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Bruce Momjian
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@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ ENHANCEMENTS
URGENT URGENT
* Add MATCH PARTIAL referential integrity
* Foreign key does not check that columns referenced form a primary key
or constrained by UNIQUE
* Add OUTER joins, left and right[outer](Thomas, Bruce) * Add OUTER joins, left and right[outer](Thomas, Bruce)
* Allow long tuples by chaining or auto-storing outside db (TOAST)(Jan) * Allow long tuples by chaining or auto-storing outside db (TOAST)(Jan)
* Fix memory leak for expressions[memory](Tom?) * Fix memory leak for expressions[memory](Tom?)
@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ ADMIN
* Allow elog() to return error codes, not just messages * Allow elog() to return error codes, not just messages
* Allow international error message support and add error codes * Allow international error message support and add error codes
* Add ability to specifiy location of lock/socket files [flock] * Add ability to specifiy location of lock/socket files [flock]
* Unify configuration into one configuration file * Unify configuration into one configuration file (Peter E)
TYPES TYPES
@ -139,13 +136,24 @@ CLIENTS
* allow psql \d to show primary and foreign keys * allow psql \d to show primary and foreign keys
* allow psql \d to show temporary table schema * allow psql \d to show temporary table schema
REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY
* Add MATCH PARTIAL referential integrity
* Foreign key does not check that columns referenced form a primary key
or constrained by UNIQUE
* Check that primary key exists at foreign key definition time
* Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
* Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
* Emit a warning at foreign key creation time if no UNIQUE index
exists on referenced primary key attributes
EXOTIC FEATURES EXOTIC FEATURES
* Add sql3 recursive unions * Add sql3 recursive unions
* Add the concept of dataspaces * Add the concept of dataspaces
* Add replication of distributed databases * Add replication of distributed databases
* Allow queries across multiple databases * Allow queries across multiple databases
* Allow nested transactions * Allow nested transactions (Vadim)
MISC MISC
@ -169,15 +177,9 @@ MISC
* Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function](Tom) * Redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better[function](Tom)
* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer] * Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer]
* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager * Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
* Add configure test to check for C++ need for *.h and namespaces
* Allow BLCKSZ <= 64k, not <= 32k * Allow BLCKSZ <= 64k, not <= 32k
* redesign UNION structures to have separarate target lists * redesign UNION structures to have separarate target lists
* Allow multi-level query trees for INSERT INTO ... SELECT * Allow multi-level query trees for INSERT INTO ... SELECT
* Check that primary key exists at foreign key definition time
* Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
* Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
* Emit a warning at foreign key creation time if no UNIQUE index
exists on referenced primary key attributes
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
@ -192,8 +194,6 @@ INDEXES
* Use indexes in ORDER BY for min(), max() * Use indexes in ORDER BY for min(), max()
* Use index to restrict rows returned by multi-key index when used with * Use index to restrict rows returned by multi-key index when used with
non-consecutive keys or OR clauses, so fewer heap accesses non-consecutive keys or OR clauses, so fewer heap accesses
* Improve LIMIT processing by using index to limit rows processed [limit]
* Have optimizer take LIMIT into account when considering index scans [limit]
* Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 use int2col index, int8, * Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 use int2col index, int8,
float4, numeric/decimal too [optimizer] float4, numeric/decimal too [optimizer]
* Include heap CTID in btree index keys, remove equal-key cruft from btree * Include heap CTID in btree index keys, remove equal-key cruft from btree
@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ MISC
* Allow compression of log and meta data * Allow compression of log and meta data
* Allow char() not to use variable-sized header to reduce disk size * Allow char() not to use variable-sized header to reduce disk size
* Allow char1 data type that takes one byte of storage
* Do async I/O to do better read-ahead of data * Do async I/O to do better read-ahead of data
* Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca> * Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca>
when it is available when it is available
@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ MISC
allocation [memory] allocation [memory]
* In WHERE tab1.x=3 AND tab1.x=tab2.y, add tab2.y=3 * In WHERE tab1.x=3 AND tab1.x=tab2.y, add tab2.y=3
* Allow persistent backends [persistent] * Allow persistent backends [persistent]
* others [performance]
* prevent labels from being output for stored rules (Tom) * prevent labels from being output for stored rules (Tom)
* allow configuration of maximum number of open files * allow configuration of maximum number of open files
@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ SOURCE CODE
* Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree * Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree
* Fix C optimizer problem where fmgr_ptr calls return different types [alpha] * Fix C optimizer problem where fmgr_ptr calls return different types [alpha]
* Does Mariposa source contain any other bug fixes? * Does Mariposa source contain any other bug fixes?
* Remove SET KSQO option if OR processing is improved(Tom) * Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved(Tom)
* Use macros to define NT open() file parameters, remove NT-specific defines * Use macros to define NT open() file parameters, remove NT-specific defines
* Change CURRENT to OLD internally for rules * Change CURRENT to OLD internally for rules