< * Allow the creation of indexes with mixed ascending/descending
> * -Allow the creation of indexes with mixed ascending/descending
<
< This is possible now by creating an operator class with reversed sort
< operators. One complexity is that NULLs would then appear at the start
< of the result set, and this might affect certain sort types, like
< merge join.
<
per-column options for btree indexes. The planner's support for this is still
pretty rudimentary; it does not yet know how to plan mergejoins with
nondefault ordering options. The documentation is pretty rudimentary, too.
I'll work on improving that stuff later.
Note incompatible change from prior behavior: ORDER BY ... USING will now be
rejected if the operator is not a less-than or greater-than member of some
btree opclass. This prevents less-than-sane behavior if an operator that
doesn't actually define a proper sort ordering is selected.
< * Improve the MONEY data type
> * -Make 64-bit version of the MONEY data type
> * Add locale-aware MONEY type, and support multiple currencies
< Change the MONEY data type to use DECIMAL internally, with special
< locale-aware output formatting.
< http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg01107.php
>
> * Make consistent use of long/short command options --- pg_ctl needs
> long ones, pg_config doesn't have short ones, postgres doesn't have
> enough long ones, etc.
> o Consider parsing the -c string into individual queries so each
> is run in its own transaction
>
> o Consider disallowing multiple queries in PQexec() as an
> additional barrier to SQL injection attacks
< * Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary
< key, foreign key
< * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on INSERTs/UPDATEs from
< inherited table: INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES
< (dup) should fail
<
< The main difficulty with this item is the problem of creating an index
< that can span more than one table.
<
< * Allow SELECT ... FOR UPDATE on inherited tables
> * Inheritance
>
> o Allow inherited tables to inherit indexes, UNIQUE constraints,
> and primary/foreign keys
> o Honor UNIQUE INDEX on base column in INSERTs/UPDATEs
> on inherited table, e.g. INSERT INTO inherit_table
> (unique_index_col) VALUES (dup) should fail
>
> The main difficulty with this item is the problem of
> creating an index that can span multiple tables.
>
> o Allow SELECT ... FOR UPDATE on inherited tables
>
>
>
an optarg). Add some comments noting that code in three different files has
to be kept in sync. Fix erroneous description of -S switch (it sets work_mem
not silent_mode), and do some light copy-editing elsewhere in postgres-ref.
< * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
<
< Particularly, move GPL-licensed /contrib/userlock and
< /contrib/dbmirror/clean_pending.pl.
<
the XmlExpr code in various lists, use a representation that has some hope
of reverse-listing correctly (though it's still a de-escaping function
shy of correctness), generally try to make it look more like Postgres
coding conventions.
cases. Operator classes now exist within "operator families". While most
families are equivalent to a single class, related classes can be grouped
into one family to represent the fact that they are semantically compatible.
Cross-type operators are now naturally adjunct parts of a family, without
having to wedge them into a particular opclass as we had done originally.
This commit restructures the catalogs and cleans up enough of the fallout so
that everything still works at least as well as before, but most of the work
needed to actually improve the planner's behavior will come later. Also,
there are not yet CREATE/DROP/ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY commands; the only way
to create a new family right now is to allow CREATE OPERATOR CLASS to make
one by default. I owe some more documentation work, too. But that can all
be done in smaller pieces once this infrastructure is in place.
operator strategy numbers, ie, GiST and GIN. This is almost cosmetic
enough to not need a catversion bump, but since the opr_sanity regression
test has to change in sync with the catalog entry, I figured I'd better
do one.
properly.
Remove SGML docs about openjade performance patch, and instead add
comment in style sheet where indenting code is commented out.
Backpatch to 8.2.X.
>
> * Embedded server (not wanted)
>
> While PostgreSQL clients runs fine limited-resource environments, the
> server requires multiple processes and a stable pool of resources to
> run reliabily and efficiently. Stripping down the PostgreSQL server
> to run in the same process address space as the client application
> would add too much complexity and failure cases.
< * Have EXPLAIN ANALYZE highlight poor optimizer estimates
> * Have EXPLAIN ANALYZE issue NOTICE messages when the estimated and
> actual row counts differ by a specified percentage
in normal operation, and we can avoid rewriting pg_control at every log
segment switch if we don't insist that these values be valid. Reducing
the number of pg_control updates is a good idea for both performance and
reliability. It does make pg_resetxlog's life a bit harder, but that seems
a good tradeoff; and anyway the change to pg_resetxlog amounts to automating
something people formerly needed to do by hand, namely look at the existing
pg_xlog files to make sure the new WAL start point was past them.
In passing, change the wording of xlog.c's "database system was interrupted"
messages: describe the pg_control timestamp as "last known up at" rather than
implying it is the exact time of service interruption. With this change the
timestamp will generally be the time of the last checkpoint, which could be
many minutes before the failure; and we've already seen indications that
people tend to misinterpret the old wording.
initdb forced due to change in pg_control layout. Simon Riggs and Tom Lane
identify long-running transactions. Since we already need to record
the transaction-start time (e.g. for now()), we don't need any
additional system calls to report this information.
Catversion bumped, initdb required.
