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Bruce Momjian 24658a2d53 Add Win32:
>         o Disallow encodings like UTF8 which which PostgreSQL supports
>           but the operating system does not (already disallowed by
> 	  pginstaller)
2004-12-17 00:04:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 3ff0418293 Remove:
< 	o Allow the shared memory address to be configured via GUC
2004-12-13 18:40:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian cc4f22c167 Done:
< 	o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory

Add for Win32:
> 	o Allow the shared memory address to be configured via GUC
2004-12-13 18:00:51 +00:00
Bruce Momjian e13c5cd33b Add:
>
> * Allow the size of the buffer cache used by temporary objects to be
>   specified as a GUC variable
>
>   Larger local buffer cache sizes requires more efficient handling of
>   local cache lookups.
2004-12-13 14:21:32 +00:00
Bruce Momjian cf52f83aa6 Add:
> * ANALYZE should record a pg_statistic entry for an all-NULL column
2004-12-03 17:07:50 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 28c8c99ac6 Add:
> * Fix priority ordering of read and write light-weight locks (Neil)
2004-12-03 02:24:01 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 9b711e766e Add:
<
> 	o Fix problem with shared memory on the Win32 Terminal Server
2004-12-02 23:11:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 576bf2f7db Add for Win32:
> 	o Improve dlerror() reporting string
2004-12-02 19:37:58 +00:00
Bruce Momjian be6e9f6266 Add:
> * Allow a warm standby system to also allow read-only queries
>
>   This is useful for checking PITR recovery.
>
2004-12-02 19:32:57 +00:00
Bruce Momjian bbf29949c3 Add:
> * Fix psql's display of schema information (Neil)
2004-12-02 18:13:47 +00:00
Bruce Momjian b383c1db85 Add:
>
> * Allow FOR UPDATE queries to do NOWAIT locks
>
2004-12-02 04:40:37 +00:00
Bruce Momjian b7bcea64ec Add:
> * Allow ecpg to work with MSVC and BCC
2004-12-01 17:39:18 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 4b9a12b1e9 Remove question mark on COPY CSV fix:
< 	  returns in data?
> 	  returns in data
2004-11-30 22:15:21 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 8b9a9c9a68 Removed:
< * Make log_min_duration_statement output when the duration is reached rather
<   than when the statement completes
<
<   This prints long queries while they are running, making trouble shooting
<   easier.  Also, it eliminates the need for log_statement because it
<   would now be the same as a log_min_duration_statement of zero.
2004-11-30 19:32:24 +00:00
Bruce Momjian ff5b6c98bf Add:
> * Make log_min_duration_statement output when the duration is reached rather
>   than when the statement completes
>
>   This prints long queries while they are running, making trouble shooting
>   easier.  Also, it eliminates the need for log_statement because it
>   would now be the same as a log_min_duration_statement of zero.
2004-11-30 18:20:35 +00:00
Bruce Momjian c3df447a03 Update wording:
< you would like to work on an item, please read the developer's FAQ
> you would like to work on an item, please read the Developer's FAQ
2004-11-30 05:06:33 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 89d922b190 Updated TODO list description:
9c5
< Last updated:		Mon Nov 29 23:33:09 EST 2004
> Last updated:		Tue Nov 30 00:03:37 EST 2004
13a10,16
> #A hyphen, "-", marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 8.1 release.#
>
> Bracketed items, "[]", have more detail.
>
> This list contains all known PostgreSQL bugs and feature requests. If
> you would like to work on an item, please read the developer's FAQ
> first.
2004-11-30 05:03:47 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 0548046e12 Add:
> * Prevent INET cast to CIDR from droping netmask, SELECT '1.1.1.1'::inet::cidr
2004-11-30 04:33:14 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 72cf815c0a Add:
> 	o Allow COPY FROM ... CVS to interpret newlines and carriage
> 	  returns in data?
>
> 	  This would require major refactoring of the copy source code.
2004-11-30 03:53:00 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 844cb60f1a Add:
> * Improve NLS maintenace of libpgport messages linked onto applications
>
2004-11-30 03:27:10 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 71929165e8 Add:
<
> * Allow cross-compiling by generating the zic database on the target system
2004-11-29 03:17:30 +00:00
Bruce Momjian eeed2274e5 Add:
> * Auto-vacuum
> 	o Move into the backend code
> 	o Scan the buffer cache to find free space or use background writer
> 	o Use free-space map information to guide refilling
2004-11-29 02:29:28 +00:00
Bruce Momjian 3ad9f45c89 Add description:
<   information, either by name or offset from UTC
>   information, either zone name or offset from UTC
>
>   If the TIMESTAMP value is stored with a time zone name, interval
>   computations should adjust based on the time zone rules, e.g. adding
>   24 hours to a timestamp would yield a different result from adding one
>   day.
>
2004-11-28 05:12:19 +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
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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<
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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< * ECPG (?)
> * ECPG
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>
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>
2004-11-11 04:36:55 +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
102c102
<   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.
520c515
< 	  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 (?)
555c549
<   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
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 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 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
Bruce Momjian 4e706f523d Remove count TODO.detail. 2004-11-08 15:32:40 +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 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.
>
2004-11-08 14:54:00 +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
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
Bruce Momjian e505a70c7f Add:
>
> * Add fillfactor to control reserved free space during index creation
2004-11-04 17:09:54 +00:00
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.
2004-11-04 16:19:46 +00:00
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
Bruce Momjian a809899680 Update tablespace temp usage item:
<   This perhaps should use a round-robin allocation system where several
<   tablespaces are used in a cycle.  The cycle pointer should be global.
>   It could start with a random tablespace from a supplied list and cycle
>   through the list.
2004-11-03 22:20:52 +00:00
Bruce Momjian f6b4707f1b Add idea on auto-cluster:
< 	  store heap rows in hashed groups.
> 	  store heap rows in hashed groups, perhaps using a user-supplied
> 	  hash function.
2004-11-03 19:38:20 +00:00