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How to retrieve data from Postgresql index using java
I am writing an application for searching, using text search of Postgresql. I am a beginner in Database. I created a Gin index and i am trying to get data from it. My code is
import ...
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PostgreSQL “freeze”/“unfreeze” command equivalents
In Derby (an embedded database written in Java which is mostly used for testing or prototyping) there are "freeze" and "unfreeze" commands which can be used during an online backup. "Freeze" simply ...
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PostgreSQL: Executing DDL on every schema
I've a multi-tenant DB setup, and need to add some columns. I'm using schemas (and search_path) to partition my users, so I'm looking for a ubiquitous way to apply a DDL-schema change to all my ...
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Why does `pg_lsclusters` not list my Postgres cluster?
I apt-get installed Postgres 9.2.4 (using PPA).
I used pg_dropcluster --stop 9.2 main to remove the default database cluster, because I intended on creating a new cluster on a separate SSD volume (a ...
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How to import a text file with '|' delimited data to PostgreSQL database? [closed]
I have a text file with | delimited data that I want to import to a table in PostgreSQL database. PgAdminIII only exports CSV files. I converted the file to a CSV file using MS excel but still was ...
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PostgreSQL 9.2.4 (Windows 7) - Service won't start, “could not load pg_hba.conf”
I am trying to get Postgres 9.2.4 to run as a service on Windows 7. After installing postgres, the service was running fine. However, after setting postgres up as a server for another program, the ...
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postgres-xc: ERROR: cannot set transaction read-write mode during recovery!
I am trying to make a HA in postgres-xc After creating an environment of streaming replication I am trying to create a table in default database as coordinator logged in. But it gives me the following ...
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Postgresql function to create table
I want to create a function in order to create a table with a specific structure pasing part of the name of the table as an argument so the name of the table is t_ . Similar to this:
CREATE OR ...
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Workaround the snapshot isolation in a writable CTE
The postgres docs say:
The sub-statements in WITH are executed concurrently with each other and with the main query. Therefore, when using data-modifying statements in WITH, the order in which the ...
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Postgres 9.2 select multiple specific rows in one query
I have a table with three columns,
Id Serial.
Value real.
timein Timestamp.
I want to select the values based on a range of days ie. from two days ago until now. The table may contain one or two ...
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LISTEN / NOTIFY privileges
I have a single postgres database, with two users; Alice and Bob.
I would like to be able to do a NOTIFY alice_channel 'sensitive data' without Bob being able to sneakily LISTEN in just by guessing ...
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Gathering data from independent databases to a central one
I need to do the following. In a LAN there are 4 postgres boxes each having a small postgres database. These servers are gathering data from the internet and insert them as records in a table in their ...
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How to install and configure Postgres-XC in windows?
Can anybody suggest me any resources of the complete installation procedure of postgres-XC in windows. I've installed postgresql-9.2 in my windows and can use it. Now I need to know the installation ...
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Is replication from SQL Server 2008 to PostgreSql possible?
Is it possible ? Sql Server as publisher(master) and PostgreSql as slave(subscriber) ? Any type of replication really.
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Use cases for hstore vs json datatypes in postgresql [closed]
In Postgresql, the hstore and json datatypes seem to have very similar use cases. When would you choose to use one vs. the other? Initial thoughts:
You can nest with json; you can't with hstore
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PostgreSQL stored function that returns arbitrary resultset
I would like to write a PostgreSQL stored function that essentially behaves like the stored procedures I know and love from MSSQL and MySQL where I can just wrap a query that takes no parameters and ...
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Creating a PostgreSQL SERIAL column using pgAdmin3
When I use pgAdmin3 to create a column of type serial, why does it instead create nextval('prices_id_seq'::regclass)?
Should we keep this type defined by pgAdmin? Manually create the table with SQL ...
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Postgres: Given some parent id's how can I SELECT X child records for each?
In Postgres, if I have :
Parent Table
id, name
1, Parent1
2, Parent2
.....
5, Parent5
Child Table
id, parent_id, name
1, 1, Child1
2, 1, Child2
.....
6, 2, Child6
.....
25, 5, Child25
so 5 ...
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Different queries result in big difference in performance
I have 2 similar functions, different way result in big diff in performance.
The PostgreSQL version: 9.2.1.
Function 1
create or replace function func_1() returns text as
$$
declare
v_i ...
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Identical Postgres index scan taking 5x longer on server
I have an intermediate table for managing a many-to-many relation between tables called Expert and Subject:
Column | Type | Modifiers
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Postgres sql dump import error
I'm facing a issue while importing the dump in my system, i'm getting the error as
" Error: syntax error at or near "" LOCK TABLESDB_NAME` WRITE;"
and exiting with "out of memory"
We had ...
