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Postgres backup and WAL to S3

We are looking for a solution for the following problem: We have set up streaming replication so we have a master DB and a slave DB, we want to have basebackups and WAL files sent to our S3 storage ...
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How to make continues cluster?

I have a report table with the following index: providerid, date The table is around 30M records and it grows about 100K rows per day. I want to use in the index above as a cluster, but as I ...
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Configuring PostgreSQL for read performance

Our system write a lots of data (kind of Big Data system). The write performance is good enough for our needs but the read performance is really too slow. The primary key (constraint) structure is ...
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Can't set up witness in Repmgr 2.0

I am trying to setup repmgr using the autofailover quick setup tutorial provided on Github Link But I am kind of stuck on the witness section, when trying to create the witness with repmgr -d repmgr ...
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Streaming replication in postgresql 9.1 — sender and receiver processes aren't running

I've followed this guide, and cross-referenced the primary postgresql wiki in order to set up replication. I've configured postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf as directed, and then restarted the master ...
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What happen when Postgresql tablespace is null?

I'm facing a DWH on postgresql with no DBA (I'm not one) so I turn to you with hope to figure this issue/s. Long story short, when I check the disk usage per tablespace, I get different distribution ...
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Use select query in stored procedure

I have some doubt about stored procedure. Using select query inside the stored procedure is efficent or using select query in front end. Which is take less time and give the result is fast Or if have ...
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How to monitor or do vacuum without stop all?

I have postgres9.1 I try to run full vacuum on a specific table , but it run for more than 5 hours. I stop all process against this table and i cannot have the process down any longer. Is there a ...
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Group Database Entries by time difference

I have a large postgreSQL database with log data. All this data has timestamps and I want to group consecutive rows where the difference between the timestamps is less then 1500 miliseconds for ...
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Storing no of players the last seven days in an online game

I want to plot the number of players, in the last seven days, of an MMORPG which haves 50~ servers. The system fetches the number of players in each server every 15 minutes and I'm not really sure how ...
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Cannot create PostgreSQL user

I'm using PostrgreSQL 9.1.9 on Ubuntu 13.04. Using the following StackOverflow question, I tried to create a user/role in postgressql: ...
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Failover - automatic switching between servers in Postgresql 9.1

I'm pretty new to Postgresql 9.1 and failover replication. We have a simple master-slave setup, for failover replication, which our application (client) is connected to. On a failure of the master, ...
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PostgreSQL: Cannot change directory to /root

I am trying to copy a table planet_osm_polygon from one database osm to another test. I su postgres and performed the pg_dump. Problem: However I'm getting the error could not change directory to ...
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PostgreSQL, How to keep only one schema?

I don't want some users be available to create schemas, and only use the public schema. I'd like to remove the permission of creating schemas, but I can't found anything on PotsgreSQL 9.1 ...
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How to insert binary data into a PostgreSQL BYTEA column using libpqxx?

I'm a newbie at SQL, and even greener when it comes to using the PostgreSQL C++ API libpqxx. What I'd like to do is insert some binary data into a BYTEA column, but I find the Doxygen output is ...
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Pass a table array as a parameter to an upsert function in postgresql

i have an UPSERT function which works well but i update and insert records in batches, can this function be modified so that i just pass all the records to this function as an array then it will ...
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How do I list all schemas in PostgreSQL?

When using PostgreSQL v9.1, how do I list all of the schemas using SQL? I was expecting something along the lines of: SELECT something FROM pg_blah;
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Optimizing queries on a range of timestamps (two columns)

I use postgresql-9.1 with ubuntu 12.04. I need to select records inside a range of time: my table time_limits has two timestamp fields and one property integer. Indeed there are other info columns ...
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Postgres 9.1 wait events

Is there anything in Postgresql 9.1 similar to wait events dynamic views of oracle? I need to find queries which are waiting for a long time, and the events they are blocked on.
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Write performance of Postgresql 9.1 with read-only slave

I have a Postgresql 9.1 database that is being hosted by Heroku. It currently has a read-only "follower". I need to truncate several large tables (over 100GB) of data and reloads them. Is the ...
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How I can copy from local file to remote DB in PostgreSQL?

I am a novice in psql and need some help. How can I load a local CSV to a remote DB? I am using the following command \COPY test(user_id, product_id, value) FROM '/Users/testuser/test.tsv' ...
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Set field values to newly imported rows in PostgreSQL table with existing data

I have a PostgreSQL table with existing data, and needs to import all the rows in a CSV file into that table. I am using pgadmin3's Import tool to do the import. Question: For the newly imported ...
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Limiting number of results in a Partition using OVER(PARTITION BY)

In the following query, why is it that we have to limit the results returned from each Partition by using the clause WHERE foo.row_num < 3 outside of the subquery foo but not from within the ...
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How to use array variable in query in PostgreSQL

Create table t1 ( xcheck varchar[], name text ); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fn_acgroup(xch varchar[]) RETURNS record AS DECLARE xrc as record; execute 'select name from t1 where xcheck @> ...
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Passing argument in trigger dynamically

CREATE TRIGGER audit_proc_tr AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON "log".hi FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "log".audit_proc(argument); CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ...
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Concatenation of setof type or setof record

