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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Last updated: Mon Sep 29 22:45:58 EDT 1997
Last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997
Version: 6.2
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
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1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL
The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.1.1, which was released
on July 22, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.1.1, see our
The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released
on October 2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our
TODO list on our WWW page.
We expect a 6.2 release at the end of September.
1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL?
Illustra Information Technology (a wholly owned subsidiary of Informix
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libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily
stopped.
Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases.
Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09
first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then
load it into 6.1.1.
load it into 6.2.
1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL?
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could select the same new id. This statement should be performed
within a transaction.
Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc()
from contrib/spi/autoinc.c
3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory?
They are temporary sort files generated by the query executor. For
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In 6.0, once a table is vacuumed, the creation time of a row may be
incorrect, causing time-traval to fail.
The time-travel feature will be removed in 7.0.
The time-travel feature will be removed in 6.3.
3.20) What is an oid? What is a tid?

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====================================================
TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
====================================================
last updated: Mon Sep 29 22:45:43 EDT 1997
last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997
current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
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CHANGES IN THE 6.2 RELEASE
Bug Fixes
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Fix problems with pg_dump for inheritance, sequences, archive tables(Bruce)
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Fix for SELECT null, 'fail' FROM pg_am (Patrick)
SELECT NULL as EMPTY_FIELD now allowed(Patrick)
Remove un-needed signal stuff from contrib/pginterface
Fix OR (where x <> 1 or x isnull didn't return tuples with x NULL) (Vadim)
Fix time_cmp function (Vadim)
Fix handling of functions with non-attribute first argument in
WHERE clauses (Vadim)
Fix GROUP BY when order of entries is different from order
in target list (Vadim)
Fix pg_dump for aggregates without sfunc1 (Vadim)
Enhancements
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pg_password utility
Return number of tuples inserted/affected by INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE etc.(Vadim)
Triggers implemented with CREATE TRIGGER (SQL3)(Vadim)
SPI (Server Programming Interface) implemented to support triggers(Vadim)
SPI (Server Programming Interface) allows execution of queries inside
C-functions (Vadim)
NOT NULL implemented (SQL92)(Robson Paniago de Miranda)
Include reserved words for string handling, outer joins, and unions(Thomas)
Implement extended comments ("/* ... */") using exclusive states(Thomas)
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psql: Add PAGER for \h and \?,\C fix
Fix for psql pager when no tty(Bruce)
New entab utility(Bruce)
General trigger functions for referential integrity (Vadim)
General trigger functions for time travel (Vadim)
General trigger functions for AUTOINCREMENT/IDENTITY feature (Vadim)
MOVE implementation (Vadim)
Source Tree Changes
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Add PGINDENT and support program(Bruce)
Massive commit to run PGINDENT on all *.c and *.h files(Bruce)
Files moved to /src/tools directory(Bruce)
SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy)