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Update for 6.4.1

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Bruce Momjian
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TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
======================== ========================
Last updated: Fri Dec 18 00:15:58 EST 1998 Last updated: Fri Dec 18 02:30:47 EST 1998
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ RELIABILITY
* Remove EXTEND? * Remove EXTEND?
* Can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem? * Can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem?
* Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects * Tables that start with xinv confused to be large objects
* Two and three dimmensional arrays display improperly, missing {} * Two and three dimensional arrays display improperly, missing {}
* GROUP BY in INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2 fails * GROUP BY in INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2 fails
* Prevent auto-table reference, like SELECT table.col WHERE col = 3 (?) * Prevent auto-table reference, like SELECT table.col WHERE col = 3 (?)
* SELECT * FROM table WHERE int4_column = '1' fails
* SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1] * SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1]
* UPDATE table SET table.value = 3 fails * UPDATE table SET table.value = 3 fails
* User who can create databases can modify pg_database table * User who can create databases can modify pg_database table
@ -64,13 +63,11 @@ RELIABILITY
* views on subselects fail * views on subselects fail
* disallow inherited columns with the same name as new columns * disallow inherited columns with the same name as new columns
* recover or force failure when disk space is exhausted * recover or force failure when disk space is exhausted
* default char() value not to full length crashes server on some OS's
* allow UPDATE using aggregate to affect all rows, not just one * allow UPDATE using aggregate to affect all rows, not just one
* computations in views fail: * computations in views fail:
create view test as select usesysid * usesysid from pg_shadow; create view test as select usesysid * usesysid from pg_shadow;
* views containing aggregates sometimes fail(Jan) * views containing aggregates sometimes fail(Jan)
* ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT, add CONSTRAINT * ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT, add CONSTRAINT
* SELECT DISTINCT i FROM dtest ORDER BY j generates strange output
* fix memory leak in aborted transactions * fix memory leak in aborted transactions
* array index references without table name cause problems * array index references without table name cause problems
* aggregates on array indexes crash backend * aggregates on array indexes crash backend
@ -93,14 +90,11 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* add temporary tables * add temporary tables
* add sql3 recursive unions * add sql3 recursive unions
* add the concept of dataspaces * add the concept of dataspaces
* add DECIMAL, NUMERIC, DOUBLE PRECISION, BIT, BIT VARYING * add BIT, BIT VARYING
* NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar), * NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar),
* DOMAIN capability * DOMAIN capability
* Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type * Allow compression of large fields or a compressed field type
* Fix the rules system(Jan,Soo-Ho) * Fix the rules system(Jan,Soo-Ho)
* add CONSTRAINT
* Full set of text operations and functions
* word searches, concat,max() on text, char
* Large objects * Large objects
* Fix large object mapping scheme, own reltype(Peter) * Fix large object mapping scheme, own reltype(Peter)
* Allow large text type to use large objects(Peter) * Allow large text type to use large objects(Peter)
@ -113,11 +107,8 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
(fix lseek()/off_t, mdextend()/RELSEG_SIZE) (fix lseek()/off_t, mdextend()/RELSEG_SIZE)
* Add REGEX internationalization * Add REGEX internationalization
* allow row re-use without vacuum, maybe?(Vadim) * allow row re-use without vacuum, maybe?(Vadim)
* Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.:
* ' (cat | dog) & ! fox ' meaning text has cat aor dog, but not fox
* Populate backend status area and write program to dump status data * Populate backend status area and write program to dump status data
* Add ALTER TABLE DROP/ALTER COLUMN feature * Add ALTER TABLE DROP/ALTER COLUMN feature
* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types
* Add syslog functionality(Marc) * Add syslog functionality(Marc)
* Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance * Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance
* add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes * add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
@ -126,13 +117,11 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the ORDER BY direction * 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 * change the library/backend interface to use network byte order
* Restore unused oid's on backend exit if no one else has gotten oids * Restore unused oid's on backend exit if no one else has gotten oids
* remove non-standard types from the system, and make them loadable
* have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes * have UPDATE/DELETE clean out indexes
* allow WHERE restriction on ctid * allow WHERE restriction on ctid
* allow pg_descriptions when creating types, tables, columns, and functions * allow pg_descriptions when creating types, tables, columns, and functions
* Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code * Fix compile and security of Kerberos/GSSAPI code
* Allow psql to print nulls as distinct from ""(?) * Allow psql to print nulls as distinct from ""(?)
