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Neil Conway ec7a6bd9a2 Replace "--" and "---" with "—" as appropriate, for better-looking
output.
2004-11-15 06:32:15 +00:00
Neil Conway db1531f6d8 Fix typo, other minor improvements. 2004-11-15 04:35:57 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 3c1a8661eb Remove replicaiton FAQ item. 2004-11-14 21:33:10 +00:00
Tom Lane ea23ec82c2 Remove GUC USERLIMIT variable category, making the affected variables
plain SUSET instead.  Also delay processing of options received in
client connection request until after we know if the user is a superuser,
so that SUSET values can be set that way by legitimate superusers.
Per recent discussion.
2004-11-14 19:35:35 +00:00
Neil Conway 1c7a47cea4 Improvements to the PITR docs. Initial patch from Gavin Sherry, additional
improvements by Neil Conway.
2004-11-14 06:10:12 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 3c57e0b93f Update:
< * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE INDEX/REINDEX/CREATE TABLE AS when
<   not doing WAL archiving
> * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE TABLE AS when not doing WAL archiving
2004-11-12 23:26:37 +00:00
Tom Lane 7f4b5a003b Add some real documentation about the overall filesystem layout used by
a Postgres database.  Update page.sgml to match 8.0 tuple header layout.
2004-11-12 21:50:53 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 1b87c3f77a Add:
> * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE INDEX/REINDEX/CREATE TABLE AS when
>   not doing WAL archiving
2004-11-12 18:12:12 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 85eda8e7d4 Cleanup:
>
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< * ECPG (?)
> * ECPG
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2004-11-11 04:36:55 +00:00
Neil Conway b4cd3b3829 Fix a handful of typos in the release notes introduced by Bruce's recent
commit. Per Gavin Sherry.
2004-11-11 04:11:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 6cd67c931a Cleaups:
< * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one
> * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be applied to all schema objects with one
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<   specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
>   specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
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<   directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
>   directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
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<
>
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<   By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
>   By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
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< * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
> * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
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<   Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
>   Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
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< * Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed
> * Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed
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< * Allow to_char to print localized month names
< * Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time
> * Allow to_char() to print localized month names
> * Allow functions to have a schema search path specified at creation time
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< * Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
> * Add a GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
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< * Prevent inet cast to cidr if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
<   zero bits
> * Prevent INET cast to CIDR if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
>   zero the bits
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< 	o Allow nulls in arrays
> 	o Allow NULLs in arrays
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< 	o Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
< 	  can be performed on empty array expressions
> 	o Delay resolution of array expression's data type so assignment
> 	  coercion can be performed on empty array expressions
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<   key, foreign key  [inheritance]
< * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from
>   key, foreign key
> * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on INSERTs/UPDATEs from
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<   (dup) should fail [inheritance]
>   (dup) should fail
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< * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order [performance]
> * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order
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<   functionality in DELETE.  It's been agreed that the keyword should
>   functionality in DELETE.  It's been agreed that the keyword should
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< * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
> * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
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< * Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work
<   by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with
<   table name?
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<   new database.
>   a new database.
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< * Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing
<   inheritance?
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< * Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
< * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules, triggers?)
> * Add a GUC variable to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
> * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules,
>   triggers?)
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< * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index creation
< * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups,
<   databases and tablespaces)
> * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index
>   creation
> * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups, databases
>   and tablespaces)
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<   When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
>   When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
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< 	o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings as the first line
> 	o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings in the first line
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<
>
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< 	o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
> 	o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
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<
>
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< 	o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling using savepoints
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<
>
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<
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< 	o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
> 	o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
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< 	  This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
> 	  This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
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< 	o Improve error handling (?)
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<   Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
>   Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
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<   Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
>   Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
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<   from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
>   from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
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< * Add connection pooling [pool]
> * Add connection pooling
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<
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<
>
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<   so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
>   so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
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< * Add utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
> * Create utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
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< * Allow sorting, temp files, temp tables to use multiple work directories
<
<   This allows the I/O load to be spread across multiple disk drives.
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>
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<
< * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?) [mmap]
>
> * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?)
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<   portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
<   to prevent I/O overhead.
>   portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
>   to prevent I/O overhead.
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<   Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
<   require frequent mapping/unmapping.  Extending the file also causes
<   mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
>   Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
>   require frequent mapping/unmapping.  Extending the file also causes
>   mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
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<   way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
>   way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
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<   tuple overhead
>   per-tuple overhead
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<   This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
<   sorting, or execution of single query.  The major advantage of such a
<   feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
>   This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
>   sorting, or execution of single query.  The major advantage of such a
>   feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
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< * Research the use of larger pages sizes
> * Research the use of larger page sizes
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> * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
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< * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom)
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< * Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
< * Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc)
> * Improve documentation to build only interfaces (Marc)
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< * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
< * Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
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< * Allow binaries to be statically linked so they are more easily relocated
< * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
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< 	o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory?
