Prepare for 6.3 release.

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Bruce Momjian 1998-03-01 05:27:47 +00:00
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@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ New frontend/backend protocol has a version number, network byte order(Phil)
Security features in pg_hba.conf enhanced and documented, many cleanups(Phil) Security features in pg_hba.conf enhanced and documented, many cleanups(Phil)
CHAR() now faster access than VARCHAR() or TEXT CHAR() now faster access than VARCHAR() or TEXT
ecpg embedded SQL preprocessor ecpg embedded SQL preprocessor
Add GROUP BY to INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2
Reduce system column overhead(Vadmin) Reduce system column overhead(Vadmin)
Remove pg_time table(Vadim) Remove pg_time table(Vadim)
Add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar) Add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar)
@ -134,6 +133,7 @@ Allow VIEW permissions to be set separately from the underlying tables.
For security, use GRANT/REVOKE on views as appropriate(Jan) For security, use GRANT/REVOKE on views as appropriate(Jan)
Tables now have no default GRANT SELECT TO PUBLIC. You must Tables now have no default GRANT SELECT TO PUBLIC. You must
explicitly grant such permissions. explicitly grant such permissions.
Clean up tutorial examples(Darren)
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TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Sat Feb 28 10:00:29 EST 1998 Last updated: Sun Mar 1 00:18:59 EST 1998
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
@ -62,24 +62,17 @@ RELIABILITY
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* Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup * Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup
* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager * Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
* -Fix CLUSTER
* Remove EXTEND? * Remove EXTEND?
* -Aggregates on VIEW always returns zero (maybe because there is no oid for views?)
* CREATE VIEW requires super-user priviledge * CREATE VIEW requires super-user priviledge
* Can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem? * Can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem?
* Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects * Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects
* Two and three dimmensional arrays display improperly, missing {} * Two and three dimmensional arrays display improperly, missing {}
* -Add GROUP BY to INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2 * GROUP BY in INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2 fails
* lo_unlink() crashes server * lo_unlink() crashes server
* Prevent auto-table reference, like SELECT table.col WHERE col = 3 (?) * Prevent auto-table reference, like SELECT table.col WHERE col = 3 (?)
* -Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc().
* SELECT * FROM table WHERE int4_column = '1' fails * SELECT * FROM table WHERE int4_column = '1' fails
* SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1] * SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1]
* -SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TAB1, TAB2 fails
* -SELECT SUM(2+2) FROM table dumps core
* UPDATE table SET table.value = 3 fails * UPDATE table SET table.value = 3 fails
* -UPDATE key_table SET keyval=count(reftab.num) fails
* -INSERT INTO ... SELECT DISTINCT ... does not accept DISTINCT
* Make pg_dump preserve inheritance column order, do non-inherits first * Make pg_dump preserve inheritance column order, do non-inherits first
* User who can create databases can modify pg_database table * User who can create databases can modify pg_database table
* optimizer memory exhaustion with many OR's * optimizer memory exhaustion with many OR's
@ -88,20 +81,14 @@ RELIABILITY
ENHANCEMENTS ENHANCEMENTS
------------ ------------
* Replace table-level locking with row or page-level locking(Vadim) * Replace table-level locking with row or page-level locking(Vadim)
* -PRIMARY KEY during table creation(Thomas)
* Add SERIAL type * Add SERIAL type
* -Preserve GRANT/REVOKE/pg_group in pg_dump
* Transaction log, so re-do log can be on a separate disk * Transaction log, so re-do log can be on a separate disk
* Allow transaction commits with rollback with no-fsync performance * Allow transaction commits with rollback with no-fsync performance
* More access control over who can create tables and access the database * More access control over who can create tables and access the database
* Add full ANSI SQL capabilities * Add full ANSI SQL capabilities
* -add subselects(Vadim)
* Implement HAVING clause * Implement HAVING clause
* -Implement EXISTS qualifier
* -report "Not implemented" if valid syntax is supplied
* add OUTER joins, left and right (Thomas) * add OUTER joins, left and right (Thomas)
* make VIEWs updateable where possible * make VIEWs updateable where possible
* -add UNIONS(Bruce)
* add INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS * add INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS
* add temporary tables(Bruce) * add temporary tables(Bruce)
* add sql3 recursive unions * add sql3 recursive unions
@ -116,8 +103,6 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* Full set of text operations and functions * Full set of text operations and functions
* word searches, concat,max() on text, char * word searches, concat,max() on text, char
* Large objects * Large objects
* -overwriting blocks has problems(Peter)
* -there are other problems, too.(Peter)
* Fix large object mapping scheme, own reltype * Fix large object mapping scheme, own reltype
* not to stuff everything as files in a single directory * not to stuff everything as files in a single directory
* Better interface for adding to pg_group * Better interface for adding to pg_group
@ -126,13 +111,6 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* Threaded version of the server or libpq * Threaded version of the server or libpq
* Allow libpq to cancel query requests * Allow libpq to cancel query requests
* Add REGEX internationalization * Add REGEX internationalization
* -Add other language types for built-in functions
* expand to allow tcl, perl, java
* generalize the function manager switch to pass
* function sources to interpreter engines.
