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==================================================== |
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TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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last updated: Tue Jun 3 16:30:57 EDT 1997 |
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last updated: Sun Jul 13 15:18:19 EDT 1997 |
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current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at |
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the postgreSQL WWW site, http://www.postgreSQL.org. |
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THE CHANGES FOR 6.1 APPEAR AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT |
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THE CHANGES FOR 6.1 and 6.1.1 APPEAR AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT |
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Developers who have claimed items are: |
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Bruce is Bruce Momjian<maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> |
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Darren is Darren King <darrenk@insightdist.com> |
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Edmund is Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de> |
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Erich Stamberger <eberger@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at> |
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Gerhard is Gerhard Reithofer <gerhardr@tech-edv.co.at> |
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Igor is Igor <igor@sba.miami.edu> |
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Jun is Jun Kuwamura <juk@rccm.co.jp> |
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Kurt is "Kurt J. Lidl" <lidl@va.pubnix.com> |
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Soo-Ho Ok <shok@detc.dongeui-tc.ac.kr> |
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Stefan Simkovics <ssimkovi@rainbow.studorg.tuwien.ac.at> |
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Sven is Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@breughel.ufsia.ac.be> |
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Tatsuo is Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> |
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Thomas is Thomas Lockhart <tgl@mythos.jpl.nasa.gov> |
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Vadim is "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su> |
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Vivek is Vivek Khera <khera@kci.kciLink.com> |
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@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ Fix all NULL features |
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allow psql to print nulls meaningfully |
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Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code (Daniel Kalchev?) |
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Dropping a table twice causes corruption, drop/create not rollback-able |
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SELECT on two tables where zero or one table in WHERE and target |
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clause returns no rows |
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COUNT on VIEW always returns zero (maybe because there is no oid for views?) |
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CREATE VIEW requires super-user priviledge |
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SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1] |
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Fix UPDATE key_table SET keyval=max(reftab.NUM)+1 WHERE tblname='reftab' |
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SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TAB1, TAB2 fails |
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Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects |
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Two and three dimmensional arrays display improperly, missing {} |
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Add GROUP BY and HAVING to INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2 |
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Make timestamp type recognize DateStyle(Tom) |
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ENHANCEMENTS |
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@ -115,7 +118,6 @@ Remove stale files upon startup(Vivek) |
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Add command to show privileges |
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Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types |
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Add syslog functionality |
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Improve optimizer plan choice(Darren) |
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Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance |
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Add table/column/function discription table indexed by oid |
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add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar) |
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make large objects have their own reltype |
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make number of backends a config parameter, storage/sinvaladt.h:MaxBackendId |
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certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts |
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make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the ORDER BY direction |
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change the library/backend interface to use network byte order |
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PERFORMANCE |
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remove time-travel in documentation(Bruce) |
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added features used in grammer but not in docs, like :: and CAST |
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add DECLARE manual page |
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update libpq++ manual page |
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PORTABILITY |
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CHANGES IN THE 6.1.1 RELEASE |
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Changes in this release |
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fix for SET with options (Thomas) |
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fix month boundary arithmetic(Thomas) |
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fix timezone daylight handling for some ports(Thomas) |
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allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce) |
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new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without chaning databases |
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fix for datetime arithmetic over month boundaries(Thomas) |
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fix for initdb --debug option(Tatsuo) |
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lextest cleanup(Bruce) |
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hash fixes(Vadim) |
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psql's \d now case-insensitive(Bruce) |
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psql's backslash commands can now have trailing semicolon(Bruce) |
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fix memory leak in psql when using \g(Bruce) |
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major fix for endian handling of communication to server(Thomas, Tatsuo) |
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improvements in datetime and timespan routines(Thomas) |
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timestamp overhauled to use standard functions(Thomas) |
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Fix for Solaris assembler and include files(Yoshihiko Ichikawa) |
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allow underscores in usernames(Bruce) |
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pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce) |
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CHANGES IN THE 6.1 RELEASE |
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@ -188,6 +219,8 @@ fix btree duplicates handling (Vadim) |
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fix deleted tuples re-incarnation caused by vacuum (Vadim) |
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fix SELECT varchar()/char() INTO TABLE made zero-length fields(Bruce) |
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many psql, pg_dump, and libpq memory leaks fixed using Purify (Igor) |
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SELECT on two tables where zero or one table in WHERE and target |
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clause returns no rows(Vadim) |
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Enhancements |
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@ -235,6 +268,7 @@ new destroydb -i option (Igor) |
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new \dt and \di psql commands (Darren) |
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SELECT "\n" now escapes newline (A. Duursma) |
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new geometry conversion functions from old format (Thomas) |
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Improve optimizer plan choice(Vadim) |
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Source tree changes |
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Bruce Momjian
29 years ago