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< * Allow logging of query durations
> * -Allow logging of query durations
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< * Make single-user local access permissions the default by limiting
<   permissions on the socket file (Peter E)
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< * 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
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< * 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
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< * Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
> * -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
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< 	o Store binary-compatible type information in the system
> 	o -Store binary-compatible type information in the system
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< 	o -SELECT col FROM tab WHERE numeric_col = 10.1 fails, requires quotes
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< 	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
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< * Allow setting database character set without multibyte enabled
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< * Have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
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< 	o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN to inherited table put column in wrong place
< 	  [inheritance]
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< 	o Add ALTER FUNCTION
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< 	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)
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< 	o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
> 	o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Bruce)
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< * Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
> * -Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
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< * Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, installpath/etc/odbc.ini
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< * ODBC
< 	o ODBC 3.0 support
< 	o Unicode(UCS-2) support
< 	o Updatable cursors support
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< * Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
> * -Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
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< * Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
> * -Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
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< * Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
> * -Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
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< * Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
> * -Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
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< * Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
> * -Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
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TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
======================== ========================
Last updated: Mon Sep 2 02:44:01 EDT 2002 Last updated: Mon Sep 2 11:30:39 EDT 2002
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Reporting
* -Change DEBUG startup tag to LOG (Bruce) * -Change DEBUG startup tag to LOG (Bruce)
* Show location of syntax error in query [yacc] * Show location of syntax error in query [yacc]
* -Add getpid() function to backend * -Add getpid() function to backend
* Allow logging of query durations * -Allow logging of query durations
Permissions Permissions
@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ Permissions
* -Allow user/group names to be specified directly in pg_hba.conf (Bruce) * -Allow user/group names to be specified directly in pg_hba.conf (Bruce)
* -Add PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable or ~/.pgpass to store * -Add PGPASSWORDFILE environment variable or ~/.pgpass to store
user/host/password combinations user/host/password combinations
* Make single-user local access permissions the default by limiting
permissions on the socket file (Peter E)
* -Allow permissions for functions (Peter E) * -Allow permissions for functions (Peter E)
* -Allow object creation to be disabled for specific users * -Allow object creation to be disabled for specific users
@ -69,8 +67,8 @@ Administration
specified parameters to postgresql.conf defaults (Peter E) specified parameters to postgresql.conf defaults (Peter E)
* Allow easy display of usernames in a group * Allow easy display of usernames in a group
* Allow configuration files to be specified in a different directory * Allow configuration files to be specified in a different directory
* Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached * -Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached
* Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors * -Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors
Data Types Data Types
========== ==========
@ -79,27 +77,26 @@ Data Types
* Add IPv6 capability to INET/CIDR types * Add IPv6 capability to INET/CIDR types
* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type * Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
* -SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque * -SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque
* Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type * -Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
* Functions returning sets do not totally work * -Functions returning sets do not totally work
* Change factorial to return a numeric * Change factorial to return a numeric
* Change NUMERIC data type to use base 10,000 internally * Change NUMERIC data type to use base 10,000 internally
* Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it * Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it
* Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values (Tom) * Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values (Tom)
* -Add GUC parameter for DATESTYLE * -Add GUC parameter for DATESTYLE
* Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants * Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants
* Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns * -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
* CONVERSION * CONVERSION
o Store binary-compatible type information in the system o -Store binary-compatible type information in the system
o Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion o Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion
[typeconv] [typeconv]
o -SELECT col FROM tab WHERE numeric_col = 10.1 fails, requires quotes
* ARRAYS * ARRAYS
o Allow nulls in arrays o Allow nulls in arrays
o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
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
o Support construction of array result values in expressions o Support construction of array result values in expressions
* BINARY DATA * BINARY DATA
@ -116,7 +113,6 @@ Multi-Language Support
* Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar), * Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar),
* Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII * Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
