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TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Thu Aug 23 10:41:58 EDT 2001
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1996-08-19 00:14:33 +02:00
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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1996-10-04 17:15:24 +02:00
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
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the PostgreSQL web site, http://www.PostgreSQL.org.
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A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.2 release.
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2001-04-07 04:30:58 +02:00
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Bracketed items "[]" have more detailed information at
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http://www.postgresql.org/docs/todo.html.
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1999-09-27 05:24:50 +02:00
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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1996-08-19 00:14:33 +02:00
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RELIABILITY
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -SELECT pg_class FROM pg_class generates strange error (Bruce)
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2001-05-22 15:20:46 +02:00
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* PL/PgSQL does not handle quoted mixed-case identifiers
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2000-04-28 16:44:47 +02:00
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2001-07-09 23:32:06 +02:00
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1996-08-19 00:14:33 +02:00
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ENHANCEMENTS
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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URGENT
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2000-12-27 06:44:57 +01:00
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* Add replication of distributed databases [replication]
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2001-05-10 22:28:48 +02:00
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o automatic failover
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2000-12-27 06:44:57 +01:00
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o load balancing
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o master/slave replication
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o multi-master replication
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o partition data across servers
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o sample implementation in contrib/rserv
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o queries across databases or servers (two-phase commit)
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* Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* Allow row re-use without vacuum (Tom)
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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ADMIN
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2001-05-17 02:10:08 +02:00
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* Improve control over user privileges, including table creation and
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2001-05-18 17:18:55 +02:00
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lock use [privileges] (Karel, others)
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2001-05-27 18:31:30 +02:00
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* -Permission to DELETE table also allows UPDATE (Peter E)
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2000-11-08 21:04:23 +01:00
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* Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line
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2001-05-11 01:35:50 +02:00
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number, not just messages (Peter E) [elog]
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2001-06-12 20:15:50 +02:00
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* -Allow international error message support and add error codes[elog](Peter E)
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* -Remove unused sort files on postmaster startup (Bruce)
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* Remove unreferenced table files and temp tables during database vacuum
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or postmaster startup
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Remove unreferenced sort files during postmaster startup (Bruce)
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2001-04-30 17:57:01 +02:00
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* Add table name mapping for numeric file names
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Better document pg_hba.conf host-based authentication (Bruce)
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2001-08-23 16:42:05 +02:00
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* -Encrpyt passwords in pg_shadow table using MD5 (Bruce, Vince)
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Incremental backups
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2001-08-21 13:07:48 +02:00
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* Make it easier to create a database owned by someone who can't createdb
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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TYPES
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2001-06-04 22:12:22 +02:00
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* Add domain capability [domain]
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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* Add IPv6 capability to INET/CIDR types
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2001-06-12 20:15:50 +02:00
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* -Add conversion function from text to inet
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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* Store binary-compatible type information in the system
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion [typeconv]
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2000-10-12 22:26:11 +02:00
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* Support construction of array result values in expressions
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque
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1999-07-08 05:22:46 +02:00
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* Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Add non-large-object binary field (already exists -- bytea)
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* -Make binary/file in/out interface for TOAST columns (base64)
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2001-04-02 18:27:04 +02:00
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* Functions returning sets do not totally work
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2001-07-20 16:29:56 +02:00
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* SELECT col FROM tab WHERE numeric_col = 10.1 fails, requires quotes
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2001-05-10 19:29:55 +02:00
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* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer]
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Add SQL standard function bit_length() (Peter E)
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2001-06-12 20:15:50 +02:00
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* -Make oid use unsigned int more reliably (Tom)
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2001-07-11 22:40:06 +02:00
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* Add security checking for large objects
