[GENERAL] socket file must reside in /tmp?

2001-03-12 Thread tc lewis
when configuring and installing postgresql, is there any way to specify where pgsql/the postmaster will put its socket file (.s.PGSQL.)? it seems to always put it in /tmp. i can't seem to find a tmpdir option or anything similar to use as a configure option. anything? -tcl. ---

[GENERAL] Re: Re: PostgreSQL over NFS?

2001-02-09 Thread tc lewis
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, adb wrote: > I've heard of other people running databases on a Netapp Filer > I think this is generally ok because the netapp has a special > write cache in NVram and that's what makes it so fast. > yeah, basically a write returns almost instantaneously (or much closer than

[GENERAL] Re: PostgreSQL over NFS?

2001-02-09 Thread tc lewis
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, tc lewis wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Shaw Terwilliger wrote: > > I've been using PostgreSQL for a few years now in various projects, and > > I've been very happy with its features and performance. > > > > I have a client w

[GENERAL] Re: PostgreSQL over NFS?

2001-02-09 Thread tc lewis
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Shaw Terwilliger wrote: > I've been using PostgreSQL for a few years now in various projects, and > I've been very happy with its features and performance. > > I have a client who wants to know how PostgreSQL (7) will perform over > NFS. The NFS client is Solaris, the server

[GENERAL] pleasing the corporate-types.

2001-01-24 Thread tc lewis
hi. i tried looking through the faq and some of the manuals but didn't come across too much useful info on the following. i'm trying to put some more corporate types at ease here. an employer of mine has been using mysql, and it's been great, but we're finding that we're going to need features

[GENERAL] pleasing the corporate-types.

2001-01-24 Thread tc lewis
sorry if any of you got this twice, but it appears i was unsubscribed from pgsql-general at some point and it wouldn't let non-subscribers post, so i'm trying again now that i am again subscribed... hi. i tried looking through the faq and some of the manuals but didn't come across too much usef

Re: [GENERAL] libperl.so

2000-08-05 Thread tc lewis
i removed the perl rpm and installed perl 5.6.0 from source on a redhat 6.2 machine without problems. i went through a lot of extra steps to ensure cleanliness, however, which you may or may not be able to do. here's basically what i did: rpm -e mod_perl rpm -qa | grep piranha | xargs rpm -e r

Re: [GENERAL] ISP with PostgreSQL

1999-02-24 Thread tc lewis
hostme.com doesn't do dialup access, but does web hosting, and provides a choice of mysql or postgresql free with any option. they (we, actually *grin*) work with redhat linux/gnu systems. check it out if you want: www.hostme.com no big deal if not. =) -tcl. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 24 Feb

Re: Subject: Re: [GENERAL] A book for PgSQL? A need? yes? no?

1999-02-12 Thread tc lewis
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > Like, [EMAIL PROTECTED] :) How much of what is already > done by the Docs Team pertinent to all this, and, if not, why not? If our > existing manuals don't make good documentation, then why not, and > shouldn't those be fixed too? > sin