* Support multiple simultaneous character sets, per SQL92 * Support multiple simultaneous character sets, per SQL92
* Allow setting database character set without multibyte enabled
* Improve Unicode combined character handling * Improve Unicode combined character handling
* Optimize locale to have minimal performance impact when not used (Peter E) * Optimize locale to have minimal performance impact when not used (Peter E)
* Add octet_length_server() and octet_length_client() (Thomas, Tatsuo) * Add octet_length_server() and octet_length_client() (Thomas, Tatsuo)
@ -149,7 +145,6 @@ Indexes
INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES (dup) should fail INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES (dup) should fail
[inheritance] [inheritance]
* -Allow UPDATE/DELETE on inherited table * -Allow UPDATE/DELETE on inherited table
* Have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
* Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes * Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
* Add btree index support for reltime, tinterval, regproc * Add btree index support for reltime, tinterval, regproc
* Add rtree index support for line, lseg, path, point * Add rtree index support for line, lseg, path, point
@ -195,13 +190,10 @@ Commands
* ALTER * ALTER
o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT and non-CHECK CONSTRAINT o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT and non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN to inherited table put column in wrong place
[inheritance]
o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN feature o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN feature
o Add ALTER FUNCTION
o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Tom) o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Christopher)
o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Tom) o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Christopher)
o -ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL (Christopher Kings-Lynne) 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 ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence
o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing
@ -245,7 +237,7 @@ Commands
o -Add command to display locks o -Add command to display locks
o -Add SET or BEGIN timeout parameter to cancel query o -Add SET or BEGIN timeout parameter to cancel query
o Add SET REAL_FORMAT and SET DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT using printf args o Add SET REAL_FORMAT and SET DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT using printf args
o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom) o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Bruce)
o Add SET PERFORMANCE_TIPS option to suggest INDEX, VACUUM, VACUUM o Add SET PERFORMANCE_TIPS option to suggest INDEX, VACUUM, VACUUM
ANALYZE, and CLUSTER ANALYZE, and CLUSTER
o Add SHOW command to see locale o Add SHOW command to see locale
@ -277,14 +269,13 @@ Commands
Clients Clients
======= =======
* Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs * -Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
or multiple SELECTS to avoid bad system catalog entries or multiple SELECTS to avoid bad system catalog entries
* -Have pg_dump -C dump database location and encoding information * -Have pg_dump -C dump database location and encoding information
* -Allow psql \d to show foreign keys * -Allow psql \d to show foreign keys
* -Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure (Tom) * -Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure (Tom)
* Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made * Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
* Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server (?) * Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server (?)
* Add config file check for $ODBCINI, $HOME/.odbc.ini, installpath/etc/odbc.ini
* -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 Conway)
* JDBC * JDBC
@ -315,11 +306,6 @@ Clients
o Add SQLSTATE o Add SQLSTATE
o fix handling of DB attributes that are arrays o fix handling of DB attributes that are arrays
* ODBC
o ODBC 3.0 support
o Unicode(UCS-2) support
o Updatable cursors support
Referential Integrity Referential Integrity
===================== =====================
@ -334,7 +320,7 @@ Referential Integrity
* -Add ALTER TRIGGER ... RENAME * -Add ALTER TRIGGER ... RENAME
* Change foreign key constraint for array -> element to mean element * Change foreign key constraint for array -> element to mean element
in array in array
* Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan) * -Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
* Allow DEFERRABLE UNIQUE constraints * Allow DEFERRABLE UNIQUE constraints
* Allow triggers to be disabled [trigger] * Allow triggers to be disabled [trigger]
@ -349,7 +335,7 @@ Dependency Checking
* Have SERIAL generate non-colliding sequence names when we have * Have SERIAL generate non-colliding sequence names when we have
auto-destruction auto-destruction
* -Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key * -Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
* Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints * -Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
* -Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped * -Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped
* -Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file * -Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file
* -Make other constraints clearer in dump file * -Make other constraints clearer in dump file
@ -444,7 +430,7 @@ Write-Ahead Log
* Turn off after-change writes if fsync is disabled (?) * Turn off after-change writes if fsync is disabled (?)
* Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes * Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes
* -Reorder postgresql.conf WAL items in order of importance (Bruce) * -Reorder postgresql.conf WAL items in order of importance (Bruce)
* Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled * -Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
* Find proper defaults for postgresql.conf WAL entries * Find proper defaults for postgresql.conf WAL entries
* Add checkpoint_min_warning postgresql.conf option to warn about checkpoints * Add checkpoint_min_warning postgresql.conf option to warn about checkpoints
that are too frequent that are too frequent
@ -457,10 +443,10 @@ Optimizer / Executor
* Improve Subplan list handling * Improve Subplan list handling
* Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable * Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
* Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory * -Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
allocation (Tom) allocation (Tom)
* Add hash for evaluating GROUP BY aggregates * Add hash for evaluating GROUP BY aggregates
* Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom) * -Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
* Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom) * Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom)
* -Add new pg_proc cachable settings to specify whether function can be * -Add new pg_proc cachable settings to specify whether function can be
evaluated only once or once per query evaluated only once or once per query

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