> * Add TRUNCATE permission
>
> Currently only the owner can TRUNCATE a table because triggers are not
> called, and the table is locked in exclusive mode.
>
< * Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
< especially for WAL writes
> * -Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
> for WAL writes
< computations should adjust based on the time zone rules, e.g.
< adding 24 hours to a timestamp would yield a different result from
< adding one day.
<
> computations should adjust based on the time zone rules.
< writer.
> writer. It might cause problems for applying WAL on recovery
> into a partially-written page, but later the full page will be
> replaced from WAL.
>
> o -Add ability to turn off full page writes
> o When off, write CRC to WAL and check file system blocks
> on recovery
> o Write full pages during file system write and not when
> the page is modified in the buffer cache
>
> This allows most full page writes to happen in the background
> writer.
< Currently, to protect against partial disk page writes, we write the
> Currently, to protect against partial disk page writes, we write
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< * Turn off after-change writes if fsync is disabled
> * Turn off full page writes if fsync is disabled
< o Replace crude DELETE FROM method of pg_dumpall for cleaning of
< roles with separate DROP commands
> o Replace crude DELETE FROM method of pg_dumpall --clean for
> cleaning of roles with separate DROP commands
< * Allow limits on per-db/user connections
> * Allow limits on per-db/role connections
< * Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and roles
<
< Currently, if a user is removed while he still owns objects, a new
< user given might be given their user id and inherit the
< previous users objects.
<
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< * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, roles, databases
> * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (roles, databases
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< users and roles with separate DROP commands
> roles with separate DROP commands
< * Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and groups
> * Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and roles
450c450
< * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups, databases
> * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, roles, databases
609c609
< users and groups with separate DROP commands
> users and roles with separate DROP commands
> * Add NUMERIC division operator that doesn't round?
>
> Currently NUMERIC _rounds_ the result to the specified precision.
> This means division can return a result that multiplied by the
> divisor is greater than the dividend, e.g. this returns a value > 10:
>
> SELECT (10::numeric(2,0) / 6::numeric(2,0))::numeric(2,0) * 6;
>
> The positive modulus result returned by NUMERICs might be considered
> inaccurate, in one sense.
>
< * Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions
<
< Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as
< though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be
< cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination
< because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they
< have run the query cancel cleanup routine.
<
> * Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either
> via an SQL function or SIGTERM
> * Auto-fill the free space map by scanning the buffer cache or by
> checking pages written by the background writer
< * Auto-fill the free space map by scanning the buffer cache or by
< checking pages written by the background writer
>
> * Create a bitmap of pages that need vacuuming
>
> Instead of sequentially scanning the entire table, have the background
> writer or some other process record pages that have expired rows, then
> VACUUM can look at just those pages rather than the entire table. In
> the event of a system crash, the bitmap would probably be invalidated.
< o Allow databases and schemas to be moved to different tablespaces
<
< One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
< schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
<
> o Allow databases to be moved to different tablespaces
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< schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
> tablespace. Global system tables can never be moved.
< changes made by the interface driver for its internal use. One idea is
< for this to be a protocol-only feature. Another approach is to notify
< the protocol when a RESET CONNECTION command is used.
> changes made by the interface driver for its internal use. One idea
> is for this to be a protocol-only feature. Another approach is to
> notify the protocol when a RESET CONNECTION command is used.
< all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, cursors, prepared
< queries(?), currval()s, etc. This could be used for connection pooling.
< We could also change RESET ALL to have this functionality.
> temporary tables, removing any NOTIFYs, cursors, open transactions,
> prepared queries, currval()s, etc. This could be used for connection
> pooling. We could also change RESET ALL to have this functionality.
> The difficult of this features is allowing RESET ALL to not affect
> changes made by the interface driver for its internal use. One idea is
> for this to be a protocol-only feature. Another approach is to notify
> the protocol when a RESET CONNECTION command is used.
< cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination.
> cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination
> because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they
> have run the query cancel cleanup routine.
