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  • Hi, This is related to the problem that I faced some time ago. I have created a dll library file with inbuilt constraints and triggers. I also built the same for Linux environment. Here's what I am ...
    Mehul Doshi-A20614Mehul Doshi-A20614
    Jan 24, 2006 at 9:22 pm
    Jan 27, 2006 at 5:46 pm
  • It occurs to me that there is no longer any great need to have a separate hackers list for win32 development. Perhaps we should close it down now and keep all development on -hackers? Regards, Dave.
    Dave PageDave Page
    Sep 16, 2005 at 10:54 am
    Sep 20, 2005 at 1:17 am
  • Tom Lane suggested that perhaps this mailing list would be a better place to ask the following question ... since we have an application that is very dependent on the accuracy of timestamps, this is ...
    Lane Van IngenLane Van Ingen
    Sep 15, 2005 at 2:13 pm
    Sep 15, 2005 at 5:00 pm
  • Just for fun, I went through PostgreSQL 8.1 and did a complete build using Microsoft's C and the latest Visual Studio. With a few minor tweaks, everything compiled with no errors. My assumption is ...
    Chuck McDevittChuck McDevitt
    Sep 9, 2005 at 6:38 pm
    Sep 10, 2005 at 2:29 pm
  • I just tested this on my windows XP machine running rc1. A default configuration reports zeros for the tcp values in a 'show all'. More significantly, if you change a tcp parameter from the default, ...
    Merlin MoncureMerlin Moncure
    Sep 8, 2005 at 7:33 pm
    Sep 12, 2005 at 2:27 am
  • I've uploaded an initial test build of pgInstaller based on a post-beta 1 CVS snapshot of PostgreSQL. Major changes since 8.1 include: - Don't install any DLLs into %SYSTEM32%. This means that ...
    Dave PageDave Page
    Sep 8, 2005 at 1:46 pm
    Sep 8, 2005 at 1:46 pm
  • ok, I've been in crunching profile profile graphs, and so far have been only been able to draw following conclusions. For bulk, 'in-transaction' insert: 1. win32 is slower than linux. win32 time for ...
    Merlin MoncureMerlin Moncure
    Sep 7, 2005 at 1:08 pm
    Sep 7, 2005 at 7:01 pm
  • has andbody managed to get profiling working on windows? I'm hacking the makefile.global with -pg in CFLAGS the postgres library compiles ok but the next one fails: what I am I doing wrong? libgmon.a ...
    Merlin MoncureMerlin Moncure
    Aug 23, 2005 at 6:48 pm
    Aug 26, 2005 at 3:08 pm
  • The windows random number of generator (a port of lrand48 in random.c) seems a little weak. It seems to only offer about 16 bits of precision. Maybe there is a bug in the implementation? Merlin ...
    Merlin MoncureMerlin Moncure
    Aug 22, 2005 at 8:00 pm
    Aug 23, 2005 at 1:26 pm
  • I'm having trouble with a configure test for getaddrinfo on Windows. The relevant part of config.log is as below. Any help would be appreciated. According to ...
    Andrew DunstanAndrew Dunstan
    Aug 17, 2005 at 9:35 pm
    Aug 17, 2005 at 9:35 pm
  • [moving lists] First, this question should not be on the -patches list. Please read the mailing list descriptions carefully before posting and use the right one - in this case probably the ...
    Andrew DunstanAndrew Dunstan
    Aug 16, 2005 at 7:32 pm
    Aug 19, 2005 at 6:36 pm
  • I wouldn't call it a theory, more like a guess ;) The idea is that windows sometimes to some funky stuff with startmenu shortcuts - and since some connection information is stored there, it might be ...
    Magnus HaganderMagnus Hagander
    Aug 6, 2005 at 5:30 pm
    Aug 6, 2005 at 5:30 pm
  • I am trying to install Postgresql 8.0.3/ 8.0.2 on windows XP. I get following error: This installation package cannot be openned. Verify that the package exists and that you access it, or contact the ...
    Anup BordiaAnup Bordia
    Aug 3, 2005 at 3:31 am
    Aug 11, 2005 at 2:24 pm
  • Hello All I am trying to use the pginstaller to install on a Win2000 machine. I do have NOD32 installed but as I notice in the FAQ there might be problems I have disabled it. I am running the install ...
    Richard LuckhurstRichard Luckhurst
    Aug 2, 2005 at 10:46 pm
    Aug 4, 2005 at 8:05 am
  • Hello, i successfully installed PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and MingW on a windows xp box and tried to compile a module of mine. Thats the error i got back: $ make sed 's,MODULE_PATHNAME,$libdir/tablelog,g' ...
    Andreas 'ads' ScherbaumAndreas 'ads' Scherbaum
    Aug 2, 2005 at 10:08 pm
    Aug 10, 2005 at 9:48 pm
  • Hi ! I'd like to get my request results in a record set as a C structure using libpq. Is it possible or do I have to use ECPG only ? How PGresult pointer stores the results ? Actually I can convert ...
    Michael GUIARDMichael GUIARD
    Aug 1, 2005 at 7:38 am
    Aug 6, 2005 at 5:29 pm
  • Hi, The depends test.dll showed the same result in both places. Finally I managed to get a break-through. When I copied the dll into the bin folder, it started to work fine. It's like postgres seems ...
    Mehul Doshi-A20614Mehul Doshi-A20614
    Aug 1, 2005 at 6:44 am
    Aug 1, 2005 at 6:44 am
  • I think this is windows specific but it might now be. With a win32 server & XP clients, if the client is killed with a hard reset i.e. pull out power cord, the server does not recognize that the ...
    Merlin MoncureMerlin Moncure
    Jul 28, 2005 at 10:32 pm
    Jul 29, 2005 at 12:19 pm
  • Here we go, that wasn't too hard :-) Apart from adding the error handling, it does one more thing: it changes the errormode when loading the DLLs. Previously if a DLL was broken, or referenced other ...
    Magnus HaganderMagnus Hagander
    Jul 28, 2005 at 8:10 pm
    Aug 12, 2005 at 9:23 pm
  • Hi ! first, thank you Magnus for your help :) the use of cursors and fetch commands works fine for me. Is it possible to know the result length (rows count) before any retreive ? Another thing, now ...
    Michael GUIARDMichael GUIARD
    Jul 28, 2005 at 1:55 pm
    Jul 28, 2005 at 1:55 pm
  • Hi all, I've tried posting to the General list but it's been almost a week and I didn't get an much of an answer... I need help trying to identify what my problem is, and I don't know pgSQL well ...
    Audrey Bergeron-MorinAudrey Bergeron-Morin
    Jul 27, 2005 at 8:03 pm
    Jul 28, 2005 at 9:59 pm
  • Hi Magnus, Thanks. Here's what I did: 1. Downloaded the 8.0 source code. 2. Created a test directory in postgresql-8.0.0\src\ 3. Wrote a sample c snippet as given below: 4. Compiled using gcc ...
    Mehul Doshi-A20614Mehul Doshi-A20614
    Jul 26, 2005 at 12:56 pm
    Jul 27, 2005 at 1:35 pm
  • Hi ! I hope I choose the correct mailing list and I hope my question has not been already asked. Correct me if I wrong. I do not understand something : what is the difference between this mailing ...
    Michael GUIARDMichael GUIARD
    Jul 26, 2005 at 8:46 am
    Jul 26, 2005 at 1:03 pm
  • Yes, they should be. Most functions should work without modifications. How exactly did you build your DLL? //Magnus
    Magnus HaganderMagnus Hagander
    Jul 25, 2005 at 3:15 pm
    Jul 28, 2005 at 5:46 am
  • Hi, I would like to know whether the native Windows version of PostgreSQL (version 8.0.0) supports trigger functions defined in shared libraries. Specifically, I am trying to port a Linux shared ...
