permission item:
< o %Allow pg_hba.conf settings to be controlled via SQL
> o %Allow per-database permissions to be set via GRANT
< This would add a function to load the SQL table from
< pg_hba.conf, and one to writes its contents to the flat file.
< The table should have a line number that is a float so rows
< can be inserted between existing rows, e.g. row 2.5 goes
< between row 2 and row 3.
> Allow database connection checks based on GRANT rules in
> addition to the existing access checks in pg_hba.conf.
>
> o Add new version of PQescapeString() that doesn't double backslashes
> that are part of a client-only multibyte sequence
>
> Single-quote is not a valid byte in any supported client-only
> encoding.
>
> o Add new version of PQescapeString() that doesn't double
> backslashes when standard_conforming_strings is true and
> non-E strings are used
< multiple I/O channels simultaneously.
> multiple I/O channels simultaneously. One idea is to create a
> background reader that can pre-fetch sequential and index scan
> pages needed by other backends. This could be expanded to allow
> concurrent reads from multiple devices in a partitioned table.
> * Allow log_min_messages to be specified on a per-module basis
>
> This would allow administrators to see more detailed information from
> specific sections of the backend, e.g. checkpoints, autovacuum, etc.
< * Experiment with multi-threaded backend [thread]
> * Experiment with multi-threaded backend for backend creation [thread]
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>
> * Experiment with multi-threaded backend better resource utilization
>
> This would allow a single query to make use of multiple CPU's or
> multiple I/O channels simultaneously.
> * Allow the creation of indexes with mixed ascending/descending
> specifiers
>
> This is possible now by creating an operator class with reversed sort
> operators. One complexity is that NULLs would then appear at the start
> of the result set, and this might affect certain sort types, like
> merge join.
>
> o Prevent parent tables from altering or dropping constraints
> like CHECK that are inherited by child tables
>
> Dropping constraints should only be possible with CASCADE.
>
< * %Disallow changing sequence characteristics like INCREMENT for SERIAL columns
> * %Disallow ALTER SEQUENCE changes for SERIAL sequences because pg_dump
> does not dump the changes
> * Improve port/qsort() to handle sorts with 50% unique and 50% duplicate
> value [qsort]
>
> This involves choosing better pivot points for the quicksort.
>
> o Allow pg_hba.conf to specify host names along with IP addresses
>
> Host name lookup could occur when the postmaster reads the
> pg_hba.conf file, or when the backend starts. Another
> solution would be to reverse lookup the connection IP and
> check that hostname against the host names in pg_hba.conf.
> We could also then check that the host name maps to the IP
> address.
< * Allow control over which tables are WAL-logged [walcontrol]
> * Allow WAL logging to be turned off for a table, but the table
> might be dropped or truncated during crash recovery [walcontrol]
< commit. To do this, only a single writer can modify the table, and
< writes must happen only on new pages. Readers can continue accessing
< the table. This would affect COPY, and perhaps INSERT/UPDATE too.
< Another option is to avoid transaction logging entirely and truncate
< or drop the table on crash recovery. These should be implemented
< using ALTER TABLE, e.g. ALTER TABLE PERSISTENCE [ DROP | TRUNCATE |
< STABLE | DEFAULT ]. Tables using non-default logging should not use
< referential integrity with default-logging tables, and tables using
< stable logging probably can not have indexes. One complexity is
< the handling of indexes on TOAST tables.
> commit. This should be implemented using ALTER TABLE, e.g. ALTER
> TABLE PERSISTENCE [ DROP | TRUNCATE | DEFAULT ]. Tables using
> non-default logging should not use referential integrity with
> default-logging tables. A table without dirty buffers during a
> crash could perhaps avoid the drop/truncate.
>
> * Allow WAL logging to be turned off for a table, but the table would
> avoid being truncated/dropped [walcontrol]
>
> To do this, only a single writer can modify the table, and writes
> must happen only on new pages so the new pages can be removed during
> crash recovery. Readers can continue accessing the table. Such
> tables probably cannot have indexes. One complexity is the handling
> of indexes on TOAST tables.
< * Allow control over which tables are WAL-logged
> * Allow control over which tables are WAL-logged [walcontrol]
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< stable logging probably can not have indexes. [walcontrol]
> stable logging probably can not have indexes. One complexity is
> the handling of indexes on TOAST tables.
> * Allow statistics collector information to be pulled from the collector
> process directly, rather than requiring the collector to write a
> filesystem file twice a second?
>
> o Prevent tab completion of SET TRANSACTION from querying the
> database and therefore preventing the transaction isolation
> level from being set.
>
> Currently, SET <tab> causes a database lookup to check all
> supported session variables. This query causes problems
> because setting the transaction isolation level must be the
> first statement of a transaction.
< * %Prevent INET cast to CIDR if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
< zero the bits
< * %Prevent INET cast to CIDR from dropping netmask, SELECT '1.1.1.1'::inet::cidr
> * -Zero umasked bits in conversion from INET cast to CIDR
> * -Prevent INET cast to CIDR from dropping netmask, SELECT '1.1.1.1'::inet::cidr
Bruce Momjian