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2001-05-17 05:22:53 +02:00
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* ARRAYS
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Allow nulls in arrays
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o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
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o fix array handling in ECPG
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2001-05-10 19:29:55 +02:00
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MULTILANGUAGE SUPPORT
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2001-05-17 05:22:53 +02:00
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* Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar),
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2001-05-10 19:29:55 +02:00
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* Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
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2000-06-14 04:57:08 +02:00
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* Support multiple simultaneous character sets, per SQL92
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2000-06-15 15:54:51 +02:00
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* Reject character sequences those are not valid in their charset
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2001-07-20 16:29:56 +02:00
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* Make functions more multi-byte aware, e.g. trim()
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2001-07-15 16:34:02 +02:00
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* -Make n of CHAR(n)/VARCHAR(n) the number of letters, not bytes (Tatsuo)
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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VIEWS
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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2001-06-12 20:15:50 +02:00
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* Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL92 [view]
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2001-05-31 16:49:24 +02:00
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* Add the functionality for WITH CHECK OPTION clause of CREATE VIEW
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2001-01-27 06:40:51 +01:00
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* Allow NOTIFY in rules involving conditionals
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2001-07-06 20:23:10 +02:00
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* -Evaluate INSERT rules at end of query, rather than beginning (Jan)
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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INDEXES
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* Allow CREATE INDEX zman_index ON test (date_trunc( 'day', zman ) datetime_ops)
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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fails index can't store constant parameters
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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* Add FILLFACTOR to index creation
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2001-07-30 18:48:48 +02:00
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* Order duplicate index entries by tid
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* -Re-enable partial indexes
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2001-07-20 22:51:31 +02:00
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* -Prevent pg_attribute from having duplicate oids for indexes (Tom)
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2001-06-10 03:25:01 +02:00
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* Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary
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key, foreign key [inheritance]
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2001-05-21 20:36:58 +02:00
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* UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts from inherited table
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INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES (dup) should fail
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[inheritance]
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2001-07-20 22:51:31 +02:00
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* Allow DELETE/UPDATE on inherited table
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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* Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* Certain indexes will not shrink, e.g. oid indexes with many inserts
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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* Have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
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2001-05-10 19:29:55 +02:00
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* Add btree index support for reltime, tinterval, regproc
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* Add rtree index support for line, lseg, path, point
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Use indexes for min() and max()
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* Use index to restrict rows returned by multi-key index when used with
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non-consecutive keys or OR clauses, so fewer heap accesses
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2001-05-17 05:22:53 +02:00
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* Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 to use int2col index, int8,
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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float4, numeric/decimal too [optimizer]
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* Use indexes with CIDR '<<' (contains) operator
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* Allow LIKE indexing optimization for non-ASCII locales
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* Be smarter about insertion of already-ordered data into btree index
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Gather more accurate dispersion statistics using indexes (Tom)
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Add deleted bit to index tuples to reduce heap access
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* Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modifying column
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2001-06-07 22:05:56 +02:00
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* Add bitmap indexes [performance]
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2001-07-04 16:59:07 +02:00
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* Improve handling of index scans for NULL
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2001-05-11 00:36:52 +02:00
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SYSTEM TABLES
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2001-06-12 16:50:24 +02:00
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* -Add unique indexes to pg_shadow.usename and pg_shadow.usesysid or
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2001-05-11 00:36:52 +02:00
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switch to pg_shadow.oid as user id
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2001-06-12 16:50:24 +02:00
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* -Add unique indexes on pg_database
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Check all system tables and add unique indexes as needed (Tom)
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2001-06-12 16:50:24 +02:00
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* -Remove pg_listener index
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Remove unused pg_variable, pg_inheritproc, pg_ipl tables (Bruce)
