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Upgrade doc stuff to 6.3.
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PostgreSQL 6.3 Sun Feb 1 14:57:30 EST 1998
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A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
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previous releases of PostgreSQL.
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CHANGES IN THE 6.3 RELEASE
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Bug Fixes
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Fix binary cursors broken by MOVE implementation(Vadim)
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Fix for tcl library crash(Jan)
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Fix for array handling, from Gerhard Hintermayer
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Fix acl error, and remove duplicate pqtrace(Bruce)
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Fix psql \e for empty file(Bruce)
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Fix for textcat on varchar() fields(Bruce)
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Fix for DBT Sendproc (Zeugswetter Andres)
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Fix vacuum analyze syntax problem(Bruce)
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Fix for international identifiers(Tatsuo)
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Fix aggregates on inherited tables(Bruce)
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Fix substr() for out-of-bounds data
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Fix for select 1=1 or 2=2, select 1=1 and 2=2, and select sum(2+2)(Bruce)
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Fix notty output to show status result. -q option still turns it off(Bruce)
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Fix for count(*), aggs with views and multiple tables and sum(3)(Bruce)
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Fix cluster(Bruce)
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Fix for PQtrace start/stop several times(Bruce)
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Fix a variety of locking problems like newer lock waiters getting
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lock before older waiters, and having readlock people not share
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locks if a writer is waiting for a lock, and waiting writers not
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getting priority over waiting readers(Bruce)
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Fix crashes in psql when executing queries from external files(James)
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Fix problem with multiple order by columns, with the first one having
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NULL values(Jeroen)
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Use correct hash table support functions for float8 and int4(Thomas)
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Re-enable JOIN= option in CREATE OPERATOR statement (Thomas)
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Change precedence for boolean operators to match expected behavior(Thomas)
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Generate elog(ERROR) on over-large integer(Bruce)
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Allow multiple-argument functions in constraint clauses(Thomas)
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Check boolean input literals for 'true','false','yes','no','1','0'
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and throw elog(ERROR) if unrecognized(Thomas)
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Enhancements
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Real deadlock detection, no more timeouts(Bruce)
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<NOT DONE YET> Subselects with EXISTS, IN, ALL, ANY keywords (Vadim, Bruce, Thomas)
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Add SQL92 "constants" CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
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CURRENT_USER(Thomas)
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Speedup by inlining some frequently-called functions
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Modify constraint syntax to be SQL92-compliant(Thomas)
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Implement SQL92 PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE clauses using indices(Thomas)
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Recognize SQL92 syntax for FOREIGN KEY. Throw elog notice(Thomas)
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Allow NOT NULL UNIQUE constraint clause (each allowed separately before)(Thomas)
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Allow Postgres-style casting ("::") of non-constants(Thomas)
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Add support for SQL3 TRUE and FALSE boolean constants(Thomas)
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Support SQL92 syntax for IS TRUE/IS FALSE/IS NOT TRUE/IS NOT FALSE(Thomas)
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Allow shorter strings for boolean literals (e.g. "t", "tr", "tru")(Thomas)
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Allow SQL92 delimited identifiers(Thomas)
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Implement SQL92 binary and hexadecimal string decoding (b'10' and x'1F')(Thomas)
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Support SQL92 syntax for type coercion of literal strings
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(e.g. "DATETIME 'now'")(Thomas)
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Add conversions for int2, int4, and OID types to and from text(Thomas)
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Use shared lock when building indices(Vadim)
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Free memory allocated for an user query inside transaction block after
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this query is done, was turned off in <= 6.2.1(Vadim)
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New SQL statement CREATE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE(Jan)
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New PostgreSQL Procedural Language (PL) backend interface(Jan)
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Rename pg_dump -H option to -h(Bruce)
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Add Java support for passwords, European dates(Peter)
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Use indices for LIKE and ~, !~ operations(Bruce)
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Add hash functions for datetime and timespan(Thomas)
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Time Travel removed(Vadim, Bruce)
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Add paging for \d and \z, and fix \i(Bruce)
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Add Unix domain socket support to backend and to frontend library(Goran)
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Implement CREATE DATABASE/WITH LOCATION and initlocation utility(Thomas)
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Allow more SQL92 and/or Postgres reserved words as column identifiers(Thomas)
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Augment support for SQL92 SET TIME ZONE...(Thomas)
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SET/SHOW/RESET TIME ZONE uses TZ backend environment variable(Thomas)
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Implement SET keyword = DEFAULT and SET TIME ZONE DEFAULT(Thomas)
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Enable SET TIME ZONE using TZ environment variable(Thomas)
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Add PGDATESTYLE environment variable to frontend and backend initialization(Thomas)
