Bruce Momjian
7b43450931
Fix markup errors from recent patch.
2004-03-30 22:08:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
aaad011940
1. In keeping with the recent discussion that there should be more
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said about views, stored procedures, and triggers, in the tutorial, I
have added a bit of verbiage to that end.
2. Some formatting changes to the datetime discussion, as well as
addition of a citation of a relevant book on calendars.
Christopher Browne
2004-03-30 21:58:20 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
cf9c2be7e8
Add:
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> * Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
2004-03-30 21:51:41 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
45edc20283
Add mention of how to use \df to find functions using/returning specific
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data types.
2004-03-30 15:54:33 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fd071bd478
Fix to_char for 1 BC. Previously it returned 1 AD.
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Fix to_char(year) for BC dates. Previously it returned one less than
the current year.
Add documentation mentioning that there is no 0 AD.
2004-03-30 15:53:18 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
80683f2a07
Update FAQ from Robert Treat
2004-03-29 05:07:20 +00:00
Neil Conway
1090aa8cc7
More cross-reference work, other minor SGML fixes and improvements.
2004-03-26 03:18:28 +00:00
Tom Lane
7a944e41b4
Convert some GUC variable references to links.
2004-03-25 18:57:57 +00:00
Tom Lane
8899a2aba9
Replace max_expr_depth parameter with a max_stack_depth parameter that
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is measured in kilobytes and checked against actual physical execution
stack depth, as per my proposal of 30-Dec. This gives us a fairly
bulletproof defense against crashing due to runaway recursive functions.
2004-03-24 22:40:29 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a09b9a36d3
Add:
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* Have pg_dump use multi-statement transactions for INSERT dumps
2004-03-24 18:15:56 +00:00
Neil Conway
ce5273757b
Make a cross-reference in the ALTER TABLE ref page into a <xref>.
2004-03-24 09:49:20 +00:00
Neil Conway
d6bc5944a0
Fix a minor typo in the log_line_prefix docs and make a couple other
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tiny improvements.
2004-03-24 03:48:41 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
6daf396879
Add thread locking to SSL and Kerberos connections.
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I have removed the docs mentioning that SSL and Kerberos are not
thread-safe.
Manfred Spraul
2004-03-24 03:45:00 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fcfa2c790a
Document fallback to tcp/ip localhost connection from psql on ports
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without unix domain sockets (win32).
2004-03-24 03:27:46 +00:00
Tom Lane
1c4da387ad
PQresult should be PGresult.
2004-03-23 23:37:17 +00:00
Tom Lane
8ed89773c5
Fix small typo.
2004-03-23 22:57:09 +00:00
Tom Lane
121cf2b904
Repair misleading description of MOVE's command tag result.
2004-03-23 22:39:22 +00:00
Tom Lane
f862c42009
Use dollar-quoting for function bodies, unless disabled with
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--disable-dollar-quoting.
Andrew Dunstan
2004-03-23 22:06:08 +00:00
Tom Lane
24614a9880
Upgrade ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN so that it can drop an OID column, and
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remove separate implementation of ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS in favor
of doing a regular DROP. Also, cause CREATE TABLE to account completely
correctly for the inheritance status of the OID column. This fixes
problems with dropping OID columns that have dependencies, as noted by
Christopher Kings-Lynne, as well as making sure that you can't drop an
OID column that was inherited from a parent.
2004-03-23 19:35:17 +00:00
Neil Conway
446b5476e5
Minor SGML improvements.
2004-03-23 13:21:41 +00:00
Neil Conway
9f894981da
Fix typo in postmaster reference page: from Tom.
2004-03-23 06:09:00 +00:00
Neil Conway
fd4f3b3b62
Improve the locale and character set docs, add some <xref>s pointing
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to the character set docs where appropriate, and improve the postmaster
reference page. Character set cross-refs suggested by Gavin Kistner.
2004-03-23 02:47:35 +00:00
Tom Lane
2e45c143ef
Replace the virtual_host and tcpip_socket parameters with a unified
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listen_addresses parameter, as per recent discussion. The default behavior
is now to listen on localhost, which eliminates the need for the -i
postmaster switch in many scenarios.
