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5437 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Bruce Momjian
49c320b19d Update to Russian FAQ, HEAD and 8.0.X. 2005-02-11 04:53:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
341251f202 Make clearer warning about using 'now' with DEFAULT:
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
	SELECT now();
	SELECT TIMESTAMP 'now';  -- incorrect for use with DEFAULT
2005-02-11 04:31:54 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
056a664fa1 Mention that some psql environment variables come from libpq and note
more variables can be found in the libpq manual section.

Mention .pgpass in the psql manual page section dealing with connection
parameters and point to the libpq section for more details.

Backpatch to 8.0.X.
2005-02-11 04:19:05 +00:00
Neil Conway
35878b9bc6 Add some index entries for RAISE and exception handling in PL/PgSQL. Per
suggestion from Rainer Brandt.
2005-02-10 06:08:22 +00:00
Neil Conway
cf1f6f98f2 Improvements to documentation of shared memory configuration under
FreeBSD. From Mark Kirkwood, editorializing by Neil Conway.
2005-02-10 05:14:58 +00:00
Neil Conway
280cae35aa Use now() rather than 'now' in an example in the PL/PgSQL docs. From David
Fetter and Ben Calvert.
2005-02-10 05:01:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
8f5b4c8c8c Update pginstaller URL to http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/win32/.
Backpatch to 8.0.X.
2005-02-10 04:52:31 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
38efdc8bc1 Spacing:
< *  Allow the PITR process to be debugged and data examined
> * Allow the PITR process to be debugged and data examined
2005-02-08 03:23:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
dc95779679 It seems like most people don't want automatic failover so I am removing
the item:

< 	o Automatic failover
<
< 	  The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
< 	  replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
< 	  pgpool.
<
2005-02-08 03:21:02 +00:00
Neil Conway
c76ff4bc4e Better late than never: document that the GiST API changed in 8.0 in the
"incompatibilities" section of the release notes.
2005-02-06 22:31:50 +00:00
Tom Lane
e507399790 Document array behavior for out-of-range subscripts. 2005-02-06 20:59:30 +00:00
Neil Conway
ad893a361d Minor SGML improvements. 2005-02-03 07:12:37 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
b3a7e987a1 Improve wording of to_char() change in 8.1:
The 8.1 release will remove the <function>to_char()</> function
      for intervals.
2005-02-02 18:16:13 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
f69513df17 Update FAQ numbering. 2005-02-02 17:44:22 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
947ae56d80 Update RESET ALL items:
<   all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, etc.  This could be used
<   for connection pooling.  We could also change RESET ALL to have this
<   functionality.
>   all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, cursors, prepared
>   queries(?), currval()s, etc.  This could be used for connection pooling.
>   We could also change RESET ALL to have this functionality.
2005-02-02 17:26:49 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
cde6056e34 Remove pgsql_tmp directory FAQ item. 2005-02-02 13:41:18 +00:00
Neil Conway
73f630500b Add support for temporary views, including documentation and regression
tests. Contributed by Koju Iijima, review from Neil Conway, Gavin Sherry
and Tom Lane.

Also, fix error in description of WITH CHECK OPTION clause in the CREATE
VIEW reference page: it should be "CASCADED", not "CASCADE".
2005-02-02 06:36:02 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
48522fd30d Add Josh's performance page. 2005-02-01 21:11:06 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
68b0e29800 Add FETCH/MOVE:
< * Change LIMIT/OFFSET to use int8
> * Change LIMIT/OFFSET and FETCH/MOVE to use int8
2005-02-01 04:56:53 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
bb14d8becf Add:
> * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be inherited by objects based on
>   schema permissions
2005-02-01 04:54:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
4f63cc6a30 Final FAQ cleanups to remove information about very old releases. 2005-02-01 02:40:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
3c16965995 Remove outer join simulation using UNION now that we have had outer
joins for quite a long time.
2005-02-01 02:35:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2de7ebe910 Remove FAQ about database terms. 2005-02-01 02:31:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2ccf79a6a1 Remove FAQ mention of DROP column. 2005-02-01 01:41:37 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
25deba3141 Update LIMIT/FETCH FAQ item. 2005-02-01 01:36:13 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
14f5c84589 Update connections FAQ item. 2005-02-01 00:19:15 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0c86f0e174 Fix markup typo. 2005-01-31 22:59:06 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
1b2ebc591c Update debeug FAQ. 2005-01-31 22:58:00 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d96398d1eb Restructure debug FAQ entry. 2005-01-31 22:57:17 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
1f7aa643b6 Reorganize FAQ entry on performance. 2005-01-31 20:40:46 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
7069a885af Update admin tools FAQ. 2005-01-31 02:45:32 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
2149b54f1c Update PHP mention. 2005-01-31 02:43:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
cd63e08f86 Remove "Support" FAQ item. We now have a tab on our web site. 2005-01-31 02:40:00 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
18013e25c6 Wording improvement. 2005-01-31 02:19:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
131ff4e5cd Reorder support FAQ items. 2005-01-31 02:17:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
14f3fb610d Update section to mention developer's FAQ. 2005-01-31 02:09:34 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
83d8591081 Mention releases are every 10-12 months now. 2005-01-31 01:59:54 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e688443cbf Simplify FAQ item about obtaining support. 2005-01-31 01:53:49 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
0a12c53385 Clarify license FAQ item. 2005-01-31 01:38:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
810b5072dd Modernize the FAQ item "What is PostgreSQL" to skip most historical
information.
2005-01-31 01:26:31 +00:00
Tom Lane
0c109c7187 Recommend security@postgresql.org as the contact point for security-related bugs. 2005-01-30 21:31:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
790c666931 Update FAQ text file. 2005-01-30 04:45:01 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
60d6f49a47 FAQ markup fixes. 2005-01-30 04:44:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
576853a79a Fix ampersand in URL. 2005-01-30 04:25:26 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
d79f2d4036 Remove IN/slow FAQ item because it only applies to <=7.3.X. 2005-01-30 04:20:52 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
bfc536217d Remove GEQO and Rtree FAQ items. 2005-01-30 04:16:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
4c8a690d54 More index item rewording.kUpdate FAQ. 2005-01-30 04:06:26 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
bbefccec09 Reword index/slow query item. 2005-01-30 04:05:15 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
97052bc9c9 Remove FAQ item about binary cursors. 2005-01-30 04:03:02 +00:00
Bruce Momjian
e136a49c5d Remove FAQ items about IPC errors. We now report the help description
right in the failure.  We can always re-add it if required.
2005-01-30 04:00:19 +00:00