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Add PGTZ, PGCOSTHEAP, PGCOSTINDEX, PGRPLANS, PGGEQO
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frontend library initialization environment variables(Thomas)
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Regression tests time zone automatically set with "setenv PGTZ PST8PDT"(Thomas)
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Add pg_description table for info on tables, columns, operators, types, and
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aggregates(Bruce)
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Increase 16 char limit on system table/index names to 32 characters(Bruce)
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Rename system indices(Bruce)
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Add 'GERMAN' option to SET DATESTYLE(Thomas)
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Define an "ISO-style" timespan output format with "hh:mm:ss" fields(Thomas)
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Allow fractional values for delta times (e.g. '2.5 days')(Thomas)
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Validate numeric input more carefully for delta times(Thomas)
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Implement day of year as possible input to date_part()(Thomas)
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Define timespan_finite() and text_timespan() functions(Thomas)
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Remove archive stuff(Bruce)
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Allow for a pg_password authentication database that is separate from
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the system password file(Todd)
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Dump ACLs, GRANT, REVOKE permissions(Matt)
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Define text, varchar, and bpchar string length functions(Thomas)
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Fix Query handling for inheritance, and cost computations(Bruce)
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Implement CREATE TABLE/AS SELECT (alternative to SELECT/INTO)(Thomas)
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Allow NOT, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL in constraints(Thomas)
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Implement UNIONs for SELECT(Bruce)
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Add UNION, GROUP, DISTINCT to INSERT(Bruce)
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varchar() stores only necessary bytes on disk(Bruce)
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Fix for BLOBs(Peter)
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Mega-Patch for JDBC...see README_6.3 for list of changes(Peter)
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Allow installation data block size and max tuple size configuration(Darren)
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Remove unused "option" from PQconnectdb()
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New LOCK command and lock manual page describing deadlocks(Bruce)
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Add new psql \da, \dd, \df, \do, \dS, and \dT commands(Bruce)
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Enhance psql \z to show sequences(Bruce)
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Show NOT NULL and DEFAULT in psql \d table(Bruce)
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New psql .psqlrc file startup(Andrew)
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Modify sample startup script in contrib/linux to show syslog(Thomas)
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New types for IP and MAC addresses in contrib/ip_and_mac(TomH)
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Unix system time conversions with date/time types in contrib/unixdate(Thomas)
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Update of contrib stuff(Massimo)
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Add Unix socket support to DBD::Pg(Goran)
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New python interface (PyGreSQL 2.0)(D'Arcy)
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New frontend/backend protocol has a version number, network byte order(Phil)
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Security features in pg_hba.conf enhanced and documented, many cleanups(Phil)
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New HTML and Postscript documentation(Thomas)
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Source Tree Changes
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Add new html development tools, and flow chart in /tools/backend
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Fix for SCO compiles
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Stratus computer port "Gillies, Robert" <GilliesR@Nichols.com>
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Added support for shlib for BSD44_derived & i386_solaris
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Make configure more automated(Brook)
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Add script to check regression test results
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Break parser functions into smaller files, group together(Bruce)
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Rename heap_create to heap_create_and_catalog, rename heap_creatr
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to heap_create()(Bruce)
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Sparc/Linux patch for locking(TomS)
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Remove PORTNAME and reorganize port-specific stuff(Marc)
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Add optimizer README file(Bruce)
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Remove some recursion in optimizer and clean up some code there(Bruce)
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Fix for NetBSD locking(Henry)
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Fix for libptcl make(Tatsuo)
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AIX patch(Darren)
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Change IS TRUE, IS FALSE, ... to expressions using "=" rather than
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function calls to istrue() or isfalse() to allow optimization(Thomas)
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Various fixes NetBSD/Sparc related(TomH)
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Alpha linux locking(Travis,Ryan)
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Change elog(WARN) to elog(ERROR)(Bruce)
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FAQ for FreeBSD(Marc)
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Bring in the PostODBC source tree as part of our standard distribution(Marc)
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A minor patch for HP/UX 10 vs 9(Stan)
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New pg_attribute.atttypmod for type-specific info like varchar length(Bruce)
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Unixware patches(Billy)
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New i386 'lock' for spin lock asm(Billy)
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Support for multiplexed backends is removed
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Start an OpenBSD port
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Start an AUX port
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Start a Cygnus port
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Add string functions to regression suite(Thomas)
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Expand a few function names formerly truncated to 16 characters(Thomas)
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PostgreSQL 6.2.1 Fri Oct 17 00:01:27 EDT 1997
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