Andrew Dunstan
2004-03-23 01:23:48 +00:00
Tom Lane
3b7ca96c2c
Clean up rather poor description of the difference between INHERITS and
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LIKE. Per gripe from Patrick Samson.
2004-03-22 16:18:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3ceda5eab3
I just noticed that \dp outputs "Table" to indicate relations (tables,
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sequences and views). This patch allows it to handle views and
sequences.
Euler Taveira de Oliveira
2004-03-22 03:38:24 +00:00
Tom Lane
f938c2b91b
Revise syntax-error reporting behavior to give pleasant results for
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errors in internally-generated queries, such as those submitted by
plpgsql functions. Per recent discussions with Fabien Coelho.
2004-03-21 22:29:11 +00:00
Tom Lane
6c7e6d2baa
Add a usage example for has_function_privilege().
2004-03-19 19:13:26 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3700335baf
Done:
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> * -Order duplicate index entries on creation by tid for faster heap lookups
2004-03-17 22:30:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
8c702ea7ac
Modify:
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< * Order duplicate index entries by tid for faster heap lookups
> * Order duplicate index entries on creation by tid for faster heap lookups
2004-03-17 17:40:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d245b6bd9f
Document SPI_push() and SPI_pop().
2004-03-17 01:05:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2c7e473434
Add:
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> * Allow pg_dumpall to use non-text output formats
>
2004-03-16 16:13:38 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e2d8c1b2bb
log_statement was not removed by the previous patch. It only updated
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its description.
2004-03-15 17:57:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
221c0adaa8
Update random regression test text to be clearer.
2004-03-15 16:11:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
48c9fbd35c
Update random test description because it fails less frequently now.
2004-03-15 16:06:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d6b57925ca
Remove GUC log_statement, log_pid, log_timestamp, log_source_port.
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Functionality superceeded by log_line_prefix.
Andrew Dunstan
2004-03-15 15:56:28 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
98bb1d2085
Fix typo.
2004-03-15 14:21:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
10afaf472a
Mention Linux syslog will sync lines to disk, and describe how to
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disable it.
2004-03-15 14:15:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
afaf252cee
Done:
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> * -Issue NOTICE if foreign key data requires costly test to match primary key
2004-03-13 23:17:39 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e3d6ee6c28
Update FAQ with current release version.
2004-03-12 13:51:57 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fab1a5950b
Update Russian FAQ, Viktor Vislobokov
2004-03-12 13:51:33 +00:00
Neil Conway
be7976d5a2
Fix a typo in the documentation for geqo_effort.
2004-03-12 00:56:00 +00:00
Neil Conway
fe9c4420e4
Improve documentation for the newly-added NOWAIT clause of LOCK TABLE.
2004-03-12 00:52:23 +00:00
Neil Conway
bfd6f52b0e
Allow 'Infinity' and '-Infinity' as input to the float4 and float8
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types. Update the regression tests and the documentation to reflect
this. Remove the UNSAFE_FLOATS #ifdef.
This is only half the story: we still unconditionally reject
floating point operations that result in +/- infinity. See
recent thread on -hackers for more information.
2004-03-12 00:25:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0f8c4bc4a2
Document the SSL and Kerberos are not thread-safe.
2004-03-11 02:39:10 +00:00
Tatsuo Ishii
0b86ade1c2
Add NOWAIT option to LOCK command
2004-03-11 01:47:41 +00:00
Neil Conway
ae22a6c185
Fix a typo.
2004-03-10 20:10:26 +00:00
Neil Conway
f28d5614ce
Tweak some text to avoid using <command>SET</command> as a verb, per
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suggestion from Peter E.
2004-03-09 23:15:47 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
832e6df893
Remove blank line in Makefile.
2004-03-09 20:10:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
66cb7e2e99
Add HISTORY/INSTALL clean target to 7.4.X.
2004-03-09 20:08:10 +00:00
Neil Conway
47110ace3a
Add documentation for the recent 'ALSO' patch for CREATE RULE. Along
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the way, fix a typo and make a few SGML cleanups.
2004-03-09 19:30:21 +00:00
Neil Conway
80ec228389
Refer to GUC variables using <xref> tags rather than <varname> tags,
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where appropriate. Add "id" and "xreflabel" tags to the descriptions
of the GUC variables to facilitate this. Also make a few minor docs
cleanups.