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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COMMANDS
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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2001-05-17 05:22:53 +02:00
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* Add SIMILAR TO to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
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2001-08-10 16:23:33 +02:00
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* -Allow LOCK TABLE tab1, tab2, tab3 so all tables locked in unison [lock]
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2001-05-17 05:22:53 +02:00
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* Allow RULE recompilation
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* Add BETWEEN ASYMMETRIC/SYMMETRIC
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* Change LIMIT val,val to offset,limit to match MySQL
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2001-07-20 16:23:33 +02:00
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* Allow LIMIT/OFFSET to use expressions
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2001-05-20 03:11:48 +02:00
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* Allow PL/PgSQL's RAISE function to take expressions
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2001-07-12 05:53:11 +02:00
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* Change PL/PgSQL to use palloc() instead of malloc()
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2001-07-13 20:22:03 +02:00
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* -Allow GRANT/REVOKE to handle multiple user/group names
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2001-07-13 02:57:37 +02:00
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* -Allow CREATEUSER/CREATEDB ordering in CREATE/ALTER USER (Vince)
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* ALTER
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT and non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
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o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN to inherited table put column in wrong place
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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[inheritance]
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Add ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN feature [drop]
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o Add ALTER FUNCTION
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o Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
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o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP CHECK CONSTRAINT (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
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o ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
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o ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
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2001-07-16 23:18:14 +02:00
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o ALTER TABLE table ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
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2001-06-06 06:53:50 +02:00
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2001-01-11 22:07:07 +01:00
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* CLUSTER
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o cluster all tables at once
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o prevent lose of indexes, permissions, inheritance
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o Automatically keep clustering on a table
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o -Keep statistics about clustering (Tom) [optimizer]
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* COPY
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Allow specification of column names
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o Allow dump/load of CSV format
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* CURSOR
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Allow BINARY option to SELECT, like we do with DECLARE
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o MOVE 0 should not move to end of cursor
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o Allow cursors to be DECLAREd/OPENed/CLOSEed outside transactions
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o Allow DELETE WHERE CURRENT OF cursor
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* INSERT
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Allow INSERT/UPDATE of system-generated oid value for a row
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o Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
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o Allow INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (a, b, c, DEFAULT, x, y, z, ...)
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o Disallow missing columns in INSERT ... VALUES, per ANSI
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o Allow INSERT/UPDATE ... RETURNING new.col or old.col (Philip)
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* SHOW/SET
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Add SHOW command to display locks
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o -Add SHOW command to show all settings
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o -Add a global RESET command for use with connection pooling
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o Add SET or BEGIN timeout parameter to cancel query
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o Add SET REAL_FORMAT and SET DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT using printf args
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o Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
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o Add SET PERFORMANCE_TIPS option to suggest INDEX, VACUUM, VACUUM
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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ANALYZE, and CLUSTER
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Add SHOW command to see locale
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2000-10-12 19:32:40 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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CLIENTS
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2001-06-02 21:11:42 +02:00
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* -Make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the
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ORDER BY direction (Tom)
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2001-07-20 16:31:28 +02:00
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* Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
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2001-01-28 06:05:11 +01:00
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or multiple SELECTS to avoid bad system catalog entries
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2001-07-20 16:31:28 +02:00
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* Allow psql \d to show foreign keys
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* Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure
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* Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server (?)
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2001-07-21 06:41:08 +02:00
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* -Fix libpq to properly handle socket failures under native MS Win32
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2001-06-26 06:04:49 +02:00
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* JDBC
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Comprehensive test suite. This may be available already.
