Update done items:

< * Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line
<   number, not just messages (Peter E)
< * Add error codes (Peter E)
< * Make error messages more consistent [error]
> * -Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line
>   number, not just messages (Tom)
> * -Add error codes (Tom)
> * -Make error messages more consistent
40c40
< * Add GUC log_statement_and_duration to print statement and >= min duration
> * -Add GUC log_statement_and_duration to print statement and >= min duration
84c84
< * Allow current datestyle to restrict dates;  prevent month/day swapping
> * -Allow current datestyle to restrict dates;  prevent month/day swapping
86c86
< * Prevent month/day swapping of ISO dates to make invalid dates valid
> * -Prevent month/day swapping of ISO dates to make invalid dates valid
88c88
< * Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
> * -Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
93c93
< 	o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
> 	o -Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
116c116
< * Remove Cyrillic recode support
> * -Remove Cyrillic recode support
144c144
< * Certain indexes will not shrink, e.g. indexes on ever-increasing
> * -Certain indexes will not shrink, e.g. indexes on ever-increasing
185c185
< * Have SELECT '13 minutes'::interval display zero seconds in ISO datestyle
> * -Have SELECT '13 minutes'::interval display zero seconds in ISO datestyle
196c196
< 	o -Add ALTER TABLE tab SET WITHOUT OIDS (Rod)
> 	o --Add ALTER TABLE tab SET WITHOUT OIDS (Rod)
221c221
< 	  stored in the backend
> 	  stored in the backend (Gavin)
235c235
< 	o Allow EXPLAIN EXECUTE to see prepared plans
> 	o -Allow EXPLAIN EXECUTE to see prepared plans
241d240
< 	o Add untrusted version of plpython
265c264
< * Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
> * -Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
272,273c271,272
< * Modify pg_get_triggerdef() to take a boolean to pretty-print,
<  and use that as part of pg_dump along with psql
> * -Modify pg_get_triggerdef() to take a boolean to pretty-print,
>   and use that as part of pg_dump along with psql
292c291
< 	o Add SQLSTATE
> 	o -Add SQLSTATE
296c295
< 	o Implement SQLDA (do we really need this?)
> 	o -Implement SQLDA
364d362
< * Allow binding query args over FE/BE protocol
378c376,377
< * Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background (Tom) [vacuum]
> * Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background in backend
>   rather than in /contrib [vacuum]
427c426
< * Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
> * -Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
429c428
< * Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom)
> * -Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom)
474c473
< * Remove memory/file descriptor freeing befor elog(ERROR)  (Bruce)
> * Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR)  (Bruce)
489,490c488,489
< 	o Show transaction status in psql
< 	o Allow binding of query parameters, support for prepared queries
> 	o -Show transaction status in psql
> 	o -Allow binding of query parameters, support for prepared queries
492,494c491,493
< 	o Remove hard-coded limits on user/db/password names
< 	o Remove unused elements of startup packet (unused, tty, passlength)
< 	o Fix COPY/fastpath protocol?
> 	o -Remove hard-coded limits on user/db/password names
> 	o -Remove unused elements of startup packet (unused, tty, passlength)
> 	o -Fix COPY/fastpath protocol
496,497c495
< 	o Replication support?
< 	o Error codes
> 	o -Error codes
500d497
< 	o ecpg improvements?
503c500
< 	o Report server version number, database encoding, client encoding
> 	o -Report server version number, database encoding, client encoding
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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
TODO list for PostgreSQL
========================
Last updated: Wed Aug 6 19:36:02 EDT 2003
Last updated: Thu Aug 7 22:00:19 EDT 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ Urgent
Reporting
=========
* Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line
number, not just messages (Peter E)
* Add error codes (Peter E)
* Make error messages more consistent [error]
* -Allow elog() to return error codes, module name, file name, line
number, not just messages (Tom)
* -Add error codes (Tom)
* -Make error messages more consistent
* Show location of syntax error in query [yacc]
* Add GUC log_statement_and_duration to print statement and >= min duration
* -Add GUC log_statement_and_duration to print statement and >= min duration
Administration
@ -81,16 +81,16 @@ Data Types
* Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion [typeconv]
* Allow backend to output result sets in XML
* Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
* Allow current datestyle to restrict dates; prevent month/day swapping
* -Allow current datestyle to restrict dates; prevent month/day swapping
from making invalid dates valid
* Prevent month/day swapping of ISO dates to make invalid dates valid
* -Prevent month/day swapping of ISO dates to make invalid dates valid
* Have initdb set DateStyle based on locale?
* Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
* -Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
can be performed on empty array expressions (Joe)
* ARRAYS
o Allow nulls in arrays
o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
o -Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
o Support construction of array result values in expressions
* BINARY DATA
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Multi-Language Support
* Make octet_length_client the same as octet_length() (?)