2004-03-09 16:57:47 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
943eae92fb
Add ALSO keyword to CREATE RULE.
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Fabien COELHO
2004-03-09 05:05:41 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
96ef6682e3
Done:
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> * -Allow log lines to include session-level information, like database and user
2004-03-09 04:45:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2d3fe86bc4
Add:
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#log_line_prefix = '' # e.g. '<%u%%%d> '
# %u=user name %d=database name
# %r=remote host and port
# %p=PID %t=timestamp %i=command tag
# %c=session id %l=session line number
# %s=session start timestamp
# %x=stop here in non-session processes
# %%='%'
Andrew Dunstan
2004-03-09 04:43:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e0bed412a2
Have SGML make clean remove text files output as well
2004-03-08 23:59:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fb5eb6ac87
Update German FAQ.
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Ian Barwick
2004-03-08 17:38:31 +00:00
Tom Lane
0bdce30f6b
Some editorial work on 7.4.2 release notes.
2004-03-07 22:07:56 +00:00
Michael Meskes
9e5a091f02
Added multidimensional arrays as todo for ecpg.
2004-03-07 14:35:47 +00:00
Neil Conway
5ae38167cf
Improve discussion of using OIDs for identifying rows, fix an instance of
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incorrect SGML markup.
2004-03-07 04:31:01 +00:00
Neil Conway
cb659ecb40
Explicitely mention that some GUC variables cannot be changed at
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runtime.
2004-03-07 01:02:55 +00:00
Neil Conway
ab8faed00d
Editorialization of some text discussing 'IS NULL' vs. '= NULL'.
2004-03-07 01:01:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
565b4f2de5
Use lynx -stdin and regenerate HISTORY
2004-03-06 02:52:46 +00:00
Tom Lane
96c229dd7a
Improve documentation of virtual_host parameter: old text failed to
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indicate that you could specify multiple listen addresses.
2004-03-05 23:16:17 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
ff47b8518e
First update of release notes for 7.4.2. Still needs work.
2004-03-05 19:51:56 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
39042637dd
Oops, '-' doesn't work for my lynx either.
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Change back to /dev/stdin, even though it isn't portable. Let's wait for
someone to complain they don't have /dev/stdin.
2004-03-05 19:50:55 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
8fc7522cad
Use '-' for stdin on lynx, my lynx version doesn't support -stdin.
2004-03-05 19:48:03 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
aef037723f
Update Polish FAQ, from Marcin Mazurek.
2004-03-05 19:29:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
1973971821
Per a brief conversation with Tom, I've created a patch for adding
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support for 'week' within the date_trunc function.
Within the patch I added a couple of test cases and associated target
output, and changed the documentation to add 'week' appropriately.
Robert Creager
2004-03-05 02:41:14 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
033e37bed1
Fix for underscore in ID sgml markup.
2004-03-05 01:00:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
65a0db19f4
Add new SPI functions for use by PL/Java:
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+extern Oid SPI_getargtypeid(void *plan, int argIndex);
+extern int SPI_getargcount(void *plan);
+extern bool SPI_is_cursor_plan(void *plan);
Thomas Hallgren
2004-03-05 00:47:01 +00:00
Neil Conway
2146bfc869
Emit a warning when an empty string is input to the oid, float4, and
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float8 types. This begins the deprecation of this feature: in 7.6,
this input will be rejected.
Also added a new error code for warnings about deprecated features,
and updated the regression tests.
2004-03-04 21:47:18 +00:00
Dennis Bjorklund
0b1f7cccd7
The trim function doc did not say that the second argument could be
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be omitted. This patch fixes that. It also fixes a bug where the
type text was not wrapped as <type>text</type>.
2004-03-04 20:09:29 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
f503b6a821
Better document INSTEAD behavior for rules.
2004-03-04 14:32:12 +00:00
Neil Conway
c934cf1e96
Add a few more cross-references where appropriate, add more text about
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the FROM clause and an example to the UPDATE reference page, and make
a few other SGML tweaks.
2004-03-03 22:22:24 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
6008fca4d9
Remove Jan:
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< o Add PL/PHP (Joe, Jan)
> o Add PL/PHP (Joe)
2004-03-03 14:26:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
58c69eab00
Add:
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> o Add way to remove cluster specification on a table
2004-03-03 05:16:53 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
49032ca765
Update Turkish FAQ, Devrim GUNDUZ
2004-03-02 15:46:22 +00:00
Tom Lane
340d44686b
Update release notes for 7.3.6.
