouldn't include the endpoints. At any rate, the OP will know what he meant by "betwe

Re: [GENERAL] setting and using variables in PSQL ????

2007-12-14 Thread Nathan Wagner
(1 row) granicus% but I probably wouldn't do it this way at all. something like (untested) select A.name, A.val1 as age, S.val12 as size from agedata A left outer join sizedata S on S.name = A.name; should work. -- Nathan Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---