* Prevent mismatch of frontend/backend encodings from converting bytea
data from being interpreted as encoded strings
* Remove Cyrillic recode support
* -Remove Cyrillic recode support
Views / Rules
@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Indexes
* Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
* Add btree index support for reltime, tinterval, regproc
* Add rtree index support for line, lseg, path, point
* Certain indexes will not shrink, e.g. indexes on ever-increasing
* -Certain indexes will not shrink, e.g. indexes on ever-increasing
columns and indexes with many duplicate keys
* Use indexes for min() and max() or convert to SELECT col FROM tab ORDER
BY col DESC LIMIT 1 if appropriate index exists and WHERE clause acceptible
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Commands
* -Allow UPDATE to use SET col = DEFAULT
* -Add config variable to prevent auto-adding missing FROM-clause tables
* Allow SET CONSTRAINTS to be qualified by schema/table
* Have SELECT '13 minutes'::interval display zero seconds in ISO datestyle
* -Have SELECT '13 minutes'::interval display zero seconds in ISO datestyle
* Prevent COMMENT ON DATABASE from using a database name
* Add GUC variable to prevent waiting on locks
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Commands
rows with DEFAULT value
o ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence because
of the item above
o -Add ALTER TABLE tab SET WITHOUT OIDS (Rod)
o --Add ALTER TABLE tab SET WITHOUT OIDS (Rod)
o -Add ALTER SEQUENCE to modify min/max/increment/cache/cycle values
o Have ALTER TABLE rename SERIAL sequences
o Allow columns to be reordered using ALTER ... POSITION i col1 [,col2];
@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Commands
o Allow BINARY option to SELECT, just like DECLARE
o -MOVE 0 should not move to end of cursor (Bruce)
o Allow UPDATE/DELETE WHERE CURRENT OF cursor using per-cursor tid
stored in the backend
stored in the backend (Gavin)
o Prevent DROP of table being referenced by our own open cursor
o -Allow cursors outside transactions
@ -232,13 +232,12 @@ Commands
o Add SET PERFORMANCE_TIPS option to suggest INDEX, VACUUM, VACUUM
ANALYZE, and CLUSTER
o Add SET SCHEMA
o Allow EXPLAIN EXECUTE to see prepared plans
o -Allow EXPLAIN EXECUTE to see prepared plans
o Allow SHOW of non-modifiable variables, like pg_controldata
* SERVER-SIDE LANGUAGES
o Allow PL/PgSQL's RAISE function to take expressions
o Change PL/PgSQL to use palloc() instead of malloc()
o Add untrusted version of plpython
o Allow Java server-side programming, http://pljava.sourceforge.net
[java]
o Fix problems with complex temporary table creation/destruction
@ -262,15 +261,15 @@ Commands
Clients
=======
* Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
* -Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
* -Add schema, cast, and conversion backslash commands to psql (Christopher)
* -Allow pg_dump to dump a specific schema (Neil Conway)
* Allow psql to do table completion for SELECT * FROM schema_part and
table completion for SELECT * FROM schema_name.
* Add XML capability to pg_dump and COPY, when backend XML capability
* -Allow SSL-enabled clients to turn off SSL transfers
* Modify pg_get_triggerdef() to take a boolean to pretty-print,
and use that as part of pg_dump along with psql
* -Modify pg_get_triggerdef() to take a boolean to pretty-print,
and use that as part of pg_dump along with psql
@ -289,11 +288,11 @@ Clients
o Solve cardinality > 1 for input descriptors / variables
o Improve error handling
o Add a semantic check level, e.g. check if a table really exists
o Add SQLSTATE
o -Add SQLSTATE
o fix handling of DB attributes that are arrays
o Use backend prepare/execute facility for ecpg where possible
o -Make casts work in variable initializations
o Implement SQLDA (do we really need this?)
o -Implement SQLDA
o Fix nested C comments
o sqlwarn[6] should be 'W' if the PRECISION or SCALE value specified
o -Allow multi-threaded use of SQLCA
@ -361,7 +360,6 @@ Cache
=====
* Shared catalog cache, reduce lseek()'s by caching table size in shared area
* Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans (Bruce)
* Allow binding query args over FE/BE protocol
* Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching
* Make blind writes go through the file descriptor cache
* Cache last known per-tuple offsets to speed long tuple access
@ -375,7 +373,8 @@ Vacuum
* Improve speed with indexes (perhaps recreate index instead) [vacuum]
* Reduce lock time by moving tuples with read lock, then write
lock and truncate table [vacuum]
* Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background (Tom) [vacuum]
* Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background in backend
rather than in /contrib [vacuum]
* Allow free space map to be auto-sized or warn when it is too small
@ -424,9 +423,9 @@ Optimizer / Executor
====================
* Improve Subplan list handling
* Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
* -Allow Subplans to use efficient joins(hash, merge) with upper variable
* -Add hash for evaluating GROUP BY aggregates (Tom)
* Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom)
* -Allow merge and hash joins on expressions not just simple variables (Tom)
* -Make IN/NOT IN have similar performance to EXISTS/NOT EXISTS (Tom)
* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer]
* Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT to select top values without sort or index
@ -471,11 +470,11 @@ Source Code
* Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
* Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc)
* Remove or relicense modules that are not under the BSD license, if possible
* Remove memory/file descriptor freeing befor elog(ERROR) (Bruce)
* Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR) (Bruce)
* Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it
* Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
* Add checks for fclose() failure
* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1106 2003/08/06 23:36:02 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1106 2003/08/06 23:36:02 momjian Exp $
* Change CVS $Id: TODO,v 1.1107 2003/08/08 02:00:20 momjian Exp $ to $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/TODO,v 1.1107 2003/08/08 02:00:20 momjian Exp $
* Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened
* Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
* Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests
@ -486,21 +485,19 @@ Source Code
* Wire Protocol Changes
o Show transaction status in psql
o Allow binding of query parameters, support for prepared queries
o -Show transaction status in psql
o -Allow binding of query parameters, support for prepared queries
o Add optional textual message to NOTIFY
o Remove hard-coded limits on user/db/password names
o Remove unused elements of startup packet (unused, tty, passlength)
o Fix COPY/fastpath protocol?
o -Remove hard-coded limits on user/db/password names
o -Remove unused elements of startup packet (unused, tty, passlength)
o -Fix COPY/fastpath protocol
o Allow fastpast to pass values in portable format
o Replication support?
o Error codes
o -Error codes
o Dynamic character set handling
o Special passing of binary values in platform-neutral format (bytea?)
o ecpg improvements?
o Add decoded type, length, precision
o Compression?
o Report server version number, database encoding, client encoding
o -Report server version number, database encoding, client encoding
o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names of
result sets using new query protocol