    Mehul Doshi-A20614Mehul Doshi-A20614
    Jul 25, 2005 at 3:07 pm
    Jul 25, 2005 at 3:07 pm
  • Hi, I want to test a CVS head snapshot on Windows but don't have a Windows compiler. Are pre-built snapshots available for download? I looked on the ftp site and didn't find them there . . . Michael
    Michael AllmanMichael Allman
    Jul 22, 2005 at 7:38 pm
    Jul 22, 2005 at 7:52 pm
  • For some reason the second part of my post ("1) ... 2) Likely wrong interruption time reported in log files (8.0.0 and 8.0.3).") was split up into several parts, and some of it disappeared. I am ...
    Knut P LehreKnut P Lehre
    Jul 22, 2005 at 11:17 am
    Jul 22, 2005 at 2:40 pm
  • OK. Event description is: "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( PostgreSQL ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to ...
    Knut P LehreKnut P Lehre
    Jul 22, 2005 at 10:44 am
    Jul 22, 2005 at 3:11 pm
  • Hi everybody, I would like to write a program in C processing some data stored in PostgreSQL 8.0 by using the libq under Windows. Thus I installed the PostgreSQL 8.03 and a free compiler Borland 5.5 ...
    TszpTszp
    Jul 21, 2005 at 10:51 am
    Jul 21, 2005 at 10:51 am
  • 1) During postgresql 8.0.3 shutdown (net stop postgresql) Error events appear in WinXP Pro and Win Server 2003. I didn't see this before upgrading to 8.0.3 from 8.0.0. Error Category: None, Event 0, ...
    Knut P LehreKnut P Lehre
    Jul 20, 2005 at 11:56 am
    Jul 22, 2005 at 7:29 am
  • I have tried the pginstaller a number of times on my system and it always ends in failure. I have seen a setup file on the pgfoundry site that allows manual installation. Is there some documentation ...
    Frank churchFrank church
    Jul 19, 2005 at 11:50 am
    Jul 20, 2005 at 4:37 pm
  • Hi all, I am running DBT2 benchmarks on a 4 way Win 2003 server when the postgres server process crashes. Then I tried on a 1 GB P4 desktop running XP and could reproduce the problem quite often. The ...
    Prabin GadePrabin Gade
    Jul 15, 2005 at 5:02 pm
    Jul 18, 2005 at 8:54 am
  • I need to install PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on several Windows 2000 servers which are impossible to access physically. I know how to do this in Windows 2003 Server remotely using "mstsc -console", but this is ...
    Jason LongJason Long
    Jul 15, 2005 at 3:48 am
    Jul 15, 2005 at 8:58 pm
  • GletscherHi everybody, I used the instalation routine "postgresql-8.0.msi" to install the "PostgreSQL 8.0.0 on i686-pc-mingw32" service on a Windows 2003 standard PC. After instalation is complete, i ...
    Borislav RoussanovBorislav Roussanov
    Jul 14, 2005 at 7:02 am
    Jul 14, 2005 at 9:23 am
  • In trying to install postgresql 8.0.3 on Windows I got an error on running the initdb script, that caused the whole process to be aborted and reversed. Not even a log was created inspite of the ...
    Frank churchFrank church
    Jul 13, 2005 at 5:21 pm
    Jul 13, 2005 at 7:24 pm
  • Today I got done an item that's been on my TODO list for some time - I got my Windows buildfarm member building with all 3 optional PLs and passing all their regression tests. In each case (perl, ...
    Andrew DunstanAndrew Dunstan
    Jul 7, 2005 at 9:17 pm
    Jul 8, 2005 at 12:13 pm
  • Hi, so I installed native 8.03 on my XP SP2 box - just for testing, I need only support for about 3-4 simult. connections. However I installed it and open the Task manager - and see at least a ...
