> * Add GUC variables extra_float_digits and extra_double_digits to
> control output digits
419a422
> * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
< A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.3 release.
> A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.4 release.
38d37
< * -Change DEBUG startup tag to LOG (Bruce)
40,51d38
< * -Add pg_backend_pid() function to backend
< * -Allow logging of query durations
<
<
< Permissions
< ===========
<
< * -Improve control over user privileges, including table creation
< * -Allow user/group names to be specified directly in pg_hba.conf (Bruce)
< * -Add ~/.pgpass to store passwords with user/host/password combinations
< * -Allow permissions for functions (Peter E)
< * -Allow object creation to be disabled for specific users
58,60d44
< * -Make it easier to create a database owned by someone who can't createdb,
< perhaps CREATE DATABASE dbname WITH OWNER = "user" (Gavin)
< * -Make equals sign optional in CREATE DATABASE WITH param = 'val'
65,66d48
< * -Prevent SIGHUP and 'pg_ctl reload' from changing command line
< specified parameters to postgresql.conf defaults (Peter E)
69,70d50
< * -Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached
< * -Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors
79d58
< * -Add domain capability (Rod Taylor)
82,84d60
< * -SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque
< * -Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
< * -Functions returning sets do not totally work
89d64
< * -Add GUC parameter for DATESTYLE
91,93d65
< * -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
< * -to_char(0,'FM999.99') returns a period, to_char(1,'FM999.99') doesn't (Karel)
< * -Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
97d68
< o -Store binary-compatible type information in the system
104d74
< o -Ensure we have array-eq operators for every built-in array type
139,140d108
< * -Remove brackets as multi-statement rule grouping, must use parens (Bruce)
< * -Prevent aggregates from being used in rule WHERE clauses
154d121
< * -Allow UPDATE/DELETE on inherited table
166d132
< * -Add deleted bit to index tuples to reduce heap access
176d141
< * -Test hash index performance and discourage usage
182d146
< * -Add SIMILAR TO to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
184d147
< * -Remove LIMIT #,# and force use LIMIT and OFFSET clauses in 7.3 (Bruce)
186,187d148
< * -Disallow TRUNCATE on tables that are involved in referential constraints
< * -Add OR REPLACE clauses to non-FUNCTION object creation
190d150
< * -Prevent create/drop scripts from allowing extra args (Bruce)
201,205d160
< o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN feature
< o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Tom)
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Tom)
< o -ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL (Christopher)
210d164
< o -Have ALTER TABLE OWNER change all dependant objects like indexes
214,216d167
< o -Cluster all tables at once using pg_index.indisclustered set during
< previous CLUSTER
< o -Prevent loss of indexes, permissions, inheritance
221d171
< o -Allow specification of column names
224d173
< o -Change syntax to WITH DELIMITER, (keep old syntax around?)
228d176
< o -Generate failure on short COPY lines rather than pad NULLs
242,243d189
< o -Allow INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (a, b, c, DEFAULT, x, y, z, ...)
< o -Disallow missing columns in INSERT ... (col) VALUES, per ANSI
248,249d193
< o -Add command to display locks
< o -Add SET or BEGIN timeout parameter to cancel query
251d194
< o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Bruce)
254,256d196
< o -Add SHOW command to see locale
< o -Allow SHOW to output as a query result, like EXPLAIN
< o -Abort all SET changes made in an aborted transaction
264d203
< o -Fix PL/PgSQL to handle quoted mixed-case identifiers
287,291d225
< * -Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
< or multiple SELECTS to avoid bad system catalog entries
< * -Have pg_dump -C dump database location and encoding information
< * -Allow psql \d to show foreign keys
< * -Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure (Tom)
294d227
< * -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil)
302d234
< o -Updateable resultSet
307d238
< o -Implement cancel() method on Statement
309d239
< o -Add support for CallableStatements
311d240
< o -Compile under jdk 1.4
334d262
< * -Allow oid to act as a foreign key
337,338d264
< * -Allow user to control trigger firing order (Tom)
< * -Add ALTER TRIGGER ... RENAME
341d266
< * -Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
350,359d274
< * -Add pg_depend table for dependency recording; use sysrelid, oid,
< depend_sysrelid, depend_oid, name
< * -Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL; perhaps a separate
< SERIAL type
< * -Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
< * -Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
< * -Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped
< * -Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file
< * -Make other constraints clearer in dump file
< * -Make foreign keys easier to identify
367d281
< * -Allow autocommit so always in a transaction block
377d290
< * -Add SQL92 schemas (Tom)
400d312
< * -Cache most recent query plan(s) (Neil) [prepare]
439d350
< * -Cache system catalog information in per-database files (Tom)
450,451d360
< * -Reorder postgresql.conf WAL items in order of importance (Bruce)
< * -Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
465,466d373
< * -Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
< allocation (Tom)
468d374
< * -Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
470,472d375
< * -Add new pg_proc cachable settings to specify whether function can be
< evaluated only once or once per query
< * -Change FIXED_CHAR_SEL to 0.20 from 0.04 to give better selectivity (Bruce)
494,496d396
< * -Add Intimate Shared Memory(ISM) for Solaris
< * -Use faster flex flags for performance improvement (Peter E)
< * -Add BSD-licensed qsort() for Solaris
503,507d402
< * -Fix problems with libpq non-blocking/async code
< * -Make sure all block numbers are unsigned to increase maximum table size
< * -Merge LockMethodCtl and LockMethodTable into one shared structure (Bruce)
< * -HOLDER/HOLDERTAB rename to PROCLOCK/PROCLOCKTAG (Bruce)
< * -Remove LockMethodTable.prio field, not used (Bruce)
512,513d406
< * -Make one version of simple_prompt() in code (Bruce, Tom)
< * -Compile in syslog functionaility by default (Tatsuo)
517d409
< * -Report failure to find readline or zlib at end of configure run
519,520d410
< * -Increase identifier length (NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit,
< * -Increase maximum number of function parameters if little wasted space
529,530d418
< * -Fix glibc's mktime() to handle pre-1970's dates
< * -Move /contrib/retep to gborg.postgresql.org
< * Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
> * -Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