2004-03-02 00:38:46 +00:00
Tom Lane
3811d7a08f
Replace unportable use of /dev/stdin with lynx's -stdin switch.
2004-03-02 00:03:02 +00:00
Neil Conway
1a6a27650d
Add a few more xrefs, where they seemed appropriate: for example, refer
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to the discussion of planner statistics in the documentation for the
default_statistics_target GUC var.
2004-03-01 17:58:39 +00:00
Neil Conway
4a43b24cec
Enable some additional warnings when running openjade and onsgmls.
2004-03-01 16:08:58 +00:00
Neil Conway
e3f27c1847
Fix a typo in a recent commit to func.sgml that apparently broke the doc
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build for some versions of OpenJade (unfortunately, my local version of
OpenJade didn't report the error...) -- thanks to Andrew Dunstan for
the report.
2004-02-29 15:45:53 +00:00
Neil Conway
fd015c5c99
Fix a bunch (~88) typos that the OpenJade tools don't warn about by
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default: some SGML tags weren't properly terminated.
2004-02-29 15:36:46 +00:00
Neil Conway
f46a80c362
Fix a few omissions in the initcap() documentation & source code
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comments, make some unrelated improvements to the functions
documentation, and perform some minor consistency cleanup
elsewhere. Original initcap() change from Dennis B., additional
changes by Neil C.
2004-02-27 03:59:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2f17547c67
Update plpython docs to mention shared libs are possible in 2.3 or
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later.
2004-02-27 01:23:18 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
23168fb3bf
Update the pl/python shared build docs to match the recent version of
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python.
2004-02-26 02:09:40 +00:00
Tom Lane
f83356c7f5
Do a direct probe during postmaster startup to determine the maximum
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number of openable files and the number already opened. This eliminates
depending on sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX), and allows much saner behavior on
platforms where open-file slots are used up by semaphores.
2004-02-23 20:45:59 +00:00
Neil Conway
45f5eba90b
Document the family() function (added during the 7.4 dev cycle but not
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documented), and fix a typo.
2004-02-22 04:14:06 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0d02533943
Add:
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> * Have psql show more information about sequences
2004-02-20 20:37:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e53c56d34a
Add:
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> * Allow external interfaces to extend the GUC variable set
2004-02-20 18:45:35 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
5e4b9d1ef0
Add to PL/java description.
2004-02-20 18:31:03 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2e3d5f1160
Update:
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< * Add GUC variable to prevent waiting on locks
> * Add NO WAIT option to various SQL commands
2004-02-18 21:42:22 +00:00
Neil Conway
afcc6fbb60
Remove a caveat from the "backup" documentation: pg_dump now does a
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better job of handling dependencies between database objects.
2004-02-17 23:56:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0128c17c93
Done:
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> * -Change CVS ID to PostgreSQL
2004-02-17 15:46:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e170701712
Add:
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> o Allow the schema of objects to be changed
2004-02-17 15:37:48 +00:00
Neil Conway
9c8d5f0be1
Add a few more <xref> tags to the SGML docs, where appropriate. Original
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patch from Michael Glaesemann, additional changes by Neil Conway.
2004-02-17 09:07:16 +00:00
Tom Lane
d46b1f904e
Minor editorializing on cost-based vacuum description.
2004-02-17 07:36:47 +00:00
Neil Conway
ee33fe889e
Significant improvements to the documentation for the new cost-based
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vacuum delay feature, including updating the docs for Tom's recent
improvements. There is still more work to be done here: for example,
adding some more information on the practical use of cost-based
vacuum delay to the "maintenance" section would probably be a good
idea.
2004-02-17 06:28:05 +00:00
Neil Conway
11acc1ffd6
Fix a minor SGML markup infelicity in recently-applied log_disconnections
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patch.
2004-02-17 05:45:17 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
c53611e3e7
This patch brings up to date what I did last year (now unfortunately
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bitrotted) to allow the logging of the end of a session, enabled by
the config setting "log_disconnections".
Andrew Dunstan
2004-02-17 03:54:57 +00:00