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o Updateable resultSet (must be done in backend code)
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o Improved DatabaseMetaData [java]
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o JDBC-standard BLOB support
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o Error Codes (pending backend implementation)
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o Support for binary data/bytea
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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2000-04-28 21:15:49 +02:00
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REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY
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* Add MATCH PARTIAL referential integrity
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* -Check that primary key exists at foreign key definition time
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2000-06-11 00:12:18 +02:00
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* Add deferred trigger queue file (Jan)
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2000-07-07 05:24:09 +02:00
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* Allow oid to act as a foreign key
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2000-12-11 02:44:37 +01:00
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* Implement dirty reads and use them in RI triggers
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2001-01-12 06:23:10 +01:00
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* Enforce referential integrity for system tables
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2001-05-17 02:10:08 +02:00
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* INSERT & UPDATE/DELETE in transaction of primary key fails with
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2001-01-26 23:17:52 +01:00
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deferredTriggerGetPreviousEvent or "change violation" [foreign]
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2001-05-10 19:29:55 +02:00
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* Change foreign key constraint for array -> element to mean element
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in array
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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2001-07-16 16:34:26 +02:00
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DEPENDENCY CHECKING
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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2001-07-18 17:37:34 +02:00
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* Add pg_depend table for dependency recording; use sysrelid, oid,
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depend_sysrelid, depend_oid, name
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2001-07-16 07:01:46 +02:00
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* Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL; perhaps a separate
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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SERIAL type
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* Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
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* Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* Make constraints clearer in dump file
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* Make foreign keys easier to identify
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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TRANSACTIONS
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* Allow autocommit so always in a transaction block
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* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
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2001-07-20 18:14:55 +02:00
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* Allow nested transactions / savepoints (Vadim)
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* Handle transaction rollover (Tom) [transactions]
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2000-04-28 21:15:49 +02:00
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1999-07-09 05:28:53 +02:00
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EXOTIC FEATURES
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* Add sql3 recursive unions
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2000-06-09 19:31:25 +02:00
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* Add the concept of dataspaces/tablespaces [tablespaces]
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2001-06-04 22:27:52 +02:00
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* Allow SQL92 schemas [schema]
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1999-07-09 05:28:53 +02:00
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* Allow queries across multiple databases
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ANSI features to supported features
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2001-07-20 18:14:55 +02:00
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* Allow plug-in modules to emulate features from other databases
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2001-05-17 02:10:08 +02:00
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* SQL*Net listener that makes PostgreSQL appear as an Oracle database
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2000-09-30 04:20:53 +02:00
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to clients
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* Allow Java server-side programming [java]
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1999-07-09 05:28:53 +02:00
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2001-01-12 18:57:57 +01:00
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MISCELLANEOUS
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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1999-06-05 05:43:07 +02:00
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* Increase identifier length(NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Populate backend status area and write program to dump status data (Jan)
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2001-05-30 21:49:42 +02:00
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* -Put sort files in their own directory (Bruce)
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1999-09-27 05:24:50 +02:00
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* Show location of syntax error in query [yacc]
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2001-02-15 17:03:46 +01:00
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* Add sed-like regular expression search/replace capability
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2001-04-25 19:49:29 +02:00
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* Change representation of whole-tuple parameters to functions
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1996-10-04 17:15:24 +02:00
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2001-07-09 23:32:06 +02:00
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1996-10-04 17:15:24 +02:00
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PERFORMANCE
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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FSYNC
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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* Delay fsync() when other backends are about to commit too [fsync]
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Determine optimal commit_delay value
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2001-03-20 21:31:07 +01:00
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* Determine optimal fdatasync/fsync, O_SYNC/O_DSYNC options
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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o Allow multiple blocks to be written to WAL with one write()
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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CACHE
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2000-06-14 19:01:35 +02:00
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* Cache most recent query plan(s) (Karel) [prepare]
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1997-10-17 16:30:26 +02:00
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* Shared catalog cache, reduce lseek()'s by caching table size in shared area
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2001-07-30 18:48:48 +02:00
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* Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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VACUUM
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* Improve speed with indexes (perhaps recreate index instead) [vacuum]
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* Reduce lock time by moving tuples with read lock, then write
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lock and truncate table [vacuum]
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Make ANALYZE a separate command (Tom)
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* -Allow ANALYZE to ESTIMATE based on certain random precentage of rows (Tom)
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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* Add LAZY VACUUM (Vadim)
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2001-07-31 15:21:31 +02:00
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* Improve vacuum of large objects (/contrib/vacuumlo)
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2001-02-28 19:07:15 +01:00
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MISCELLANEOUS
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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1997-10-17 16:30:26 +02:00
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* Allow compression of log and meta data
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1998-03-21 06:28:27 +01:00
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* Do async I/O to do better read-ahead of data
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Experiment with multi-threaded backend [thread]
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1998-03-21 06:28:27 +01:00
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* Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca>
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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when it is available
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2001-03-21 05:30:26 +01:00
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* Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory(?) [mmap]
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1999-06-05 05:43:07 +02:00
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* Improve Subplan list handling
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1999-06-07 04:42:07 +02:00
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* Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
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2001-01-04 09:24:59 +01:00
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allocation (Tom)
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* Allow GUC configuration of maximum number of open files
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2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Improve statistics storage in pg_class [performance] (Tom)
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2000-10-11 20:09:38 +02:00
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* Add connection pooling [pool]
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2000-11-27 22:16:10 +01:00
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* Allow persistent backends [persistent]
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Update TODO list.