* Allow variable casts with BETWEEN 'today'::asbtime AND 'today'::abstime
* Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work * Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT ... FROM view to work
* Make VACUUM on database not lock pg_class * Make VACUUM on database not lock pg_class
* Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock * Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock
@ -146,9 +135,7 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* New pg_shadow file, pg_user is now a view of pg_shadow(Jan) * New pg_shadow file, pg_user is now a view of pg_shadow(Jan)
* Allow flag to control COPY input/output of NULLs * Allow flag to control COPY input/output of NULLs
* Allow CLUSTER on all tables at once, and improve CLUSTER * Allow CLUSTER on all tables at once, and improve CLUSTER
* Change all references of Postgres to PostgreSQL, including binary names
* Add ELOG_TIMESTAMPS to elog()(?) * Add ELOG_TIMESTAMPS to elog()(?)
* Change LOCK tablename to LOCK TABLE tablename(?)
* Allow max tuple length to be changed(Darren) * Allow max tuple length to be changed(Darren)
* Have psql with no database name not connect to username as default(?) * Have psql with no database name not connect to username as default(?)
* Allow subqueries in target list * Allow subqueries in target list
@ -173,8 +160,7 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
* multi-verion concurrency control(Vadim) * multi-verion concurrency control(Vadim)
* improve reporting of syntax errors by showing location of error in query * improve reporting of syntax errors by showing location of error in query
* allow chaining of pages to allow >8k tuples * allow chaining of pages to allow >8k tuples
* no min/max for oid type * remove un-needed conversion functions where appropriate
* remove un-needed conversion functions
* redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better(Jan) * redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better(Jan)
* permissions on indexes - prevent them? * permissions on indexes - prevent them?
* allow multiple generic operators in expressions without the use of parentheses * allow multiple generic operators in expressions without the use of parentheses
@ -226,7 +212,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION
------------- -------------
* Update usermanual source(many) * Update usermanual source(many)
* added features used in grammer but not in docs, like :: and CAST * added features used in grammer but not in docs, like :: and CAST
* Add keyword list to documentation, already in /tools
* Add 'man pgsql' to show all manual page names * Add 'man pgsql' to show all manual page names
* Add use of 'const' for varibles in source tree * Add use of 'const' for varibles in source tree
@ -236,22 +221,21 @@ DOCUMENTATION
CHANGES IN THE 6.4.1 RELEASE CHANGES IN THE 6.4.1 RELEASE
---------------------------- ----------------------------
Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers. This is Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers. This is
the default the default(Thomas)
Fix for NOT in where clause causing crash(Bruce) Fix for NOT in where clause causing crash(Bruce)
EXPLAIN VERBOSE coredump fix(Vadim) EXPLAIN VERBOSE coredump fix(Vadim)
Fix shared-library problems on Linux Fix shared-library problems on Linux
Fix test for table existance to allow mixed-case and whitespace in Fix test for table existance to allow mixed-case and whitespace in
the table name the table name(Thomas)
Fix a couple of pg_dump bugs Fix a couple of pg_dump bugs
Fix for creating tables with constraints when table name is mixed-case(Billy)
Configure matches template/.similar entries better(Tom) Configure matches template/.similar entries better(Tom)
Change builtin function names from SPI_* to spi_* Change builtin function names from SPI_* to spi_*
OR WHERE clause fix(Vadim) OR WHERE clause fix(Vadim)
Fixes for mixed-case table names(Billy) Fixes for mixed-case table names(Billy)
contrib/linux/postgres.init.csh/sh fix contrib/linux/postgres.init.csh/sh fix(Thomas)
libpq memory overrun fix libpq memory overrun fix
SunOS fixes(Tom) SunOS fixes(Tom)
Change exp() behavior to generate error on underflow Change exp() behavior to generate error on underflow(Thomas)
pg_dump fixes for memory leak, inheritance constraints, layout change pg_dump fixes for memory leak, inheritance constraints, layout change
update pgaccess to 0.93 update pgaccess to 0.93
Fix prototype for 64-bit platforms Fix prototype for 64-bit platforms
@ -262,7 +246,7 @@ Fix for lo_import() crash(Bruce)
Better search for install program(Tom) Better search for install program(Tom)
Timezone fixes(Tom) Timezone fixes(Tom)
HPUX fixes(Tom) HPUX fixes(Tom)
Use implicit type coersion for matching DEFAULT values Use implicit type coersion for matching DEFAULT values(Thomas)
Add routines to help with single-byte (internal) character type(Thomas) Add routines to help with single-byte (internal) character type(Thomas)
Compilation of libpq for Win32 fixes(Magnus) Compilation of libpq for Win32 fixes(Magnus)
Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy) Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy)