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Bruce Momjian 1997-09-18 17:17:19 +00:00
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ previous releases of PostgreSQL.
Bug Fixes Bug Fixes
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Fix problems with pg_dump for iheritance, sequences, archive tables(Bruce) Fix problems with pg_dump for inheritance, sequences, archive tables(Bruce)
Fix compile errors on overflow due to shifts, unsigned, and bad prototypes Fix compile errors on overflow due to shifts, unsigned, and bad prototypes
from Solaris, (Diab Jerius) from Solaris, (Diab Jerius)
Fix bugs in line arithmetic which resulted in bad intersection Fix bugs in line arithmetic which resulted in bad intersection
@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Fix very old bug which made tuples changed/inserted by a commnd
updated tuples, etc).(Vadim) updated tuples, etc).(Vadim)
Fix for SELECT null, 'fail' FROM pg_am (Patrick) Fix for SELECT null, 'fail' FROM pg_am (Patrick)
SELECT NULL as EMPTY_FIELD now allowed(Patrick) SELECT NULL as EMPTY_FIELD now allowed(Patrick)
Remove un-needed signal stuff from contrib/pginterface
Enhancements Enhancements
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@ -31,25 +32,19 @@ Add distance() routines for circle-polygon, polygon-polygon(Thomas)
Check explicitly for points and polygons contained within polygons Check explicitly for points and polygons contained within polygons
using an axis-crossing algorithm. (Thomas) using an axis-crossing algorithm. (Thomas)
Add routine to convert circle-box(Thomas) Add routine to convert circle-box(Thomas)
Merge conflicting operators for different geometric data types Merge conflicting operators for different geometric data types(Thomas)
(the point type especially had operators which were
weirdly dissimilar from the other types)(Thomas)
Replace distance operator "<===>" with "<->"(Thomas) Replace distance operator "<===>" with "<->"(Thomas)
Replace "above" operator "!^" with ">^" Replace "above" operator "!^" with ">^"
and "below" operator "!|" with "<^"(Thomas) and "below" operator "!|" with "<^"(Thomas)
Add routines for text trimming on both ends, substring, and string position(Thomas) Add routines for text trimming on both ends, substring, and string position(Thomas)
Add new operators and functions for geometric types(Thomas)
Add text concatenation operator and function(Thomas) Add text concatenation operator and function(Thomas)
Add text trim function for SQL92 support(Thomas) Add text trim function for SQL92 support(Thomas)
Added conversion routines circle(box) and poly(circle)(Thomas) Added conversion routines circle(box) and poly(circle)(Thomas)
Use better routines from geometry library(Thomas)
Allow use parameters in target list having aggregates in functions(Vadim) Allow use parameters in target list having aggregates in functions(Vadim)
Allow internal sorts to be stored in memory rather than in files(Bruce) Allow internal sorts to be stored in memory rather than in files(Bruce & Vadim)
Added JDBC driver as an interface(Adrian & Peter) Added JDBC driver as an interface(Adrian & Peter)
Reduce open() calls(Bruce) Reduce open() calls(Bruce)
NOT NULL implementation (Robson Paniago de Miranda). NOT NULL implementation (Robson Paniago de Miranda).
CHECK/DEFAULT syntax(Vadim)
Syntax for [CONSTRAINT name] CHECK ...(Vadim)
Allow functions and operators on internally-identical types to succeed(Bruce) Allow functions and operators on internally-identical types to succeed(Bruce)
Speed up backend startup after profiling analysis(Bruce) Speed up backend startup after profiling analysis(Bruce)
pg_password utility pg_password utility
@ -65,12 +60,13 @@ Modify definitions of operators to remove some restrictions on characters
Fix for psql pager when no tty(Bruce) Fix for psql pager when no tty(Bruce)
Add // comments(Bruce) Add // comments(Bruce)
New entab utility(Bruce) New entab utility(Bruce)
New system relations to store DEFAULT/CHECK expressions(Vadim) CHECK/DEFAULT constraints implemented(Vadim)
Store CHECK infos on CREATE TABLE(Vadim) CHECK/DEFAULT syntax additions(Thomas)
Default GEQO parameter is now 8(Bruce) Default GEQO parameter is now 8(Bruce)
Define DOUBLE PRECISION, INTERVAL, CHARACTER, and Define DOUBLE PRECISION, INTERVAL, CHARACTER, and
CHARACTER VARYING (SQL-92)(Thomas) CHARACTER VARYING (SQL-92)(Thomas)
Define EXTRACT(), POSITION(), SUBSTRING(), and TRIM() (SQL-92)(Thomas) Define EXTRACT(), POSITION(), SUBSTRING(), and TRIM() (SQL-92)(Thomas)
Inline frequently called functions for performance(Bruce)
Source Tree Changes Source Tree Changes
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@ -78,7 +74,7 @@ HPUX 10 patches (Vladimir Turin)
Added SCO support, (Daniel Harris) Added SCO support, (Daniel Harris)
mkLinux patches (Tatsuo Ishii) mkLinux patches (Tatsuo Ishii)
Change box terminology from "length" to "width"(Thomas) Change box terminology from "length" to "width"(Thomas)
Deprecate temporary unstored slope fields(Thomas) Deprecate temporary unstored slope fields in geometric code(Thomas)
Remove restart instructions from INSTALL(Bruce) Remove restart instructions from INSTALL(Bruce)
Look in /usr/ucb first for install(Bruce) Look in /usr/ucb first for install(Bruce)
Fix c++ copy example code(Thomas) Fix c++ copy example code(Thomas)