I use Postgresql 9.1 with Ubuntu 12.04. In a plpgsql function I try to concatenate setof type returned from another function. the type pair_id_value in question is created with create type ...
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Correct use of VOLATILE COST (and ROWS) indications in Postgresql stored procedure

While looking at several examples of pl/python and pl/pgsql, I have seen many - but not all - using volatile cost. ie: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION my_function() RETURNS setof record AS $BODY$ -- ...
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Cannot `create function` in plpython3u, permission denied

As postgres user, I have create extension plpython3u; in my database then I have set the plpython3u to trusted: select lanpltrusted from pg_language where lanname like 'plpython3u'; returns true but ...
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Cannot use python3 as stored procedure language in posgresql database

I want to have python3 in my postgresql database for writing stored procedures. Being in the psql client, when I enter the command create extension plpython3u I get the error: couldn't open ...
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Create log file only for my executed queries

I have been using the following to set up the log file: log_statement='all', log_collector='on', log_destination='on', log_filename='filename' After that, for testing I just executed a query ...
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Create database on new partition

I use postgresql 9.1, on ubuntu 12.04. I had installed the depot package. I have added a new partition to my system, and I would like to create a postgresql database on this partition ( which will be ...
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Create Log file for insert,update and delete records and retrive the log details

How to create/update log file for each modifications(insert,update,delete) in my database. i cant find any feasible methods to achieve so. can anybody know how to implement this.? if so then please ...
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Configuring Postgres 9.2 streaming replication with Redhat Clustering Suite for High Availability

I'm in the process of configuring postgresql 9.2 streaming replication with Redhat Clustering Suite for high availability. I have 1 master and 1 hot standby configured to replicate the data from ...
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PostgreSQL 9.1 streaming replication problem: replica fails to use an index properly

We use PostgreSQL 9.1.7 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 on a master server and PostgreSQL 9.1.7 on FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on a replica server. The replica and master servers return different results on the same ...
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How to view the current settings of Autovacuum in Postgres?

I've found a million examples of how to set Autovacuum's configuration settings, but can't seem to find how to list the current configuration. Postgres 9.1 is the version I'm most interested in.
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“custom archiver out of memory” error when restoring large DB using pg_restore

I'm trying to a restore a local copy of a 30GB DB (with only one table) dumped using the Heroku wrappers (described here) using pg_restore. The Heroku DB is using 9.1.7 and I have had the same result ...
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How to pass a table type with an array field to a function in postgresql

i have a table called book CREATE TABLE book ( id smallint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, bname text, btype text, bprices numeric(11,2)[], CONSTRAINT key PRIMARY KEY (id ) ) and a ...
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Single column join vs multicolumn join

In a test with two schemas that conceptually contain the same data I got a bigger performance difference then expected. In one scheme a surrogate key is used which means that in the join condition ...
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Truncate table is taking too long in PostgreSQL

I have many databases on the same server, all with same templates. When I execute truncate command on exceptions table in each database, it works fine and executes immediately but on database named ...
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PostgreSQL can't start after tuning some options

I'm having some issues with "too many clients" and I tried to change the max_connections param (currently 100). I tried to set some value like 300, but when I restart the service, I got this ...
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Starting a Postgres slave that is in hotstandy - stuck after start

I have a postgres 9.1 hot-standby that has been down for a few days and having problems starting back up. When I try to restart the server I see the following: -sh-4.1$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl ...
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PostgreSQL 9.1, how to restore a Hot Standby Slave w/o any Wal Files?

I have a PostgreSQL 9.1 hot standby slave that had all of its wal files removed. How can I restart the standby server and have the slave resync from the master? Thanks
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Postgres 9.1 statistics in pg_stat_database

I've been searching for some information about Postgres 9.1 stats which are stored in pg_stat_database - on the web and on IRC. I found SOME information for 9.2 but even that doesn't seem to be ...
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Something wrong in pg_hba.conf

this my configuration: #postgres.conf: listen_addresses = 'localhost' #pg_hba.conf: local all postgres md5 local all appuser trust local all devuser trust local all all peer i'm connecting in ...
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Postgres: Can the archive command for master and standby point to the same directory?

I use streaming replication and PITR (WAL files) in my cluster, currently I have different versions of postgresql.conf for the master and the standby server. The only difference in the files is the ...
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Granting access to all tables for a user

I'm a new to Postgres and trying to migrate our MySQL databases over. In MySQL I can grant SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE privileges on a low privileged user and enable those grants to apply to all ...
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Store a formula in a table and use the formula in a function

I have a PostgreSQL 9.1 database where part of it handles agent commissions. Each agent has his/her own formula of calculation how much commission they get. I have a function to generate the amount of ...
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one trigger for multiple tables

i have a trigger in PostgreSql 9.1 that i want to fire on inserts of several tables. is it possible to have it affect all these tables instead of creating the trigger for all these tables? i have 58 ...
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Interactive INSERT / UPDATE function to implement UPSERT

I have a function in PostgreSQL 9.1 that I want client applications to be passing a record object and the function will detect if it's an insert or an update and return the operation done, i.e "1 ...
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Casting issue when calling a function with composite type parameter

I have a function in PostgreSQL 9.1 called fun_test. It has a composite type as input parameter and I keep getting a casting error when I call it. what could be the issue? CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ...

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