> 	o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory
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< 	o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names of
< 	  result sets using new query protocol
> 	o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names
> 	  of result sets using new query protocol
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< * Kris is Kris Jurka
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< * Simon is Simon Riggs
> * Simon is Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
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< * Teodor is
2004-11-11 03:59:14 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut 5bf218d2eb Add character set declaration to HTML files, so they have a chance to
validate and display correctly.
2004-11-10 23:01:47 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut 979a530dde Fix some spacing problems. 2004-11-10 21:54:23 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 45ecebc415 Add SGML markup to 8.0 release notes. 2004-11-10 21:43:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 1688848204 Fix sgml markup tags. 2004-11-10 06:13:12 +00:00
Bruce Momjian a3704c6cb1 Update release notes to match CVS. 2004-11-10 06:09:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 883fbbe04c Done:
<
< * psql tab completion
<
< 	o Provide a list of conversions after ALTER CONVERSION?
< 	o Support for ALTER SEQUENCE clauses
< 	o Add RENAME TO to ALTER TRIGGER
< 	o Support for ALTER USER
< 	o Fix ALTER (GROUP|DOMAIN|...) <sth> DROP
< 	o Support for ALTER LANGUAGE <sth> RENAME TO
< 	o Improve support for COPY
< 	o Improve support for ALTER TABLE
2004-11-10 05:47:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 242fca7591 Remove performance TODO.detail. In TODO. 2004-11-10 02:48:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 056d7e3a18 Add bitmap info:
<   heap page to find matching rows.
>   heap page to find matching rows, or perhaps use a mixed solution where
>   tids are recorded for pages with only a few matches and per-page bitmaps
>   are used for more dense pages.  Another idea is to use a 32-bit bitmap
>   for every page and set a bit based on the item number mod(32).
2004-11-10 02:48:41 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 58825b8cd6 Add:
>
> * Research the use of larger pages sizes
2004-11-09 16:50:59 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 960f545041 Update bitmap index description:
<   Such indexes could be more compact if there are only a few unique values.
>   Such indexes could be more compact if there are only a few distinct values.
>   Such indexes can also be compressed.  Keeping such indexes updated can be
>   costly.
2004-11-09 15:11:11 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 53ee0729b2 Fix typo:
<   Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique value.
>   Such indexes could be more compact if there are only a few unique values.
2004-11-09 04:14:07 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 8dd602e41e Update mmap details:
<   portability issues. Anonymous mmap is required to prevent I/O
<   overhead.
>   portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
>   to prevent I/O overhead.
>
> * Consider mmap()'ing files into a backend?
>
>   Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
>   require frequent mapping/unmapping.  Extending the file also causes
>   mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
>   leading to thousands of mappings.  Another problem is that there is no
>   way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
>   could hit disk before WAL is written.
2004-11-09 03:57:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian d9ab482abb Remove mmap TODO.detail, now in TODO. 2004-11-09 03:57:16 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 3341052ef3 Remove inheritance, already in TODO. 2004-11-09 03:01:48 +00:00
Bruce Momjian e4387116da Remove fadvise TODO.detail. Merged into TODO. 2004-11-08 20:16:43 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 916897cce7 Update:
<   posix_fadvise() [fadvise]
>   posix_fadvise()
>
>   Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
>   free-behind behavior, but it is unclear how the setting affects other
>   backends that also have the file open, and the feature is not supported
>   on all operating systems.
>
2004-11-08 20:16:20 +00:00
Tom Lane cd6ecf6829 Recommend that archive_command be coded to not overwrite existing files.
Add explicit documentation of the recovery configuration settings.  Other
minor improvements in the PITR docs.  Simon Riggs, some editorialization
by Tom Lane.
2004-11-08 18:01:28 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut 4b3a2d854c Use correct function name in example 2004-11-08 15:57:05 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 6c0dd4479f Remove count TODO.detail now that info is in TODO. 2004-11-08 15:35:52 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 4e706f523d Remove count TODO.detail. 2004-11-08 15:32:40 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 6144047fe8 Remove atttypmod TODO.detail and merge into TODO list. 2004-11-08 15:19:31 +00:00
Bruce Momjian c70bdf0228 Update item description:
< * CREATE TABLE AS can not determine column lengths from expressions [atttypmod]
> * Allow CREATE TABLE AS to determine column lengths for complex
>   expressions like SELECT col1 || col2
2004-11-08 15:18:16 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 4126c1ca15 Remove view TODO.detail. 2004-11-08 14:55:05 +00:00
Bruce Momjian ffd69e7044 Update view info:
< * Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99 [view]
> * Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99
>
>   We can only auto-create rules for simple views.  For more complex
>   cases users will still have to write rules.
