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Upgrading Postgres in parallel with your old version
Today I got caught up in PostgreSQL. A feature didn’t work as planned and when the mailing list responded to my plea for help it turned out the feature didn’t work fully in my version of Postgres,...
View ArticleApache, Postgres and Drupal on a VPS
I really would prefer to have my own server but sticking a box in colo is expensive. Where I live, getting access to the physical colo space would be nearly impossible too. As a result I run on a VPS....
View ArticleRunning Postgres with Daemontools – Shutdown Errors
Running anything under daemontools seems like a great idea, but I’ve had a particularly bad time trying to shutdown postgres under daemontools while running Apache and PHP with persistent postgres...
View ArticleMonitoring the Postgres Daemon
Following up on Running Postgres with Daemontools – Shutdown Errors, the Postgres mail list had some advice on monitoring and automatically restarting Postgres. It seems the danger in automatically...
View ArticleUpgrading PostgreSQL to a new major version
Upgrading PostgreSQL to a major version can be a challenge but isn’t difficult. You need to plan ahead and do some testing afterward, but PostgreSQL includes everything you need to make the change...
View ArticleUpdating Drupal from 5 to 6 causes “The post could not be saved”– Postgres...
I recently upgraded several Drupal sites to 6.2 Some were 5.1, 5.2, and 6 previously. Upon completion of what I thought was a successul upgrade, they all suffered from the same common problem – trying...
View ArticlePostfix, Dovecot and PostGreSQL Setup
In trying to setup a simple mail server on Ubuntu for a couple of small virtual domains with limited users I came across a couple excellent articles, but they were written for use with MySQL. I have a...
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