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====================================================
TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
====================================================
last updated: Tue Jun 3 16:30:57 EDT 1997
last updated: Sun Jul 13 15:18:19 EDT 1997
current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
the postgreSQL WWW site, http://www.postgreSQL.org.
THE CHANGES FOR 6.1 APPEAR AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT
THE CHANGES FOR 6.1 and 6.1.1 APPEAR AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT
Developers who have claimed items are:
Bruce is Bruce Momjian<maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Developers who have claimed items are:
Darren is Darren King <darrenk@insightdist.com>
Edmund is Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>
Erich Stamberger <eberger@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at>
Gerhard is Gerhard Reithofer <gerhardr@tech-edv.co.at>
Igor is Igor <igor@sba.miami.edu>
Jun is Jun Kuwamura <juk@rccm.co.jp>
Kurt is "Kurt J. Lidl" <lidl@va.pubnix.com>
@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ Developers who have claimed items are:
Soo-Ho Ok <shok@detc.dongeui-tc.ac.kr>
Stefan Simkovics <ssimkovi@rainbow.studorg.tuwien.ac.at>
Sven is Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@breughel.ufsia.ac.be>
Tatsuo is Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
Thomas is Thomas Lockhart <tgl@mythos.jpl.nasa.gov>
Vadim is "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
Vivek is Vivek Khera <khera@kci.kciLink.com>
@ -42,8 +44,6 @@ Fix all NULL features
allow psql to print nulls meaningfully
Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code (Daniel Kalchev?)
Dropping a table twice causes corruption, drop/create not rollback-able
SELECT on two tables where zero or one table in WHERE and target
clause returns no rows
COUNT on VIEW always returns zero (maybe because there is no oid for views?)
CREATE VIEW requires super-user priviledge
SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1]
@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem?
Fix UPDATE key_table SET keyval=max(reftab.NUM)+1 WHERE tblname='reftab'
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TAB1, TAB2 fails
Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects
Two and three dimmensional arrays display improperly, missing {}
Add GROUP BY and HAVING to INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2
Make timestamp type recognize DateStyle(Tom)
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
@ -115,7 +118,6 @@ Remove stale files upon startup(Vivek)
Add command to show privileges
Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types
Add syslog functionality
Improve optimizer plan choice(Darren)
Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance
Add table/column/function discription table indexed by oid
add pg_type attribute to identify types that need length (bpchar, varchar)
@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ make pg_dumpall preserve table ownership, not just database ownership
make large objects have their own reltype
make number of backends a config parameter, storage/sinvaladt.h:MaxBackendId
certain indexes will not shrink, i.e. oid indexes with many inserts
make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the ORDER BY direction
change the library/backend interface to use network byte order
PERFORMANCE
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@ -150,11 +154,38 @@ Update usermanual source(many)
remove time-travel in documentation(Bruce)
added features used in grammer but not in docs, like :: and CAST
add DECLARE manual page
update libpq++ manual page
PORTABILITY
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CHANGES IN THE 6.1.1 RELEASE
Changes in this release
-----------------------
fix for SET with options (Thomas)
fix month boundary arithmetic(Thomas)
fix timezone daylight handling for some ports(Thomas)
allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without chaning databases
fix for datetime arithmetic over month boundaries(Thomas)
fix for initdb --debug option(Tatsuo)
lextest cleanup(Bruce)
hash fixes(Vadim)
psql's \d now case-insensitive(Bruce)
psql's backslash commands can now have trailing semicolon(Bruce)
fix memory leak in psql when using \g(Bruce)
major fix for endian handling of communication to server(Thomas, Tatsuo)
improvements in datetime and timespan routines(Thomas)
timestamp overhauled to use standard functions(Thomas)
Fix for Solaris assembler and include files(Yoshihiko Ichikawa)
allow underscores in usernames(Bruce)
pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
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CHANGES IN THE 6.1 RELEASE
@ -188,6 +219,8 @@ fix btree duplicates handling (Vadim)
fix deleted tuples re-incarnation caused by vacuum (Vadim)
fix SELECT varchar()/char() INTO TABLE made zero-length fields(Bruce)
many psql, pg_dump, and libpq memory leaks fixed using Purify (Igor)
SELECT on two tables where zero or one table in WHERE and target
clause returns no rows(Vadim)
Enhancements
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@ -235,6 +268,7 @@ new destroydb -i option (Igor)
new \dt and \di psql commands (Darren)
SELECT "\n" now escapes newline (A. Duursma)
new geometry conversion functions from old format (Thomas)
Improve optimizer plan choice(Vadim)
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