Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Palle Girgensohn
Still am. ;-) --On tisdag, december 31, 2002 10.01.34 +0800 Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? I forgot one other possible answer: perhaps the port maintai

Re: [HACKERS] Bug in Dependencies Code in 7.3.x?

2002-12-30 Thread Tom Lane
Tara Piorkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Regardless, my thinking had been that I was looking at an INT with a > DEFAULT set, in which case I think this would be a bonified bug, thus my > report. Right --- but *if you'd declared it that way*, the system would have reacted in the way you were

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > > ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? > > I forgot one other possible answer: perhaps the port maintainer is taking > a well deserved holiday? Last time I checked, Palle _was_ the port maintainer :) Chris

Re: [HACKERS] Bug in Dependencies Code in 7.3.x?

2002-12-30 Thread Tara Piorkowski
Tom Lane wrote: Tara Piorkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: junk=> create table testing junk-> (testing_id serial not null primary key); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence 'testing_testing_id_seq' for SERIAL column 'testing.testing_id' NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will cr

Re: [HACKERS] Bug in Dependencies Code in 7.3.x?

2002-12-30 Thread Tom Lane
Tara Piorkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > junk=> create table testing > junk-> (testing_id serial not null primary key); > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence > 'testing_testing_id_seq' for SERIAL column 'testing.testing_id' > NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create imp

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Neil Conway
Christopher Kings-Lynne said: > There have been HEAPS of security fixes between 7.2 and 7.3. That's only the case if your definition of a "security fix" is pretty fast and loose -- as yours seems to be. > Depending > on your definition of security. eg. Going 'select cash_out(2);' on any > 7.2 se

Re: [HACKERS] MOVE strangeness

2002-12-30 Thread Manfred Koizar
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:39:37 -0800, Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Okay. But then doesn't it make sense for FETCH to fetch the contents >> > of the row (and subsequent requested rows) that the cursor is >> > currently on *then* move, and not the other way around? >This model is extre

[HACKERS] Bug in Dependencies Code in 7.3.x?

2002-12-30 Thread Tara Piorkowski
I've found a situation that doesn't look correct to me in 7.3.1 (and presumably 7.3 as well). If I alter a column so that it no longer uses a sequence for default values and then try to drop the aforementioned sequence, the dependency checking code does not allow me to drop the sequence on the

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Dan Langille
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > --On måndag, december 30, 2002 06.35.22 -0500 Dan Langille > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > > >> ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? > > > > I forgot one other

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Palle Girgensohn
--On måndag, december 30, 2002 06.35.22 -0500 Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? I forgot one other possible answer: perhaps the port maintainer is taking a well deser

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Dan Langille
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > ps. Why is Postgres 7.3 still in ports/databases/postgresql-devel ?? I forgot one other possible answer: perhaps the port maintainer is taking a well deserved holiday? ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Dan Langille
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > Since going from 7.2 to 7.3 is a significant upgrade, the FreeBSD guys would > probablyu be right tho to refuse such a major upgrade... Still, it's a pity > though. Postgres 7.3 has been tested and works fine on FreeBSD 5. FreeBSD uses somet

Re: [HACKERS] why was libpq.so's version number bumped?

2002-12-30 Thread Dan Langille
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > One of the reasons I ask is, if it is a good reason, like say "security", > maybe I can persuade the FreeBSD port responsible guys to bring the port > into the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0 release. The port freeze was introduced just > before pg-7.3 was relea