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PostgreSQL 6.4 Sat Oct 24 00:41:35 EDT 1998 |
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PostgreSQL 6.4 Mon Oct 26 11:40:42 EST 1998 |
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A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from |
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@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Bug Fixes |
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Fix for a tiny memory leak in PQsetdb/PQfinish(Bryan) |
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Remove char2-16 data types, use char/varchar(Darren) |
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Pqfn not handles a NOTICE message(Anders) |
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Short-term locks now retry locking at random times(David) |
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Reduced busywaiting overhead for spinlocks with many backends (dg) |
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Stuck spinlock detection (dg) |
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Fix up "ISO-style" timespan decoding and encoding(Thomas) |
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Fix problem with table drop after rollback of transaction(Vadim) |
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Change error message and remove non-functional update message(Vadim) |
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@ -19,10 +20,11 @@ Fix for SELECT 1 UNION SELECT NULL |
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Fix for buffer leaks in large object calls(Pascal) |
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Change owner from oid to int4 type(Bruce) |
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Fix a bug in the oracle compatibility functions btrim() ltrim() and rtrim() |
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Fix for usernames longer than eight characters(Tom) |
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Fix for shared invalidation cache overflow(Massimo) |
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Prevent file descriptor leaks in failed COPY's(Bruce) |
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Fix problem with username/passwords over 8 characters(Tom) |
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Fix memory leak in libpgtcl's pg_select(Constantin) |
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Fix problems with username/passwords over 8 characters(Tom) |
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Fix problems with handling of asynchronous NOTIFY in backend(Tom) |
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Enhancements |
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@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ Select version(); now returns PostgreSQL version(Jeroen) |
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Libpq now allows asynchronous clients(Tom) |
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Allow cancel from client of backend query(Tom) |
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Psql now cancels query with Control-C(Tom) |
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Libpq users need not issue dummy queries to get NOTIFY messages(Tom) |
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NOTIFY now sends sender's PID, so you can tell whether it was your own(Tom) |
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PGresult struct now includes associated error message, if any(Tom) |
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Define "tz_hour" and "tz_minute" arguments to date_part()(Thomas) |
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Add routines to convert between varchar and bpchar(Thomas) |
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Add routines to allow sizing of varchar and bpchar into target columns(Thomas) |
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@ -65,8 +70,9 @@ Show backend status on ps command line(only works on some platforms)(Bruce) |
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Pg_hba.conf now has a sameuser option in the database field |
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Make lo_unlink take oid param, not int4 |
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New DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO for compilers that can't handle our macros(Bruce) |
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Libpgtcl now gets async notifies from libpq(Tom) |
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Libpgtcl now handles NOTIFY as a Tcl event, need not send dummy queries(Tom) |
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libpgtcl cleanups(Tom) |
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Add -error option to libpgtcl's pg_result command(Tom) |
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New locale patch, see docs/README/locale(Oleg) |
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Fix for pg_dump so CONSTRAINT and CHECK syntax is correct(ccb) |
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New contrib/lo code for large object orphan removal(Peter) |
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@ -80,7 +86,6 @@ New 8-byte integer type, checked by configure for OS support(Thomas) |
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Better support for quited table/column names(Thomas) |
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Surround table and column names with double-quotes(Thomas) in generated |
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sql code to preserve case (SQL92 syntax)(Thomas) |
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New libpqrequestCancel(Tom) |
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PQreset() now works with passwords(Tom) |
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Handle case of GROUP BY target list column number out of range(David) |
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Allow UNION in subselects |
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@ -88,9 +93,9 @@ Add auto-size to screen to \d? commands(Bruce) |
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Use UNION to show all \d? results in one query(Bruce) |
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Add \d? field search feature(Bruce) |
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Pg_dump issues fewer \connect requests(Tom) |
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Document pg_dump -z flag in manual page(Tom) |
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Make pg_dump -z flag work better, document it in manual page(Tom) |
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Add HAVING clause with full support for subselects and unions(Stephan) |
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Full text indexing routines in contrib/fulltextindex(Marteen) |
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Full text indexing routines in contrib/fulltextindex(Maarten) |
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Transaction ids now stored in shared memory(Vadim) |
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New PGCLIENTENCODING when issuing COPY command(Tatsuo) |
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Support for SQL92 syntax "SET NAMES"(Tatsuo) |
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@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ Allow up to 8 key indexes(Bruce) |
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Remove ARCHIVE keyword, that is no longer used(Thomas) |
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pg_dump -n flag to supress quotes around indentifiers |
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disable system columns for views(Jan) |
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net INET and CIDR types for network addresses(TomH, Paul) |
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new INET and CIDR types for network addresses(TomH, Paul) |
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no more double quotes in psql output |
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pg_dump now dumps views(Terry) |
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new SET QUERY_LIMIT(Tatsuo,Jan) |
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@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ New FAQ_CVS |
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Update backend flowchart in tools/backend(Bruce) |
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Change atttypmod from int16 to int32(Bruce, Tom) |
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Getrusage() fix for platforms that do not have it(Tom) |
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Add PGUSER to libpq man page |
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Add PQconnectdb, PGUSER, PGPASSWORD to libpq man page |
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NS32K platform fixes(Phil Nelson, John Buller) |
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Sco 7/UnixWare 2.x fixes(Billy,others) |
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Sparc/Solaris 2.5 fixes(Ryan) |
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@ -193,6 +198,7 @@ shared libraries all have version numbers |
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merged all OS-specific shared library defines into one file |
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smarter TCL/TK configuration checking(Billy) |
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smarter perl configuration(Brook) |
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configure uses supplied install-sh if no install script found(Tom) |
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Bruce Momjian
27 years ago