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TODO list for PostgreSQL |
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Last updated: Wed Jan 12 21:34:10 EST 2000 |
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Last updated: Wed Jan 12 22:02:56 EST 2000 |
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PARSER |
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* -Array index references without table name cause problems [array](Tom) |
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* Update table SET table.value = 3 fails(SQL standard says this is OK) |
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* Creating index of TIMESTAMP & RELTIME fails, or rename to DATETIME(Thomas) |
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* -SELECT foo UNION SELECT foo is incorrectly simplified to SELECT foo |
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* SELECT foo UNION SELECT foo is incorrectly simplified to SELECT foo |
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* -INSERT ... SELECT ... GROUP BY groups by target columns not source columns(Tom) |
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* -CREATE TABLE test (a char(5) DEFAULT text '', b int4) fails on INSERT(Tom) |
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* -UNION with LIMIT fails |
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@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PARSER |
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* redesign INSERT ... SELECT to have two levels of target list |
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* -select * from pg_class where oid in (0,-1) |
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* have INTERSECT/EXCEPT prevent duplicates unless ALL is specified |
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* prevent primary key that exceeds max index columns [primary] |
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* -prevent primary key that exceeds max index columns [primary] |
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* -SELECT COUNT('asdf') FROM pg_class WHERE oid=12 crashes |
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* SELECT DISTINCT ON col1 col1 col2 FROM tab1 is broken [distinct] |
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* -require SELECT DISTINCT target list to have all ORDER BY columns |
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@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ MISC |
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* plpgsql regression tests fails on BSD/OS |
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* -database names with spaces fail |
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* insert of 0.0 into DECIMAL(4,4) field fails |
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* Interlock to prevent DROP DATABASE on a database with running backends |
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* Buffer reference counting bugfixes |
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* Fix libpq bug that causes it to drop backend error message sent |
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just before connection closure (ie, any FATAL error message |
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ENHANCEMENTS |
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@ -102,10 +106,9 @@ TYPES |
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* Nchar (as distinguished from ordinary varchar), |
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* Domain capability |
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* Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance |
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* -Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type |
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* Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type |
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* Large objects |
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o Fix large object mapping scheme, own typeid or reltype(Peter) |
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o -Allow large text type to use large objects(Peter) |
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o Not to stuff everything as files in a single directory, hash dirs |
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o Allow large object vacuuming |
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o Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects |
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@ -171,7 +174,8 @@ CLIENTS |
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* -Allow flag to control COPY input/output of NULLs |
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* Update reltuples from COPY command |
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* -Allow psql \copy to allow delimiters |
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* -Add a function to return the last inserted oid, for use in psql scripts |
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* -Add a function to return the last inserted oid, for use in psql |
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scripts (Peter E) |
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* -Allow psql to print nulls as distinct from "" [null] |
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EXOTIC FEATURES |
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@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ MISC |
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* Put sort files, large objects in their own directory |
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* Do autocommit so always in a transaction block(?) |
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* Show location of syntax error in query [yacc] |
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* Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function](TOm) |
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* Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function](Tom) |
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* -Document/trigger/rule so changes to pg_shadow recreate pg_pwd [pg_shadow] |
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* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer] |
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* -Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup |
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* Pull requested data directly from indexes, bypassing heap data |
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* Use index to restrict rows returned by multi-key index when used with |
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non-consecutive keys or OR clauses, so fewer heap accesses |
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* -Convert function(constant) into a constant for index use(Tom) |
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* Allow LIMIT ability on single-table queries that have no ORDER BY to use |
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a matching index [limit] |
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* -Convert function(constant) into a constant for index use(Bernard Frankpitt) |
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* Improve LIMIT processing by using index to limit rows processed [limit] |
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* Have optimizer take LIMIT into account when considering index scans [limit] |
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* -Make index creation use psort code, because it is now faster(Vadim) |
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* -Make index creation use psort code, because it is now faster(Tom) |
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* -Allow creation of sort temp tables > 1 Gig |
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* -Create more system table indexes for faster cache lookups |
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* -fix indexscan() so it does leak memory by not requiring caller to |
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@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ CACHE |
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* Cache most recent query plan(s) [prepare] |
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* Shared catalog cache, reduce lseek()'s by caching table size in shared area |
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* -elog() flushes cache, try invalidating just entries from current xact, |
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* elog() flushes cache, try invalidating just entries from current xact, |
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perhaps using invalidation cache |
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* Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca> |
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when it is available |
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* Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory(?) |
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* -Process const = const parts of OR clause in separate pass(Tom) |
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* -Process const = const parts of OR clause in separate pass(Bernard Frankpitt) |
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* Make oid use oidin/oidout not int4in/int4out in pg_type.h |
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* Improve Subplan list handling |
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* Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable |
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