Re: [SQL] transaction locking

2003-09-18 Thread tom baker
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 22:33, Stephan Szabo pronounced: > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, tom baker wrote: > > i am (probably) shooting myself in the foot, but here goes the question. > > > > inside of a begin transaction/commit block, i am attempting to insert a > > record into a parts table, and the

Re: [SQL] transaction locking

2003-09-18 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, tom baker wrote: > ah, yes, i DID not see the NOT. that is fixed. here is the code that is having > problems (paired down; all error checking has been removed!) > > $res=pg_query( "BEGIN TRANSACTION" ) ; > > $sql = "LOCK TABLE parts IN SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE" ; > $res = pg_q

[SQL] plpgsql triggers question -> foo := NEW ?

2003-09-18 Thread Mihail Changalov
Hi list, I've searched the interactive docs and found this link: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/plpgsql-trigger.html There is no answer to the question below: How to set foo:= NEW or foo:= OLD in plpgsql trigger function (I have the same problem) Any help is appreciated. Than

Re: [SQL] transaction locking

2003-09-18 Thread tom baker
On Thursday 18 September 2003 11:24, Stephan Szabo pronounced: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, tom baker wrote: > > ah, yes, i DID not see the NOT. that is fixed. here is the code that is > > having problems (paired down; all error checking has been removed!) > > > > $res=pg_query( "BEGIN TRANSACTION" ) ; >

[SQL] Automated Backup

2003-09-18 Thread Kumar
Dear Gurus,   Is there a way to automate the backup databases using pg_dump (like in SQL server)?   Regards Kumar

[SQL] Datafiles for Databases

2003-09-18 Thread Kumar
Dear Friends,   I was looking for a structure like oracle or ms Sql server in Postgres. What I have expected is individual datafiles for individual databases. But i cant fine such items in the /usr/local/pgsql/data directory.   Will the postgres create individual data file for databases?   H

[SQL] virus warning

2003-09-18 Thread Tomasz Myrta
Hi Recently I receive massive mail attack. This attack comes from some postgresql mailing list users. All send-to adresses are taken from users mailboxes which contain postgresql posts. Currently I found two kinds of viruses: 1. Empty post with "Undelivered message to..." body 2. Microsoft "Dear

[SQL] is this explain good or bad???

2003-09-18 Thread ries
Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is good or bad but when I want to have a record count of a view it takes at least 75 seconds to complete (PII 1.4Ghz 256Mb RAM). Also when I do a record count of one single table (same table but not joined) it just takes a long time. Firt I want to make sure that the

Re: [SQL] is this explain good or bad???

2003-09-18 Thread Tomasz Myrta
explain select count(*) from sq_logfile; Not too helpful. Better choice is: explain analyze select * from sq_logfile; Your explains show that selecting from view is 4 times slower than selecting from a table (35988:128282). It is possible. Anyway counting 1 million rows usualy takes a long time...