Index: TODO
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.311
diff -r1.311 TODO
3c3
< Last updated: Tue Jan 2 21:23:11 EST 2001
---
> Last updated: Wed Jan 3 01:56:41 EST 2001
10c10
< A dash(-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.1 release.
---
> A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.1 release.
23c23
< * -Creating index of TIMESTAMP & RELTIME fails, or rename to DATETIME(Thomas)
---
> * -Creating index of TIMESTAMP & RELTIME fails, or rename to DATETIME (Thomas)
35c35
< * -Views containing aggregates sometimes fail(Jan)
---
> * -Views containing aggregates sometimes fail (Jan)
37,38c37,38
< duplicates(inherit)
< * -Disallow LOCK on view(Mark Hollomon)
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> duplicates (inherit)
> * -Disallow LOCK on view (Mark Hollomon)
58,60c58,60
< * -Add OUTER joins, left and right[outer](Tom, Thomas)
< * -Allow long tuples by chaining or auto-storing outside db (TOAST)(Jan)
< * Fix memory leak for expressions[memory](Tom?)
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> * -Add OUTER joins, left and right[outer] (Tom, Thomas)
> * -Allow long tuples by chaining or auto-storing outside db (TOAST) (Jan)
> * Fix memory leak for expressions[memory] (Tom?)
70c70
< * Allow row re-use without vacuum(Vadim)
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> * Allow row re-use without vacuum (Vadim)
74c74
< * More access control over who can create tables and use locks(Karel)
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> * More access control over who can create tables and use locks (Karel)
92c92
< o -Fix large object mapping scheme, own typeid or reltype(Peter)
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> o -Fix large object mapping scheme, own typeid or reltype (Peter)
97c97
< * Fix improper masking of some inet/cidr types [cidr]
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> * -Fix improper masking of some inet/cidr types [cidr]
113c113
< * Get BIT type working
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> * -Get BIT type working
119c119
< * Update macaddr manufacturer numbers, or remove the function macaddr_manuf()
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> * -Update macaddr manufacturer numbers, or remove the function macaddr_manuf()
147c147
< * -Add ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN feature(Peter E)
---
> * -Add ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN feature (Peter E)
157c157
< * Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL(Ryan)
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> * Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL (Ryan)
166a167
> * Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
172d172
< * Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
176c176
< * Make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the
---
> * Make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the
220c220
< * Certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts(Vadim)
---
> * Certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts (Vadim)
226c226
< with after-row images(Vadim) [logging](Vadim)
---
> with after-row images (Vadim) [logging]
232c232
< * -Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function](Tom)
---
> * -Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function] (Tom)
239c239
< * Encrpyt passwords in pg_shadow table using MD5(Vince)
---
> * Encrpyt passwords in pg_shadow table using MD5 (Vince)
298a299,300
> * Create a transaction processor to aid in persistent connections and
> connection pooling
307c309
< * Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved(Tom)
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> * Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
2001-01-03 07:56:52 +01:00
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* Create a transaction processor to aid in persistent connections and
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connection pooling
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2001-02-19 20:06:47 +01:00
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* Make blind writes go through the file descriptor cache
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2001-03-14 20:28:51 +01:00
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* Allow logging of query durations
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2001-07-20 18:14:55 +02:00
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* Add hash for evaluating GROUP BY aggregates
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2001-08-23 16:42:05 +02:00
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* -Read pg_hba.conf only on postmaster startup or SIGHUP (Bruce)
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2001-07-30 19:58:25 +02:00
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* Improve spinlock code, perhaps with OS semaphores, sleeper queue, or
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spining to obtain lock on multi-cpu systems
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2001-07-30 18:48:48 +02:00
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* Add queue of backends waiting for spinlock
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2000-04-28 16:44:47 +02:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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SOURCE CODE
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1999-11-10 02:22:37 +01:00
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* Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree
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1999-09-17 03:57:36 +02:00
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* Does Mariposa source contain any other bug fixes?