>
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Bruce Momjian fb6c6807d2 Remove win32 TODO.detail. 2004-11-08 14:46:52 +00:00
Peter Eisentraut a981b02336 Reduce formatting entropy 2004-11-06 14:32:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 9a643a9669 Remove:
* Allow database recovery where tablespaces can't be created

  When a pg_dump is restored, all tablespaces will attempt to be created
  in their original locations. If this fails, the user must be able to
  adjust the restore process.
2004-11-06 05:38:19 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 6105c9a145 *** empty log message *** 2004-11-06 03:25:20 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 14cb5e5ae6 Update "dash" to "hyphen". 2004-11-06 03:24:21 +00:00
Tom Lane 98e8b48053 Create 'default_tablespace' GUC variable that supplies a TABLESPACE
clause implicitly whenever one is not given explicitly.  Remove concept
of a schema having an associated tablespace, and simplify the rules for
selecting a default tablespace for a table or index.  It's now just
(a) explicit TABLESPACE clause; (b) default_tablespace if that's not an
empty string; (c) database's default.  This will allow pg_dump to use
SET commands instead of tablespace clauses to determine object locations
(but I didn't actually make it do so).  All per recent discussions.
2004-11-05 19:17:13 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 655b4741fc Fix typo:
<   one column or expression indexes, perhaps using per=index statistics
>   one column or expression indexes, perhaps using per-index statistics
2004-11-05 03:11:54 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 6c3083afe1 Add items:
< * Add transaction_timestamp(), statement_timestamp(), clock_timestamp() functionality
> * Add transaction_timestamp(), statement_timestamp(), clock_timestamp()
>   functionality
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<   one column
>   one column or expression indexes, perhaps using per=index statistics
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> * Remove kerberos4 from source tree?
2004-11-05 03:04:36 +00:00
Tom Lane e48b9b5570 Minor documentation updates from Simon Riggs. 2004-11-04 19:08:42 +00:00
Bruce Momjian e505a70c7f Add:
>
> * Add fillfactor to control reserved free space during index creation
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Bruce Momjian b976e92431 Add:
> * Allow accurate statistics to be collected on indexes with more than
>   one column
2004-11-04 16:53:58 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 2c793d1c87 Updates from Simon Riggs:
<   that can spam more than one table.
>   that can span more than one table.
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<   rather than just col1
>   rather than just col1; also called skip-scanning.
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< * Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans [fadvise]
> * Allow free-behind capability for large sequential scans, perhaps using
>   posix_fadvise() [fadvise]
2004-11-04 16:49:53 +00:00
Bruce Momjian c894e7e8e0 Update bitmap index entries:
< * Allow the creation of bitmap indexes which can be quickly combined
<   with other bitmap indexes
> * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined by creating bitmaps in memory
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<   combined.  Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique
<   value.  Also, perhaps they can be lossy requiring a scan of the heap page
<   to find matching rows.
>   combined.  They can index by tid or can be lossy requiring a scan of the
>   heap page to find matching rows.
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< * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined
> * Allow the creation of on-disk bitmap indexes which can be quickly
>   combined with other bitmap indexes
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<   Do lookups on non-bitmap indexes and create bitmaps in memory that can be
<   combined with other indexes.
>   Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique value.
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Bruce Momjian 4fbdfbffc6 Update:
< * Use bitmaps to combine existing indexes [performance]
> * Allow the creation of bitmap indexes which can be quickly combined
>   with other bitmap indexes
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<   Bitmap indexes allow single indexed columns to be combined to
<   dynamically create a composite index to match a specific query. Each
<   index is a bitmap, and the bitmaps are AND'ed or OR'ed to be combined.
>   Bitmap indexes index single columns that can be combined with other bitmap
>   indexes to dynamically create a composite index to match a specific query.
>   Each index is a bitmap, and the bitmaps are bitwise AND'ed or OR'ed to be
>   combined.  Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique
>   value.  Also, perhaps they can be lossy requiring a scan of the heap page
>   to find matching rows.
>
> * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined
>
>   Do lookups on non-bitmap indexes and create bitmaps in memory that can be
>   combined with other indexes.
2004-11-04 03:57:58 +00:00
Bruce Momjian c21214f1c0 Honor TMPDIR.
Add the script name to the tmp directory name.

Move trap up now that the dir is more unique.
2004-11-04 02:04:10 +00:00