[SQL] Seeding

2002-07-15 Thread Chad Thompson
Is there any way to automaticly "seed" a number into a list.  For example   create table "temp"( select distinct(full_phone) from lists where client_id =8)   This gives me 100,000 unique records   What i would like to do is, every 2500, insert a specific number like '5552552555'   can this be

Re: [SQL] Please Help me

2002-08-01 Thread Chad Thompson
I am running RedHat, with Apache and Cold Fusion.  I chose PostgreSQL for all of the aforementioned reasons.  It works very well with Cold Fusion.  I have done some optimizing and am able to run rather complex queries much faster than I ever was able to on any Windows platform database.  I h

Re: [SQL] Please Help me

2002-08-01 Thread Chad Thompson
: Michelle Murrain To: Chad Thompson ; Waheed Rahuman ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [SQL] Please Help me At 8:32 AM -0600 8/1/02, Chad Thompson wrote: I am running RedHat, with Apache and Cold Fusion.  I chose PostgreSQL for

Re: [SQL] grouping and first()

2002-10-25 Thread Chad Thompson
select first(a) from ta order by a in access, is equivilent to select a from ta order by a limit 1 Thanks Chad P.S. Note that access will always return the same value if you exclude the order by, this is not necessarily true with postgresql or any real RDBS. - Original Message - From:

Re: [SQL] subscrip out of range

2002-10-28 Thread Chad Thompson
"subscript out of range" is an error that means you are trying to access part of an array that doesnt exist. It probably means that your data doesnt have all the fields for all the records. Check to see if your data is truncated or if there is an unusual (usually shortened) number of fields in a g

Re: [SQL] making queries more effecient

2002-11-01 Thread Chad Thompson
This should be all you need. insert into VisitorPointer839 ("VisitorID") select VisitorID from ProgramEvent Where ProgramID = 10 and Type = 0 group by VisitorID You dont need order by because its not important the order it goes in the database, just the order that it comes out. I have found that

Re: [SQL] CSV import

2003-01-30 Thread Chad Thompson
> > Unix EOL is LF not CR. > > Is this the only difference between a dos and unix text file? Thanks Chad ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html

Re: [SQL] 7.2 functions that return multiple result sets?

2003-02-06 Thread Chad Thompson
Found this using google from http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-sql/2002-01/msg00312.php   Depending on what you're doing (and if you're willing to work with the7.2rcs or wait for it), 7.2 allows you to define functions that returncursors that you can then fetch from within the transaction y

Re: [SQL] 7.3 "group by" issue

2003-02-21 Thread Chad Thompson
> On 21 Feb 2003 at 19:18, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > This query: > > > > > > SELECT element_id as wle_element_id, COUNT(watch_list_id) > > > FROM watch_list JOIN watch_list_element > > > ON watch_list.id = watch_list_element.watch_list_id > > >

Re: [SQL] 7.3 "group by" issue

2003-02-21 Thread Chad Thompson
> On 21 Feb 2003 at 13:00, Chad Thompson wrote: > > > > > On 21 Feb 2003 at 19:18, Gaetano Mendola wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > This query: > > > > > > > > > > SELECT el

Re: [SQL] Concatenation Snafu

2003-03-25 Thread Chad Thompson
The assumtion that char and varchar can be compared is gone. Any comparison or in this case concatination between the two types needs to be explicitly cast. try SELECT code::varchar || ' ' || diag::varchar, code FROM dsm4 WHERE axis = 1 ORDER BY code; Thanks Chad - Original Message - Fro

[SQL] Index scan never executed?

2003-05-30 Thread Chad Thompson
I have never been very good at reading these query plans, but I have a bit of a problem w/ my query. So any help is appreciated. The query is fairly self explanitory i think. 2 tables, call_results ( 6.5 Million records ) and lists ( 11 Million records ) weblink=# explain analyze weblink-# selec

Re: [SQL] Index scan never executed?

2003-05-31 Thread Chad Thompson
> > I guess it's a little unclear what to print for the first number when no > rows are output at all. The code evidently is using the total time spent > in the plan node, but I think it would be at least as justifiable to > print a zero instead. Would you have found that less confusing? Anyone

Re: [SQL] To ListAdms: Is pgsql-sql operating?

2003-06-07 Thread Chad Thompson
I see your post. But no others since Monday. Thanks Chad - Original Message - From: "Achilleus Mantzios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 5:39 AM Subject: [SQL] To ListAdms: Is pgsql-sql operating? > > Is there any problem with [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [SQL] Urgent Help : Use of return from function/procedure.

2003-06-23 Thread Chad Thompson
Title: Urgent Help : Use of return from function/procedure.   - Original Message - From: Anagha Joshi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 11:42 PM Subject: [SQL] Urgent Help : Use of return from function/procedure. Hi, I'm new to postgres and

Re: [SQL] One to many query question

2003-07-30 Thread Chad Thompson
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 01:11:35PM -0700, Eric Clark wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 12:35, Dave Dribin wrote: > > > CREATE TABLE cd ( > > > id integer unique, > > > artist varchar(25), > > > title varchar(25) > > > ); > > > > > > CREATE TABLE cd_genres ( > > > cd_id integer, > > > genre varchar

Re: [SQL] ALTER TABLE ... DROP CONSTRAINT

2003-07-30 Thread Chad Thompson
  Hi all!       Who can tell me what postgres version supports ALTER TABLE... DROP CONSTRAINT without the need of droping the table to remove a simple coinstraint. (link)    >\\\!/< 55 11 5080 9283