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How to select nodes where all children is satisfied?

I have a tree structure of light bulbs. I want to turn on all the light bulbs starting from the leafs of the tree. A light bulb cannot be turned on unless all its immediate children are turned on. ...
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Join on different types

In a database I have two tables: The first has a field named taxonomy_id that is an integer The latter has a field named ID that is a character varying The two tables are related: if it exists a ...
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Upload (someone else's data) to Postgres, SQL Server [closed]

I work for a company that does program evaluations for state agencies. Thus, I frequently work with someone else's data. They send me the data via sftp:/, mail, etc. and I load it into either SQL ...
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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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Moving postgresql data directory

I moved postgresql's data directory by following the following steps: Stop postgres cp -a source_data_directory destination_data_directory export PGDATA=destination_data_directory Changing data ...
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How to Change location of postgres cluster and database within the same machine? [duplicate]

I have my present database cluster of postgres at /mnt/my_hard_drive which I want to change to /home/myfolder. I also want to move all my databases present in the present cluster to /home/myfolder. Is ...
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“relation does not exist” trying to import mysql dump into postgres

environment: ubuntu 10.04 mysql server 5.1.69 postgres 9.2 Here's the sequence of steps: created a new postgres database, myDatabase executed this command: mysqldump -u root -p ...
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String replace using concatenated strings from various columns

I'd like to remove a substring in a column via update statement. The substring to replace consists of multiple strings from other different columns but in strict order. The specification says: ...
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PostgreSQL created a PostgreSQL user on mac. Is this necessary?

I just installed PostgreSQL on a Mac (Mountain Lion) today. The installer created a mac user PostgreSQL on my machine. After installation, the user still exists. My question is that why postgreSQL ...
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How to view the full, flattened query underlying a Postgresql view?

If I have a view on a view on a view (etc.), is there a way to show the full query that this expands/flattens to?
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Select first row (grouping) + add aggregate function

First have a look at this question on StackOverflow. I'm looking to accomplish the same task, except I also need to add an aggregate function (PostGIS's ST_Union) to my query. How can I combine the ...
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Postgres: count(*) vs count(id)

I saw in the documentation the difference between count(*) and count(pk). I had been using count(pk) (where pk is a SERIAL PRIMARY KEY) not knowing about the existence of count(*). My question is ...
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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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“Rewinding” a Postgresql database

I have heard that Postgresql uses an append-only format for it's databases, and if this is true I should be able to 'rewind' the database to a previous point in time by removing the commits that came ...
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Storing data in PostgreSQL: One table or two?

I've just started using PostgreSQL 9.2 and my data consists of product prices at various points in time, usually a different price every month. Question: Because every product can have different ...

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