< logs
> logs [pitr]
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< * Allow a warm standby system to also allow read-only queries
> * Allow a warm standby system to also allow read-only queries [pitr]
> * Allow pg_ctl to work properly with configuration files located outside
> the PGDATA directory
>
> pg_ctl can not read the pid file because it isn't located in the
> config directory but in the PGDATA directory. The solution is to
> allow pg_ctl to read and understand postgresql.conf to find the
> data_directory value.
>
< * Prevent child tables from altering constraints like CHECK that were
< inherited from the parent table
470a469,471
>
> o Prevent child tables from altering constraints like CHECK that were
> inherited from the parent table
<
< * Add XML output to pg_dump and COPY
<
< We already allow XML to be stored in the database, and XPath queries
< can be used on that data using /contrib/xml2. It also supports XSLT
< transformations.
> * Consider sorting hash buckets so entries can be found using a binary
> search, rather than a linear scan
> * In hash indexes, consider storing the hash value with or instead
> of the key itself
> * Add the features of packages
> o Make private objects accessable only to objects in the same schema
> o Allow current_schema.objname to access current schema objects
> o Add session variables
> o Allow nested schemas
<
< This will involve adding a way to respond to commit failure by either
< taking the server into offline/readonly mode or notifying the
< administrator
< * Add session start time and last statement time to pg_stat_activity
> * -Add session start time and last statement time to pg_stat_activity
134c134
< * Add the client IP address and port to pg_stat_activity
> * -Add the client IP address and port to pg_stat_activity
< Currently locale can only be set during initdb.
> Currently locale can only be set during initdb. No global tables have
> locale-aware columns. However, the database template used during
> database creation might have locale-aware indexes. The indexes would
> need to be reindexed to match the new locale.
> * Prevent to_char() on interval from returning meaningless values
>
> For example, to_char('1 month', 'mon') is meaningless. Basically,
> most date-related parameters to to_char() are meaningless for
> intervals because interval is not anchored to a date.
>
> * Allow to_char() on interval values to accumulate the highest unit
> requested
>
> o to_char(INTERVAL '1 hour 5 minutes', 'MI') => 65
> o to_char(INTERVAL '43 hours 20 minutes', 'MI' ) => 2600
> o to_char(INTERVAL '43 hours 20 minutes', 'WK:DD:HR:MI') => 0:1:19:20
> o to_char(INTERVAL '3 years 5 months','MM') => 41
>
> Some special format flag would be required to request such
> accumulation. Such functionality could also be added to EXTRACT.
> Prevent accumulation that crosses the month/day boundary because of
> the uneven number of days in a month.
>
< * Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT 1 to select high/low value without sort or
> * Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT # to select high/low value without sort or
868c868
< Right now, if no index exists, ORDER BY ... LIMIT 1 requires we sort
> Right now, if no index exists, ORDER BY ... LIMIT # requires we sort
870a871
> MIN/MAX already does this, but not for LIMIT > 1.
> * Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT 1 to select high/low value without sort or
> index using a sequential scan for highest/lowest values
>
> Right now, if no index exists, ORDER BY ... LIMIT 1 requires we sort
> all values to return the high/low value. Instead The idea is to do a
> sequential scan to find the high/low value, thus avoiding the sort.
>
> One possible implementation is to start sequential scans from the lowest
> numbered buffer in the shared cache, and when reaching the end wrap
> around to the beginning, rather than always starting sequential scans
> at the start of the table.
< This allows vacuum to reclaim free space without requiring
< a sequential scan
> This allows vacuum to target specific pages for possible free space
> without requiring a sequential scan.
< * Consider parallel processing a single query
<
< This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
< sorting, or execution of single query. The major advantage of such a
< feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
< single query.
<
< * Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT 1 to select high/low value without sort or
< index using a sequential scan for highest/lowest values
<
< If only one value is needed, there is no need to sort the entire
< table. Instead a sequential scan could get the matching value.
<
< Solaris) might benefit from threading.
> Solaris) might benefit from threading. Also explore the idea of
> a single session using multiple threads to execute a query faster.
