< * Add NUMERIC division operator that doesn't round?
<
< Currently NUMERIC _rounds_ the result to the specified precision.
< This means division can return a result that multiplied by the
< divisor is greater than the dividend, e.g. this returns a value > 10:
<
< SELECT (10::numeric(2,0) / 6::numeric(2,0))::numeric(2,0) * 6;
<
< The positive modulus result returned by NUMERICs might be considered
< inaccurate, in one sense.
<
< o Add long file support for binary pg_dump output
<
< While Win32 supports 64-bit files, the MinGW API does not,
< meaning we have to build an fseeko replacement on top of the
< Win32 API, and we have to make sure MinGW handles it. Another
< option is to wait for the MinGW project to fix it, or use the
< code from the LibGW32C project as a guide.
<
< http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-12/msg00551.php
<
> o -Add long file support for binary pg_dump output
< Currently, ALTER USER and ALTER DATABASE support per-user and
> Currently ALTER USER and ALTER DATABASE support per-user and
< Currently, subtracting one date from another that crosses a
> Currently subtracting one date from another that crosses a
< Currently, SQL-language functions can only refer to parameters via $1, etc
> Currently SQL-language functions can only refer to dollar parameters,
> e.g. $1
< Currently, queries prepared via the libpq API are planned on first
> Currently queries prepared via the libpq API are planned on first
< Currently, SET <tab> causes a database lookup to check all
> Currently SET <tab> causes a database lookup to check all
< Currently, all statement results are transferred to the libpq
> Currently all statement results are transferred to the libpq
>
> o Allow row and record variables to be set to NULL constants,
> and allow NULL tests on such variables
>
> Because a row is not scalar, do not allow assignment
> from NULL-valued scalars.
< * Merge xmin/xmax/cmin/cmax back into three header fields
<
< Before subtransactions, there used to be only three fields needed to
< store these four values. This was possible because only the current
< transaction looks at the cmin/cmax values. If the current transaction
< created and expired the row the fields stored where xmin (same as
< xmax), cmin, cmax, and if the transaction was expiring a row from a
< another transaction, the fields stored were xmin (cmin was not
< needed), xmax, and cmax. Such a system worked because a transaction
< could only see rows from another completed transaction. However,
< subtransactions can see rows from outer transactions, and once the
< subtransaction completes, the outer transaction continues, requiring
< the storage of all four fields. With subtransactions, an outer
< transaction can create a row, a subtransaction expire it, and when the
< subtransaction completes, the outer transaction still has to have
< proper visibility of the row's cmin, for example, for cursors.
<
< One possible solution is to create a phantom cid which represents a
< cmin/cmax pair and is stored in local memory. Another idea is to
< store both cmin and cmax only in local memory.
<
> * -Merge xmin/xmax/cmin/cmax back into three header fields
< * Consider placing all sequences in a single table, now that system
< tables are full transactional
> * Consider placing all sequences in a single table
Bruce Momjian