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2001-03-31 19:25:32 +02:00
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* Convert remaining fprintf(stderr,...)/perror() to elog()
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2001-01-24 14:38:42 +01:00
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* Fix problems with libpq non-blocking/async code [async]
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2001-07-07 06:23:17 +02:00
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* -Merge global and template BKI files (Tom)
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2001-06-29 23:28:16 +02:00
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* Fix username/password length limits in all areas, e.g. pg_passwd
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2001-01-27 05:42:56 +01:00
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* Remove compile-time upper limit on number of backends (MAXBACKENDS) (Tom)
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2001-01-28 16:41:58 +01:00
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* Make sure all block numbers are unsigned to increase maximum table size
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* Use BlockNumber rather than int where appropriate
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2001-02-23 20:21:53 +01:00
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* Merge LockMethodCtl and LockMethodTable into one shared structure (Bruce)
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* HOLDER/HOLDERTAB rename to PROCLOCKLINK/PROCLOCKLINKTAG (Tom)
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2001-03-02 17:10:48 +01:00
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* Add version file format stamp to heap and other table types
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2001-03-20 20:56:25 +01:00
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* Make elog(LOG) in WAL its own output type, distinct from DEBUG
|
2001-03-20 23:04:59 +01:00
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* Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*
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2001-05-10 22:26:45 +02:00
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* Move some things from /contrib into main tree, like soundex
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2001-03-25 23:41:52 +02:00
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* Remove warnings created by -Wcast-align
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2001-03-29 02:12:57 +02:00
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* Move platform-specific ps status display info from ps_status.c to ports
|
2001-04-15 03:56:08 +02:00
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* Allow ps status display to work on Solaris/SVr4-based systems
|
2001-05-24 16:36:31 +02:00
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* -Decide on spelling of indexes/indices (Peter E)
|
2001-05-08 21:01:55 +02:00
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* Add mention of VACUUM, log rotation to Administrator's Guide
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1999-12-14 01:17:33 +01:00
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1999-07-06 22:41:22 +02:00
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Developers who have claimed items are:
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2001-07-16 07:00:29 +02:00
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* Billy is Billy G. Allie <Bill.Allie@mug.org>
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* Bruce is Bruce Momjian<pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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* D'Arcy is D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>
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* Edmund is Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>
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* Hiroshi is Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>
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* Karel is Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>
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* Jan is Jan Wieck <wieck@sapserv.debis.de>
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* Marc is Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>
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* Mark is Mark Hollomon <mhh@mindspring.com>
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* Michael is Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
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* Oleg is Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
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* Peter M is Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>
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* Peter E is Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net>
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* Philip is Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
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* Ross is Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu>
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* Ryan is Ryan Bradetich <rbrad@hpb50023.boi.hp.com>
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* Stephan is Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>
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* Tatsuo is Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
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* Thomas is Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
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* Tom is Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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* TomH is Tom I Helbekkmo <tih@Hamartun.Priv.NO>
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* Vadim is Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim4o@email.com>
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