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which postgres do i have installed? what directory needs to be in my path to run initdb?
I need to use postgresql with ruby on rails.
I have these directories
/Library/PostgreSQL
and
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/usr:local:Cellar:postgresql:9.2.2
This 2nd directory name is ...
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Recursive query using plpgsql
I'm trying to write a plpgsql function that recursively returns a set of columns from records in a tree structure.
I have a data table and a table to link the data together:
DATATABLE
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id ...
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clusterdb stopped working for PostgreSQL database in Ubuntu 12.04 server
After a fresh PostgreSQL install (version 9.2) on my Ubuntu server 12.04, clusterdb utility stopped working. I used the same config files as I used with version 9.1.
Below is the actual command:
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Very slow DELETE in PostgreSQL, workaround?
I have a database on PostgreSQL 9.2 that has a main schema with around 70 tables and a variable number of identically structured per-client schemas of 30 tables each. The client schemas have foreign ...
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Install PostgreSQL 9.2 on Windows using WIN1252 encoding.
I had installed PostgreSQL 9.2 earlier and it always installed with the encoding being WIN1252 (the default database was WIN1252). I then some time ago reinstalled it with the encoding being UTF8 (I ...
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Postgresql Run 'Jobs' At Specific Times
I have a normal problem to anyone that can't trust on applications to do their 'work/ AKA be online' and needs a DB Stored Procedure to run every minute .
Scenario :
PostgreSQL 9.2
Need To Run A ...
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PostgreSQL user can not connect to server after changing password
I've met this with 4 roles I created:
After changing password for a user in pgAdmin III using the GUI (1), that user can not log in any more.
pgAdmin III show error message:
An error has occurred:
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Materialized View PostgreSQL
Is there any possibility of having built-in materialized views in PostgreSQL ?
I don't want Gardner version or somehthing like physical table populated by triggers.
I've read that was/is something ...
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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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Tuning Postgres config for new Database Server
I have finally gotten a Purpose Built Database machine for a project i'm working on.
The server is a 4 Core Xeon with 64GB of Ram and a Raid10 of 10krpm drives.
I have just got the database moved ...
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Why is a new user allowed to create a table?
I'm wondering why a newly created user is allowed to create a table after connecting to a database. I have one database, project2_core:
postgres=# \l
List of ...
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Tools and methodologies to keep to DBs aligned
2 DBs having schemas that represent the same semantic objects.
The first one is production DB (Non-RDBMS, in-house implemented in-memory DB with shitload of RAM). Other is Postgres.
Once in a while ...
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Can this array group count query be improved?
So I have the following query
explain analyze
with tags as (
select unnest(tags) as tag_name from tasks where user_id = 1
) select
count(9),
tag_name
from
tags
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Struggling with pgBouncer
I've got Postgres 9.2 and PgBouncer (The version that came with the 'stack builder'). I have a .net application connecting via Npgsql version 2.0.12 on a win7 machine.
My application can happily ...
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Full Text Search With PostgreSQL
i have a table with this rows:
Stickers
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ID | Title |Keywords (ts_vector)
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inet_client_addr in PostgreSQL don't return IP
i trying use the function inet_client_addr() (PostgreSQL 9.2) in a trigger, but the return is '::1/128'.
This is a problem with my script or with the server?
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ...
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How does Postgres 9.2's streaming replication handle schema changes, and initial table setup?
I want to set up a backup database on the physical server which sits right under my primary physical database server. I'm using Postgres 9.2, and I want to use synchronous, streaming replication (for ...
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Lost postgreSQL password in Windows installation
I have postgresql 9.2 installed on a windows XP machine. I have lost the postgres password.
I looked at answers given to a similar question asked 6 months ago. The answer given there required the ...
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Postgresql 9.2 won't start after rerunning installer
All,
I made a fatal mistake and accidentally ran the core installer for postgresql rather than the stackinstaller. I didn't go all the way through the install process but it still set something that ...
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Postgresql, write archive file over mount, secure against simultaneous access?
I am using Postgres 9.2.1 and am saving my archivable WAL over a NFS share.
I just use the basic command, given as an example in the postgresql.conf
test ! -f /mnt/server/archivedir/%f && cp ...
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Cannot shutdown old postmaster when upgrading to Postgres 9.2
I'm upgrading to Postgres 9.2.2 (from 9.1.4). When I try to upgrade the DBs using:
pg_upgrade -b /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.1.4/bin -B /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/9.2.2/bin -d ...
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Performance impact of setting PostgreSQL to log all statements
PostgreSQL 9.2.2 on Windows 7 64-bit.
The setting log_statement in the postgresql.conf file specifies what statements to log (none, DDL, data-modifying, or all). To what extent does setting ...
