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1. initdb problem and operator question

   Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de> — 1998-04-27T11:56:55Z

   I cannot run initdb anymore.
   
   initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as input to create the
   template database.
   initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to create the
   global classes.
   initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based
   authentication control file.
   
   We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=31).
   This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
   
   initdb: creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
   Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
   initdb: could not create template database
   initdb: cleaning up by wiping out /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
   
   Using -d didn't show me much. I'm using the source I downloaded a few hours
   ago. And this time I did a make clean; make all.
   
   Also I'd like to know if the operator "->" is in use for something. I'd like
   to use it for C variables to be able to do something like this:
   
   select name into :structpointer->name
   
   If it is used though I have to disable this feature.
   
   Michael
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2. Re: [HACKERS] initdb problem and operator question

   Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> — 1998-04-28T02:58:20Z

   > I'd like to know if the operator "->" is in use for something. I'd 
   > like to use it for C variables to be able to do something like this:
   > 
   > select name into :structpointer->name
   > 
   > If it is used though I have to disable this feature.
   
   Not currently used. afaik this syntax wasn't allowed in the Ingres
   embedded SQL. Do other ones allow it? Perhaps you could implement it in
   your scanner as a special case? That way, extra spaces could be used to
   allow "->" to continue to be a potential Postgres operator...
   
                          - Tom
   
   

3. Re: [HACKERS] initdb problem and operator question

   Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de> — 1998-04-28T12:44:33Z

   Thomas G. Lockhart writes:
   > Not currently used. afaik this syntax wasn't allowed in the Ingres
   > embedded SQL. Do other ones allow it? Perhaps you could implement it in
   
   Not that I know of. But I like the possibility to allow it. And why
   shouldn't we be better than the commercial ones? :-)
   
   > your scanner as a special case? That way, extra spaces could be used to
   > allow "->" to continue to be a potential Postgres operator...
   
   You mean: :a->b means the variable and :a -> b means the operator? Sounds
   good to me.
   
   I'll check that
   
   Michael
   
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