174c174
< * Improve concurrency of hash indexes (Neil Conway)
> * Improve concurrency of hash indexes (Neil)
277c277
< o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQl DECLARE
> o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQL DECLARE
293c293
< * -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil Conway)
> * -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil)
474c474
< * Precompile SQL functions to avoid overhead (Neil Conway)
> * Precompile SQL functions to avoid overhead (Neil)
549c549
< * Neil is Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>
> * Neil is Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
< o -ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
< o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
> o -ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL (Christopher)
200a200,201
> o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence because
> of the item above
232c233
< o -Disallow missing columns in INSERT ... VALUES, per ANSI
> o -Disallow missing columns in INSERT ... (col) VALUES, per ANSI
335,336d335
< * Have SERIAL generate non-colliding sequence names when we have
< auto-destruction
< * Allow logging of query durations
> * -Allow logging of query durations
51,52d50
< * Make single-user local access permissions the default by limiting
< permissions on the socket file (Peter E)
72,73c70,71
< * Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached
< * Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors
> * -Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached
> * -Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors
82,83c80,81
< * Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
< * Functions returning sets do not totally work
> * -Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
> * -Functions returning sets do not totally work
90c88
< * Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
> * -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
94c92
< o Store binary-compatible type information in the system
> o -Store binary-compatible type information in the system
97d94
< o -SELECT col FROM tab WHERE numeric_col = 10.1 fails, requires quotes
102c99
< o Ensure we have array-eq operators for every built-in array type
> o -Ensure we have array-eq operators for every built-in array type
119d115
< * Allow setting database character set without multibyte enabled
152d147
< * Have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
198,199d192
< o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN to inherited table put column in wrong place
< [inheritance]
201d193
< o Add ALTER FUNCTION
203,204c195,196
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Tom)
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Tom)
> o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Christopher)
> o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Christopher)
248c240
< o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
> o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Bruce)
280c272
< * Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
> * -Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
287d278
< * Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, installpath/etc/odbc.ini
318,322d308
< * ODBC
< o ODBC 3.0 support
< o Unicode(UCS-2) support
< o Updatable cursors support
<
337c323
< * Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
> * -Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
352c338
< * Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
> * -Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
447c433
< * Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
> * -Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
460c446
< * Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
> * -Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
463c449
< * Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
> * -Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
> * -Add OR REPLACE clauses to non-FUNCTION object creation
> * -Allow autocommit so always in a transaction block
> * -Cache most recent query plan(s) (Neil) [prepare]
<
> * Prevent mismatch of frontend/backend encodings from converting bytea
> data from being interpreted as encoded strings
512a514,515
> * Fix glibc's mktime() to handle pre-1970's dates
>
> * -Improve control over user privileges, including table creation
> * -Add PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable or ~/.pgpass to store
> o -Compile under jdk 1.4
sys = malloc(strlen(editorName) + strlen(fname) + 10 + 1);
if (!sys)
return false;
sprintf(sys, "exec '%s' '%s'", editorName, fname);
(note the added quotes to provide a little protection against spaces
and such). Then it's perfectly obvious what the calculation is doing.
I don't care about wasting 20-some bytes, but confusing readers of the
code is worth avoiding.
regards, tom lane
< * Allow temporary views
< * Require view using temporary tables to be temporary views
> * -Have views on temporary tables exist in the temporary namespace
<
> o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling
> o Allow PL/PgSQL parameters to be specified by name and type during
> definition
> o Allow PL/PgSQL function parameters to be passed by name,
> get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001)
> o Add PL/PgSQL packages
> o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQl DECLARE
> o Add PL/PgSQL PROCEDURES that can return multiple values
> * -Add GUC parameter for DATESTYLE
> o -Allow specification of column names
> o -Change syntax to WITH DELIMITER, (keep old syntax around?)
> o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
> o -Allow SHOW to output as a query result, like EXPLAIN
> * -Add SQL92 schemas (Tom)
> o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
> * -Allow psql \d to show foreign keys
> * -Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL; perhaps a separate
> * -Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
> * -Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped
> * -Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file
> * -Make foreign keys easier to identify
< * Remove brackets as multi-statement rule grouping, must use parens (Bruce)
> * -Remove brackets as multi-statement rule grouping, must use parens (Bruce)
458d457
< * Remove USING clause from pg_get_indexdef() if index is btree (Bruce)
> o Add LISTEN/NOTIFY support to the JDBC driver (Barry)
479a481
> * Barry is Barry Lind <barry@xythos.com>
482a485
> * Dave is Dave Cramer <dave@fastcrypt.com>
> * -Prevent SIGHUP and 'pg_ctl reload' from changing command line
> * -Remove LIMIT #,# and force use LIMIT and OFFSET clauses in 7.3 (Bruce)
> * -Prevent create/drop scripts from allowing extra args (Bruce)
> * -Have pg_dump -C dump database location and encoding information
> * Increase identifier length (NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit,
> perhaps to standard length of 128; change struct pgNotify to use pid
> first, breaks notify API;
Bruce Momjian