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2671 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Bruce Momjian
13acb5b37d Updated:
< * Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, and /etc/odbc.ini
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> * Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, installpath/etc/odbc.ini
2002-01-03 17:29:31 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
85974a75fc Add to java mention of pl/j. 2002-01-03 17:18:19 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
8be67450aa Update FAQ_DEV. 2002-01-03 08:20:54 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
5b24a98f2a Update FAQ_DEV. 2002-01-03 08:13:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
9c00d0de57 Added
> * Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, and /etc/odbc.ini
2002-01-03 08:04:16 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
b96b0415fa Added suggested syntax:
> * Make it easier to create a database owned by someone who can't createdb,
>   perhaps CREATE DATABASE dbname WITH USER = "user"
2002-01-03 08:01:17 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
bc29b06b0a Add mention of index on foreign key for frequently updated primary key
tables.
2002-01-03 06:26:22 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a4ee277e17 droplang had same problem as createlang; default are backwards and did
not work.  Fixed to match createlang.
2002-01-03 06:09:02 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
f9b792c5c3 Add to pool discussion. 2002-01-03 05:52:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2446e300fa Added
< 	o Move to using 'make' rather than 'ant'(?)
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> 	o Support both 'make' and 'ant'
2002-01-03 05:48:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
9d77dcc366 Add mention of PRIMARY in ALTER TABLE ... [ UNIQUE | PRIMARY ] 2002-01-03 05:37:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
04f3342e03 In createlang, make dbname optional, not langname, or rather, make
existing code of dbname optional actually work.
2002-01-03 05:30:04 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
b3d9768f3b Remove:
< * Change 'createlang [langname] dbname' to 'createlang langname [dbname]'
2002-01-03 05:20:34 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d5de91ddad Added:
> * Change 'createlang [langname] dbname' to 'createlang langname [dbname]'
2002-01-03 05:06:50 +00:00
Tom Lane
e274325e02 Fix incorrect description of rowtype variable declarations. Eventually
(IMHO) the code should be fixed to do what the documentation formerly
claimed, and then revert this change.
2002-01-02 00:41:26 +00:00
Tom Lane
e7d9a6bf63 Repair example, per note in interactive docs. 2001-12-30 04:36:52 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
23ef0926e1 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-30 04:31:29 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3f53ad7108 *** empty log message *** 2001-12-30 01:51:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
550d38458c Add
> * Make locking of shared data structures more fine-grained
2001-12-30 01:48:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
48ad40ba99 Added
> * Change factorial to return a numeric
2001-12-29 20:40:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
642f2fe7cf Add missing <varlistentry>; shown in build logs. 2001-12-29 20:29:49 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
dd0279b1ba Document the precision arguments for date/time types per SQL9x.
Update the list of recognized time zones.
Document the range of arguments allowed for SET TIME ZONE.
Still need to add info on other date/time symbols (e.g. "AM", "T")
 and to freshen the docs on the date/time parsing rules.
2001-12-29 18:35:54 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3e87bfc1f1 Add crossdb TODO.detail item. 2001-12-29 17:58:15 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
51517f514d Add crossdb TODO.detail item:
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> * Allow queries across multiple databases [crossdb]
2001-12-29 17:56:46 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
c80a067cae Update server DEBUG startup tag fixes:
> * Change DEBUG startup tag to NOTICE;  change NOTICE to output to client
>   only if client exists (Bruce)

This item is not done:

