[HACKERS] Reading from a text file into PostgreSQL

2004-10-07 Thread Eyinagho Newton
Hiya Everyone, Can anyone explain how postgreSQL reads from a text file into tables already created in PostgreSQL? I am also checking the thread in the Forum just to see if someone has written about it in the past. Thanks. Newton ___ Do you Yahoo

[HACKERS] Thesis on PostgreSQL

2004-09-02 Thread Eyinagho Newton
Part of my final year thesis involves creating a database using PostgreSQL. As a way of documentation, is it correct to say that PosgreSQL belongs to the fifth generation of database management systems? Where does MySQL fall into? The fourth generation? Thanks, Newton Eyinagho

Re: [HACKERS] Installing PostgreSQL in a Unix Platform

2004-08-23 Thread Eyinagho Newton
to > start postgresql. > Alternatively you > can install the startup script from the contrib > directory startscripts/linux > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > Eyinagho Newton wrote: > > >It has been impossible to install PostgreSQL, an > open > &

[HACKERS] Installing PostgreSQL in a Unix Platform

2004-08-21 Thread Eyinagho Newton
It has been impossible to install PostgreSQL, an open source software, from my SUSE 8.0 . Although it tells you its been installed, each time i try to start it using SysV-Init Editor, i get the following message: starting/etc/init.d/postgresql"" starting postgreSQL /etc/init.d/postgresql.checkpr