Re: "no unpinned buffers available" ? why? (hstore and

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "no unpinned buffers available" ? why? (hstore and
Date: 2007-01-03 15:24:39
Message-ID: 459BCAB7.5010900@archonet.com
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hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
>> But, it looks to me like you might be able to replace the plperl
>> function by just a straight query. That should be faster too.
>>
>
> really? i was thinking really hard on how to do it in sql, but didn't found
> any way to achieve it. actually - i dont really think it would be possible
> at all in standard sql. but then - maybe i'm wrong.

Well, it looks to me like the main problem is you're trying to convert a
table like: (advert_id, cust1, cust2, cust3) to: (advert_id, codename,
codevalue).
If you do that separately at the start of the process, (one query per
custom column in the old table) then it becomes straightforward.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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