< * -Make elog(LOG) in WAL its own output type, distinct from DEBUG (Peter E)
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> * Make elog(LOG) in WAL its own output type, distinct from DEBUG
2001-12-29 17:19:03 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a78337908f Add to java. 2001-12-29 17:06:22 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0d3aebbc86 Added
> * Add --port flag to regression tests
2001-12-29 05:22:37 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fcac3b09ca Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-29 05:15:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
54481d10f3 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-29 05:12:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3c70669e7e Added
> * Change FIXED_CHAR_SEL to 0.20 from 0.04 to give better selectivity (Bruce)
2001-12-29 04:55:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e0de8d9821 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-29 03:42:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
ce286ff6b5 Added
> * Report failure to find readline or zlib at end of configure run
2001-12-28 19:47:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
472186af96 Add
> 	o Change syntax to WITH DELIMITER, (keep old syntax around?)
2001-12-28 19:44:20 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3ab5ac86e8 Add
> * Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes
2001-12-28 19:35:52 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
f7dfb1c606 Add pljava messages. 2001-12-28 18:33:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e32ee1fabe Typo.
< * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in CYGWIN (Tom)
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> * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom)
2001-12-28 18:31:14 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
ce845c530e Added
<
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> * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in CYGWIN (Tom)
2001-12-28 18:30:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
774490c3db Add
> * Allow binding query args over FE/BE protocol
2001-12-28 05:26:25 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
6b2f169d67 Added
> 	o Have ALTER TABLE OWNER change all dependant objects like indexes
2001-12-28 05:09:13 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
c23f380ff4 Add thread item. 2001-12-28 05:04:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
593377f70c Add more Christof Petig ecpg items. 2001-12-28 05:03:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
36e42823fb Christof Petig changes where for HISTORY, not TODO. 2001-12-28 05:02:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
deab927470 Add mention of Christof Petig for ecpg items. 2001-12-28 05:00:32 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
dbaddcfd2b Added for Christof Petig:
< 	o Allow SELECT of array of strings into a auto-sized variable
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> 	o -Allow SELECT of array of strings into a auto-sized variable

> 	o auto allocation for indicator variable arrays (int *ind_p=NULL)
> 	o auto allocation for string arrays (char **foo_pp=NULL)
> 	o ECPGfree_auto_mem fixed
> 	o all function names with external linkage are now prefixed by ECPG
2001-12-28 04:57:55 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a740c228a5 Added:
> * Add OpenBSD's getpeereid() call for local socket authentication (Bruce)
2001-12-28 04:32:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a6e59234f7 Update to show current capability and future direction, from Peter:
> * -Allow secure single-user access without passwords using Unix socket permissions
> * Make single-user local socket access permissions the default (Peter E)
2001-12-28 04:30:18 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
107c5a83e1 Added:
! * Add PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable or ~/.pgpass to store
!   user/host/password combinations
2001-12-28 03:30:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
21e7e7e724 I know we talked about this in the past but I never got it on the TODO
list:

