[SQL] setting the where clause

2009-06-10 Thread johnf
Hi, I'm am programming in python using the Dabo modules. www.dabodev.com if your interested. Dabo is a framework that provides an easy way to build desktop app's. To clear a data entry form. I have been setting the where clause to where 1=0. This of course retrieves 0 records and my form

Re: [SQL] using a list to query

2009-05-03 Thread johnf
On Saturday 02 May 2009 06:34:57 pm Craig Ringer wrote: johnf wrote: I have a list (or array) of primary keys stored in a field (data type text). I would like to use the list to retrieve all the data from a table based on the list. my text field contains: '123,134,343,345' I

[SQL] using a list to query

2009-05-02 Thread johnf
I have a list (or array) of primary keys stored in a field (data type text). I would like to use the list to retrieve all the data from a table based on the list. my text field contains: '123,134,343,345' I would to do something like the following: Select * from table1 where table1.pkid in

Re: [SQL] Best practices for geo-spatial city name searches?

2009-02-24 Thread johnf
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 08:19:56 am Mark Stosberg wrote: Hello, I use PostgreSQL and the cube type to perform geo-spatial zipcode proximity searches. I'm wondering about the best practices also supporting a geo-spatial distance search based on a city name rather than zipcode. In our

Re: [SQL] Is this possible?

2009-02-17 Thread johnf
On Monday 16 February 2009 10:32:26 pm A. Kretschmer wrote: In response to johnf : Hi, I'm not to sure this is possible. I need to replace a primary key (pkid) with the value of a different field. I have pkid = 200 attendid = 301 I need the pkid = 301 But there may or may

[SQL] Is this possible?

2009-02-16 Thread johnf
Hi, I'm not to sure this is possible. I need to replace a primary key (pkid) with the value of a different field. I have pkid = 200 attendid = 301 I need the pkid = 301 But there may or may not be a pkid that already exist that has the value of 301. The attendid is unique and the pkid data

Re: [SQL] postgresql function not accepting null values inselect statement

2008-02-22 Thread johnf
On Friday 22 February 2008 01:35:47 am Bart Degryse wrote: Can you try this... CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getfunctionaries(p_statecd integer) RETURNS SETOF t_functionaries AS $BODY$ DECLARE rec t_functionaries%ROWTYPE; BEGIN FOR rec IN ( SELECT f.functionaryid, f.category,

Re: [SQL] accounting schema

2008-02-07 Thread johnf
On Wednesday 06 February 2008 06:54:36 pm Medi Montaseri wrote: I suppose instead of AR and AP tables, I can just have one table called Entry (thanks Joe) with an attribute indicating AR vs AP. I recommend you not do have only one table for transaction. AR and AP are different animals and

[SQL] Information schema permissions

2008-02-06 Thread johnf
Assume a standard install on Linux (what ever that means). Would a normal user have access to information schema? I have a front end written in python that accesses tables and permissions are set based on roles. But I do nothing with respect to the information schema view. I would like my

Re: [SQL] Information schema permissions

2008-02-06 Thread johnf
On Wednesday 06 February 2008 03:37:22 pm Tom Lane wrote: johnf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Assume a standard install on Linux (what ever that means). Would a normal user have access to information schema? I have a front end written in python that accesses tables and permissions are set