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TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Thu Jan 27 23:55:43 EST 2000 Last updated: Sat Jan 29 12:23:49 EST 2000
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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RESOURCES RESOURCES
* Disallow inherited columns with the same name as new columns * -Disallow inherited columns with the same name as new columns
* -Elog() does not free all its memory * -Elog() does not free all its memory
* -spinlock stuck problem when elog(FATAL) and elog(ERROR) inside bufmgr * -spinlock stuck problem when elog(FATAL) and elog(ERROR) inside bufmgr
* -Recover or force failure when disk space is exhausted(Hiroshi) * -Recover or force failure when disk space is exhausted(Hiroshi)
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* -CREATE TABLE x AS SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 fails * -CREATE TABLE x AS SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 fails
* -CREATE TABLE test(col char(2) DEFAULT user) fails in length restriction * -CREATE TABLE test(col char(2) DEFAULT user) fails in length restriction
* -mismatched types in CREATE TABLE ... DEFAULT causes problems [default] * -mismatched types in CREATE TABLE ... DEFAULT causes problems [default]
* -SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY fails when sort expr not in result list * -SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY fails when sort expr not in result
list, ORDER BY is applied only to the first SELECT
* Be smarter about promoting types when UNION merges different data types * Be smarter about promoting types when UNION merges different data types
* redesign INSERT ... SELECT to have two levels of target list * redesign INSERT ... SELECT to have two levels of target list
* -select * from pg_class where oid in (0,-1) * -select * from pg_class where oid in (0,-1)
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* Fix libpq bug that causes it to drop backend error message sent * Fix libpq bug that causes it to drop backend error message sent
just before connection closure (ie, any FATAL error message) just before connection closure (ie, any FATAL error message)
* SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY fails when sort expr not in result list * SELECT ... UNION ... ORDER BY fails when sort expr not in result list
* SELECT ... UNION ... GROUP BY fails if column types disagree * SELECT ... UNION ... GROUP BY fails if column types disagree, no type
promotion occurs
ENHANCEMENTS ENHANCEMENTS
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* Add IPv6 capability to INET/CIDR types * Add IPv6 capability to INET/CIDR types
* Make a separate SERIAL type? * Make a separate SERIAL type?
* Store binary-compatible type information in the system * Store binary-compatible type information in the system
* -Allow user to define char1 column
* Add support for & operator * Add support for & operator
* Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII * Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
* -Allow LOCALE to use indexes in regular expression searches(Tom) * -Allow LOCALE to use indexes in regular expression searches(Tom)
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* -Make Absolutetime/Relativetime int4 because time_t can be int8 on some ports * -Make Absolutetime/Relativetime int4 because time_t can be int8 on some ports
* Functions returning sets don't really work right[function] * Functions returning sets don't really work right[function]
* -Make type equivalency apply to aggregates * -Make type equivalency apply to aggregates
* Allow user to define char1 column
VIEWS VIEWS
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* 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
* -Fix memory exhaustion when using many OR's [cnfify](Tom) * -Fix memory exhaustion when using many OR's [cnfify](Tom)
* Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca> * Get faster regex() code from Henry Spencer <henry@zoo.utoronto.ca>