    Stan VassilevStan Vassilev
    Jul 1, 2005 at 10:13 pm
    Jul 8, 2005 at 12:14 pm
  • Hi I intalled postgreSQL 8.0.3 from win installer. I am trying to create my own c functions to exetend the functionallity of postgres. I had some trouble so I tryed add_one function as it is shown in ...
    Kostadin ZhelevKostadin Zhelev
    Jun 30, 2005 at 2:48 pm
    Jun 30, 2005 at 3:15 pm
  • Just a thought. When you are restoring, are you restoring using the same encoding as the database you dumped. I recall having similar problems and it was because my dumped database was in SQL ASCII ...
    Obe, Regina DND\\MISObe, Regina DND\\MIS
    Jun 23, 2005 at 12:42 pm
    Jun 23, 2005 at 12:42 pm
  • Hello, this seems strangely to be an extremely complex task. I've tried all kinds of backup/restore (compressed, tared, plain) with all possible options and combination of options. I cannot seem to ...
    Federico Simonetti (Etheye)Federico Simonetti (Etheye)
    Jun 22, 2005 at 10:18 pm
    Jun 23, 2005 at 2:46 pm
  • Hi, If i perform a silient Install, is it possible to setup a default database user with password?
    Jamie DeppelerJamie Deppeler
    Jun 10, 2005 at 6:40 am
    Jun 10, 2005 at 11:26 am
  • Hi, I am looking for a good reference on optimising postgresql 8
    Jamie DeppelerJamie Deppeler
    Jun 1, 2005 at 4:23 am
    Jun 1, 2005 at 5:21 am
  • I try to integrate some c functions in postgres running under windows. Compiling this function into a .dll file and try to create a function with: CREATE FUNCTION eins_addieren(integer) RETURNS ...
    Dennis DauweDennis Dauwe
    May 24, 2005 at 4:07 pm
    May 24, 2005 at 4:07 pm
  • Trying to open "postgresql-8.0.3.zip" from 2005-05-12 with "WinZip 8.1 SR-1 (5266)" gives the following error message: ""Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive". The file ...
    Knut P. LehreKnut P. Lehre
    May 13, 2005 at 7:20 am
    May 13, 2005 at 7:50 am
  • When PostgreSQL is installed as a program, the install does not ask for a user name or password. How does someone connect to the Database Server, without a user name or password, especially, if the ...
    Brian J. EricksonBrian J. Erickson
    May 11, 2005 at 11:21 pm
    May 12, 2005 at 1:50 pm
  • Hello, Could someone tell me what are the command-line arguments that are passed from "postgresql-8.0.msi" to "postgresql-8.0-int.msi"? Thanks Brian Erickson
    Brian J. EricksonBrian J. Erickson
    May 9, 2005 at 5:51 pm
    May 9, 2005 at 5:54 pm
  • Based on the "mess" analysis, I decided it is better to allow libintl to use its own snprintf() for Win32 when NLS is enabled, rather than try to override that with our own snprintf. I have added ...
    Bruce MomjianBruce Momjian
    May 5, 2005 at 9:03 pm
    May 5, 2005 at 9:03 pm
  • Hello, I am trying to build an install: Command: C:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make Makefile.paths Message: makefile:11: Makefile.paths: No such file or directory cp Makefile.paths.in Makefile.paths ...
    Brian J. EricksonBrian J. Erickson
    May 4, 2005 at 11:27 pm
    May 5, 2005 at 11:40 am
  • Am I blind or do I not see an installer for 8.0.2?
    Joshua D. DrakeJoshua D. Drake
    May 4, 2005 at 3:53 pm
    May 4, 2005 at 4:12 pm
  • Hello everyone, Anyone can help me find out RPM packs for Postgre 8.0 , i need it for Linux "i586" I just find RPMs for version i686 :( Anybody more luck than me? thanks in advance Atenciosamente, ...
    Lipy ReisLipy Reis
    May 4, 2005 at 4:23 am
    May 4, 2005 at 3:39 pm
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