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Changes to get ready for 6.0 final release.

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Bruce Momjian 1997-01-29 05:26:59 +00:00
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PostgreSQL 6.0 beta Thu Dec 26 16:47:43 EST 1996
PostgreSQL 6.0 Wed Jan 29 00:19:54 EST 1997
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A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Allow restriction on who can do backend COPY(Bryan)
Can shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log(Vadim & Erich)
Change debug level 2 to print queries only, changed debug heading layout(Bruce)
Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8(Bruce)
European date format now set when postmaster is started
Execute lowercase function names if not found with exact case
Fixes for aggregate/GROUP processing, allow 'select sum(func(x),sum(x+y) from z'
Gist now included in the distrubution(Marc)
@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ Libpq++ improvements
New options to initdb(Bryan)
Pg_dump allow dump of oid's(Bruce)
Pg_dump create indexes after tables are loaded for speed(Bruce)
Pg_dump(Bruce)
Pg_dumpall dumps all databases, and the user table
Pginterface additions for NULL values(Bruce)
Prevent postmaster from being run as root
Psql \h and \? is now readable(Bruce)
@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ Remove compile-time parameters to enable binary distributions(Bryan)
Reverse meaning of HBA masks(Bryan)
Secure Authentication of local users(Bryan)
Speed up vacuum(Vadim)
Vacuum now had VERBOSE option(Bruce)
Source tree changes
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TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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last updated: Thu Jan 2 11:19:41 EST 1997
last updated: Wed Jan 29 00:16:44 EST 1997
current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
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fix system to use oid index using constant without cast to oid
COUNT on VIEW always returns zero (maybe because there is no oid for views?)
CREATE VIEW requires super-user priviledge
SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1]
INSERT INTO ... SELECT DISTINCT ... generates error on DISTINCT
pg_database.datdba is oid, should be int4
ENHANCEMENTS
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add subselects, possibility using temporary SQL functions
Implement HAVING clause
Implement EXISTS qualifier
column constraints (using rules), esp. primary keys
column constraints (using rules), PRIMARY KEY during table creation
add DEFAULT, RESTRAINT, and CHECK capabilities
report "Not implemented" if valid syntax is supplied
add NOT NULL to CREATE statement
add OUTER joins, left and right
make VIEWs updateable where possible
add UNIONS, INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS
@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ Add upper/lower functions
-Add table/column/function discription table indexed by oid
-make all identifiers case-insensitive(Bruce)
add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar)
add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
improve auto-type casting
PERFORMANCE
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@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ Allow restriction on who can do backend COPY(Bryan)
Can shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log(Vadim & Erich)
Change debug level 2 to print queries only, changed debug heading layout(Bruce)
Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8(Bruce)
European date format now set when postmaster is started
Execute lowercase function names if not found with exact case
Fixes for aggregate/GROUP processing, allow 'select sum(func(x),sum(x+y) from z'
Gist now included in the distrubution(Marc)
@ -222,7 +229,7 @@ Libpq++ improvements
New options to initdb(Bryan)
Pg_dump allow dump of oid's(Bruce)
Pg_dump create indexes after tables are loaded for speed(Bruce)
Pg_dump(Bruce)
Pg_dumpall dumps all databases, and the user table
Pginterface additions for NULL values(Bruce)
Prevent postmaster from being run as root
Psql \h and \? is now readable(Bruce)
@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ Remove compile-time parameters to enable binary distributions(Bryan)
Reverse meaning of HBA masks(Bryan)
Secure Authentication of local users(Bryan)
Speed up vacuum(Vadim)
Vacuum now had VERBOSE option(Bruce)
Source tree changes
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