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TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
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Last updated: Fri Jan 12 12:47:59 EST 2001 Last updated: Fri Jan 12 12:57:38 EST 2001
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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* Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL (Ryan) * Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL (Ryan)
* Allow LOCK TABLE tab1, tab2, tab3 so all tables locked in unison [lock] * Allow LOCK TABLE tab1, tab2, tab3 so all tables locked in unison [lock]
* Allow INSERT/UPDATE of system-generated oid value for a row * Allow INSERT/UPDATE of system-generated oid value for a row
* Allow INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (a, b, c, DEFAULT, x, y, z, ...)
* Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
* -Allow multi-level query trees for INSERT INTO ... SELECT
* -Allow ORDER BY...LIMIT in INSERT INTO ... SELECT (Tom)
* -Allow ESCAPE '\' at the end of LIKE for ANSI compliance (Thomas) * -Allow ESCAPE '\' at the end of LIKE for ANSI compliance (Thomas)
* -Rewrite the LIKE handling by rewriting the user string with the * -Rewrite the LIKE handling by rewriting the user string with the
supplied ESCAPE [like] supplied ESCAPE [like]
* Allow RULE recompilation * Allow RULE recompilation
* -Support UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT in sub-selects * -Support UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT in sub-selects
* -Allow DELETE and UPDATE to use inheritance * -Allow DELETE and UPDATE to use inheritance
* Allow INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (a, b, c, DEFAULT, x, y, z, ...)
* Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
* Allow BINARY option to SELECT, like we do with DECLARE * Allow BINARY option to SELECT, like we do with DECLARE
* MOVE 0 should not move to end of cursor * MOVE 0 should not move to end of cursor
* Overhaul ACL (access control) code * Overhaul ACL (access control) code
* -Allow ORDER BY...LIMIT in INSERT INTO ... SELECT (Tom)
* Add SHOW command to display locks * Add SHOW command to display locks
CLIENTS CLIENTS
* Make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the * Make NULL's come out at the beginning or end depending on the
ORDER BY direction ORDER BY direction
* Update reltuples from COPY command * COPY
* Allow COPY to specify column names * Update reltuples in COPY
* Allow COPY to dump/load CSV format * Allow specification of column names
* Allow dump/load of CSV format
* fix array handling for ECPG * fix array handling for ECPG
* -add pg_dump option to dump type names as standard ANSI types * -add pg_dump option to dump type names as standard ANSI types
* -make pg_dump dump in oid order, so dependencies are resolved (Philip) * -make pg_dump dump in oid order, so dependencies are resolved (Philip)
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* Incremental backups * Incremental backups
* Allow SQL92 schemas * Allow SQL92 schemas
MISC MISCELLANEOUS
* Increase identifier length(NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit * Increase identifier length(NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit
* Create a background process for each database that runs while * Create a background process for each database that runs while
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* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer] * Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer]
* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager * Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
* -redesign UNION structures to have separarate target lists * -redesign UNION structures to have separarate target lists
* -Allow multi-level query trees for INSERT INTO ... SELECT
* -Use IPC_EXCL when creating shared memory and semaphores (Tom) * -Use IPC_EXCL when creating shared memory and semaphores (Tom)
* have pg_upgrade use pg_ctl to stop/start postmaster
* Encrpyt passwords in pg_shadow table using MD5 (Vince) * Encrpyt passwords in pg_shadow table using MD5 (Vince)
* -Use flock() to prevent multiple postmasters on the same port (Tom) * -Use flock() to prevent multiple postmasters on the same port (Tom)
* Allow Java server-side programming * Allow Java server-side programming
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* -In WHERE tab1.x=3 AND tab1.x=tab2.y, add tab2.y=3 * -In WHERE tab1.x=3 AND tab1.x=tab2.y, add tab2.y=3
* allow configuration of maximum number of open files * allow configuration of maximum number of open files
* Remove pg_listener index * Remove pg_listener index
* -Redesign ANALYZE in VACUUM so it can be run separately without locks
* Make ANALYZE a separate command
* Gather more accurate dispersion statistics using indexes * Gather more accurate dispersion statistics using indexes
* Improve statistics storage in pg_class [performance] * Improve statistics storage in pg_class [performance]
* Improve VACUUM speed with indexes [vacuum] * VACUUM
* Reduce VACUUM lock time by moving tuples with read lock, then write * Improve speed with indexes [vacuum]
* Reduce lock time by moving tuples with read lock, then write
lock and truncate table [vacuum] lock and truncate table [vacuum]
* -BSD/OS does not support locale because there is no LC_MESSAGES (Bruce) * -Redesign ANALYZE in VACUUM so it can be run separately without locks
* Make ANALYZE a separate command
* Add connection pooling [pool] * Add connection pooling [pool]
* Allow persistent backends [persistent] * Allow persistent backends [persistent]
* Create a transaction processor to aid in persistent connections and * Create a transaction processor to aid in persistent connections and
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* Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom) * Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Tom)
* -Use macros to define NT open() file parameters, remove NT-specific defines * -Use macros to define NT open() file parameters, remove NT-specific defines
* -Change CURRENT to OLD internally for rules (Bruce) * -Change CURRENT to OLD internally for rules (Bruce)
* replace the use of fprint(stderr, ...) with elog() in backend code * Replace the use of fprint(stderr, ...) with elog() in backend code
* -Allow libedit to be used in place of libreadline * -Allow libedit to be used in place of libreadline
* -BSD/OS does not support locale because there is no LC_MESSAGES (Bruce)
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