* -remove time-travel feature(Vadim)
* -reduce system column overhead(Vadmin)
* -remove pg_time table(Vadim)
* allow row re-use without vacuum, maybe?(Vadim) * allow row re-use without vacuum, maybe?(Vadim)
* Remove restriction that ORDER BY field must be in SELECT list * Remove restriction that ORDER BY field must be in SELECT list
* Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.: * Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.:
@ -142,29 +120,19 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types * Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types
* Add syslog functionality(Marc) * Add syslog functionality(Marc)
* Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance * Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance
* -Add table/column/function discription table indexed by oid
* -add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar)
* add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes * add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
* make number of backends a config parameter, storage/sinvaladt.h:MaxBackendId * make number of backends a config parameter, storage/sinvaladt.h:MaxBackendId
* certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts * certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts
* make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the ORDER BY direction * make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the ORDER BY direction
* change the library/backend interface to use network byte order * change the library/backend interface to use network byte order
* -allow unix domain sockets for local connections for performance and security
* -Add PAGER for psql's \dt, \d, \z tablename
* -Make timezone set-able by client applications(Thomas)
* Restore unused oid's on backend exit if no one else has gotten oids * Restore unused oid's on backend exit if no one else has gotten oids
* remove non-standard types from the system, and make them loadable * remove non-standard types from the system, and make them loadable
* -make reads queue behind a write waiting for a lock(Bruce)
* -add LOCK statement(Bruce)
* -add report of offending line when COPY command fails
* have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes * have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
* -allow varchar() to only store used bytes, not maximum
* allow WHERE restriction on ctid * allow WHERE restriction on ctid
* allow pg_descriptions when creating types, tables, columns, and functions * allow pg_descriptions when creating types, tables, columns, and functions
* Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code * Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code
* Allow psql to print nulls as distinct from ""(?) * Allow psql to print nulls as distinct from ""(?)
* Allow variable casts with BETWEEN 'today'::asbtime AND 'today'::abstime * Allow variable casts with BETWEEN 'today'::asbtime AND 'today'::abstime
* -Allow VIEW permissions to be set separately from the underlying tables
* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work * Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work
* Allow text, char(), and varchar() overhead to be only 2 bytes, not 4 bytes * Allow text, char(), and varchar() overhead to be only 2 bytes, not 4 bytes
* Make VACUUM on database not lock pg_class * Make VACUUM on database not lock pg_class
@ -180,7 +148,6 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
----------- -----------
* Use indexes in ORDER BY, min(), max()(Costin Oproiu) * Use indexes in ORDER BY, min(), max()(Costin Oproiu)
* -Allow LIKE/wildcard matches to use indexes if the wildcard character is not first
* Optimizing disjunctive queries * Optimizing disjunctive queries
* Fix bushy-plans (Martin) * Fix bushy-plans (Martin)
* Other optimizer bugs * Other optimizer bugs
@ -380,7 +347,6 @@ New frontend/backend protocol has a version number, network byte order(Phil)
Security features in pg_hba.conf enhanced and documented, many cleanups(Phil) Security features in pg_hba.conf enhanced and documented, many cleanups(Phil)
CHAR() now faster access than VARCHAR() or TEXT CHAR() now faster access than VARCHAR() or TEXT
ecpg embedded SQL preprocessor ecpg embedded SQL preprocessor
Add GROUP BY to INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2
Reduce system column overhead(Vadmin) Reduce system column overhead(Vadmin)
Remove pg_time table(Vadim) Remove pg_time table(Vadim)
Add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar) Add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar)
@ -389,6 +355,7 @@ Allow VIEW permissions to be set separately from the underlying tables.
For security, use GRANT/REVOKE on views as appropriate(Jan) For security, use GRANT/REVOKE on views as appropriate(Jan)
Tables now have no default GRANT SELECT TO PUBLIC. You must Tables now have no default GRANT SELECT TO PUBLIC. You must
explicitly grant such permissions. explicitly grant such permissions.
Clean up tutorial examples(Darren)
Source Tree Changes Source Tree Changes
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