	* Add optional CRC checksum to heap and index pages
2001-12-28 02:30:37 +00:00
Tom Lane
6f0f5bf2fb Expand on description of when to use or not use TRUST auth method. 2001-12-27 21:37:34 +00:00
Tom Lane
9935a85fa4 Document obj_description and col_description functions; expand
description of COMMENT command.
2001-12-27 21:36:57 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
44d1e9d552 Small fixes 2001-12-27 21:10:15 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
adb1d4acfa Mention datatype() casting change. 2001-12-27 04:46:08 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
dbc3c859ab Update TODO list. 2001-12-27 04:28:37 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
498d0087eb Update for new timestamp behavior. 2001-12-27 00:04:44 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0181d9ffaa Add cachable item. 2001-12-26 23:47:32 +00:00
Tom Lane
6896693d64 Fix directions for a client-only install, per comments from Alexey Borzov
and Vivek Khera.
2001-12-23 20:45:11 +00:00
Tom Lane
ce4d01d96b Update description of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and friends. 2001-12-23 20:22:49 +00:00
Tom Lane
78ec1cb027 Type interval takes a precision, too. 2001-12-23 20:21:37 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
d1396696e0 Lots of content and formatting improvements in release notes. HISTORY
now generated from DocBook sources.
2001-12-23 18:20:05 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
3f3b7a9783 Add missing id attribute. 2001-12-23 18:18:09 +00:00
Michael Meskes
b2a7e1403e Updated ECPG items 2001-12-23 12:21:05 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
95800e5530 Updates for next release from Bernd Tegge. 2001-12-21 06:00:15 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
5446b1ba72 Remove:
* Fix contrib/dbase to not require libiconv
2001-12-21 05:27:19 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
a7aeb7db18 * Fix contrib/dbase to not require libiconv. 2001-12-21 04:31:58 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
c3c36bf32f pre-page -> after-change, per Vadim. 2001-12-21 03:55:45 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
9640666c6f Spiff up discussion of precision on date/time data types.
Add a NetBSD/alpha and update info on a few other platforms.
2001-12-21 03:54:02 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
2d004d7f95 Allow location of index creation perl script be be specified in
Makefile.custom, to allow finding it on Mandrake systems (at least).
2001-12-21 03:53:04 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
20f94e16a9 Pre-page write additions. 2001-12-20 22:01:29 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
95668f0deb Minor improvements 2001-12-19 18:50:48 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
41acf3d820 Some tuning 2001-12-19 18:49:56 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
cafee83784 Update TODO list. 2001-12-15 17:28:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
79b89b4658 Update TODO list. 2001-12-15 16:11:57 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
cebfe90f0b Revert breakage 2001-12-10 13:07:16 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut
e2024ec6f0 update 2001-12-10 13:03:12 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
63b312d2da Add new Japanese FAQ versions. 2001-12-10 11:17:51 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
03a321d214 Use PostgreSQL consistantly throughout docs. Before, usage was split evenly
between Postgres and PostgreSQL.
2001-12-08 03:24:40 +00:00
Thomas G. Lockhart
68cb184b56 Update list of currently supported platforms.
Mention SQL9x precision syntax for date/time types.
Use PostgreSQL consistantly throughout docs. Before, usage was split evenly
 between Postgres and PostgreSQL.
2001-12-08 03:24:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fe933d6a04 Update TODO list. 2001-12-06 10:19:24 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
140856ea16 Add to java. 2001-12-05 23:12:16 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d661a9f639 Update TODO list. 2001-12-05 23:11:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
b68174e5ed Update TODO list. 2001-12-05 21:25:28 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
33cc40e8ba Update TODO list. 2001-12-05 21:23:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
7048c8c6d5 Add mention of CREATE TABLE and atttypmod problems. 2001-12-05 21:07:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
23ea2b12d9 Update TODO list. 2001-12-05 21:06:40 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
13d128c616 Add mention of aggregates and updates causing problems. 2001-12-05 21:02:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
6bcd9f4021 Attached is the FAQ_MSWIN patch as promised. Hopefully, it is not too
little, too late...

Jason Tishler
2001-12-05 18:23:40 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d9e71837d8 Update TODO list. 2001-12-05 18:20:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
15790465c2 Update FAQ. 2001-12-05 05:41:13 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e383e411b7 Update FAQ. 2001-12-05 05:38:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d1e77ecf95 Update FAQ. 2001-12-05 05:33:48 +00:00
Tom Lane
969cc16c69 Enforce restriction that COPY DELIMITERS string must be exactly one
character; replace strchr() search with simple comparison to speed up
COPY IN.  Per discussion in pghackers.
2001-12-04 21:19:57 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
fb170041c6 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 17:12:25 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
b7579d62ce Update FAQ. 2001-12-04 07:12:08 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2314bcfb95 Another test of double-commit. It used only commit one file. 2001-12-04 07:10:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
08475b75c3 Test of double-commit. 2001-12-04 07:09:53 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
7a0f2a648d Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 06:44:45 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
50cf849e28 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 06:40:09 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
caf4da8a20 Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 06:37:26 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
79d5f6f6ec Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 06:35:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
c90bcb98bd Update FAQ_DEV. 2001-12-04 06:26:59 +00:00