< Currently indexes do not have enough tuple tuple visibility
< information to allow data to be pulled from the index without
< also accessing the heap. One way to allow this is to set a bit
< to index tuples to indicate if a tuple is currently visible to
< all transactions when the first valid heap lookup happens. This
< bit would have to be cleared when a heap tuple is expired.
> Currently indexes do not have enough tuple visibility information
> to allow data to be pulled from the index without also accessing
> the heap. One way to allow this is to set a bit to index tuples
> to indicate if a tuple is currently visible to all transactions
> when the first valid heap lookup happens. This bit would have to
> be cleared when a heap tuple is expired.
< Bitmap indexes index single columns that can be combined with other bitmap
< indexes to dynamically create a composite index to match a specific query.
< Each index is a bitmap, and the bitmaps are bitwise AND'ed or OR'ed to be
< combined. They can index by tid or can be lossy requiring a scan of the
< heap page to find matching rows, or perhaps use a mixed solution where
< tids are recorded for pages with only a few matches and per-page bitmaps
< are used for more dense pages. Another idea is to use a 32-bit bitmap
< for every page and set a bit based on the item number mod(32).
> This feature allows separate indexes to be ANDed or ORed together. This
> is particularly useful for data warehousing applications that need to
> query the database in an many permutations. This feature scans an index
> and creates an in-memory bitmap, and allows that bitmap to be combined
> with other bitmap created in a similar way. The bitmap can either index
> all TIDs, or be lossy, meaning it records just page numbers and each
> page tuple has to be checked for validity in a separate pass.
< failure.
> failure. This could be triggered by a user command or a timer.
< * Force archiving of partially-full WAL files when pg_stop_backup() is
< called or the server is stopped
> * Automatically force archiving of partially-filled WAL files when
> pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped
< * Add ANSI INTERVAL handling
> * Add ISo INTERVAL handling
< o Interpret syntax that isn't uniquely ANSI or PG, like '1:30' or
< '1' as ANSI syntax, e.g. interpret '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as
> o Interpret syntax that isn't uniquely ISO or PG, like '1:30' or
> '1' as ISO syntax, e.g. interpret '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as
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< * Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ANSI syntax to supported
> * Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ISO syntax to supported
< o Process mixed ANSI/PG syntax, and round value to requested
< precision or generate an error
< o Interpret INTERVAL '1 year' MONTH as CAST (INTERVAL '1 year' AS
< INTERVAL MONTH), and this should return '12 months'
194a191,194
> o Interpret INTERVAL '1 year' MONTH as CAST (INTERVAL '1 year' AS
> INTERVAL MONTH), and this should return '12 months'
> o Round or truncate values to the requested precision, e.g.
> INTERVAL '11 months' AS YEAR should return one or zero
< o Add support for day-time syntax, INTERVAL '1 2:03:04'
> o Add support for day-time syntax, INTERVAL '1 2:03:04'
192c192,194
< o Interpret INTERVAL '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as '1 minute 30 seconds'
> o Interpret syntax that isn't uniquely ANSI or PG, like '1:30' or
> '1' as ANSI syntax, e.g. interpret '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as
> '1 minute 30 seconds'
< * Add support for ANSI time INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '1 2:03:04' DAY TO SECOND
< * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '20-6' YEAR TO MONTH
< * Process mixed ANSI/PG INTERVAL syntax, and round value to requested precision
<
< Interpret INTERVAL '1 year' MONTH as CAST (INTERVAL '1 year' AS INTERVAL
< MONTH), and this should return '12 months'
<
< * Interpret INTERVAL '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as '1 minute 30 seconds'
> * Add ANSI INTERVAL handling
> o Add support for day-time syntax, INTERVAL '1 2:03:04'
> DAY TO SECOND
> o Add support for year-month syntax, INTERVAL '50-6' YEAR TO MONTH
> o Process mixed ANSI/PG syntax, and round value to requested
> precision or generate an error
> o Interpret INTERVAL '1 year' MONTH as CAST (INTERVAL '1 year' AS
> INTERVAL MONTH), and this should return '12 months'
> o Interpret INTERVAL '1:30' MINUTE TO SECOND as '1 minute 30 seconds'
> o Support precision, CREATE TABLE foo (a INTERVAL MONTH(3))
< * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '9-3' YEAR TO MONTH
> * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '20-6' YEAR TO MONTH
< * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '1-2' YEAR TO MONTH
> * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '9-3' YEAR TO MONTH
> * Add support for ANSI time INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '1 2:03:04' DAY TO SECOND
> * Add support for ANSI date INTERVAL syntax, INTERVAL '1-2' YEAR TO MONTH
> * Process mixed ANSI/PG INTERVAL syntax, and round value to requested precision
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> Interpret INTERVAL '1 year' MONTH as CAST (INTERVAL '1 year' AS INTERVAL
> MONTH), and this should return '12 months'
>
> * Support table partitioning that allows a single table to be stored
> in subtables that are partitioned based on the primary key or a WHERE
> clause
< SQL-spec compliant, so allow such handling to be disabled.
> SQL-spec compliant, so allow such handling to be disabled. However,
> disabling backslashes could break many third-party applications and tools.
< o Disallow encodings like UTF8 which PostgreSQL supports
< but the operating system does not (already disallowed by
< pginstaller)
> o Add support for Unicode
< To fix UTF8, the data needs to be converted to UTF16 and then
< the Win32 wcscoll() can be used, and perhaps other functions
> To fix this, the data needs to be converted to/from UTF16/UTF8
> so the Win32 wcscoll() can be used, and perhaps other functions
< locales but provides no ordering.
<
> locales but provides no ordering or character set classes.
< * Allow server configuration parameters to be remotely modified
> * Allow pg_hba.conf settings to be controlled via SQL
>
> This would require a new global table that is dumped to flat file for
> use by the postmaster. We do a similar thing for pg_shadow currently.
>
< * Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching
> * Consider use of open/fcntl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching,
> especially for WAL writes
the item:
< o Automatic failover
<
< The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
< replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
< pgpool.
<
< all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, etc. This could be used
< for connection pooling. We could also change RESET ALL to have this
< functionality.
> all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, cursors, prepared
> queries(?), currval()s, etc. This could be used for connection pooling.
> We could also change RESET ALL to have this functionality.
< BY col {DESC} LIMIT 1. Completing this item involves making this
> BY col {DESC} LIMIT 1. Completing this item involves doing this
< invalidated if anyone modifies the table.
<
> invalidated if anyone modifies the table. Another idea is to
> get a count directly from a unique index, but for this to be
> faster than a sequential scan it must avoid access to the heap
> to obtain tuple visibility information.
>
> * Allow data to be pulled directly from indexes
>
> Currently indexes do not have enough tuple tuple visibility
> information to allow data to be pulled from the index without
> also accessing the heap. One way to allow this is to set a bit
> to index tuples to indicate if a tuple is currently visible to
> all transactions when the first valid heap lookup happens. This
> bit would have to be cleared when a heap tuple is expired.
>
< * Allow building with directories containing spaces
> * Allow building in directories containing spaces
< There are two capabilities here, first the ability to build from a
< source directory that contains spaces, and second the ability to install
< into a directory that contains spaces. The first is probably not
< possible because 'gmake' and other compiler tools do not fully support
< spaces in path names. The second is possible with proper quoting in
< the makefiles. Because PostgreSQL supports relocatable installs, it
< is possible to install into a directory that doesn't contain spaces and
< then copy the install to a directory with spaces.
> This is probably not possible because 'gmake' and other compiler tools
> do not fully support quoting of paths with spaces.
>
> * Allow installing to directories containing spaces
>
> This is possible if proper quoting is added to the makefiles for the
> install targets. Because PostgreSQL supports relocatable installs, it
> is already possible to install into a directory that doesn't contain
> spaces and then copy the install to a directory with spaces.
> There are two capabilities here, first the ability to build from a
> source directory that contains spaces, and second the ability to install
> into a directory that contains spaces. The first is probably not
> possible because 'gmake' and other compiler tools do not fully support
> spaces in path names. The second is possible with proper quoting in
> the makefiles. Because PostgreSQL supports relocatable installs, it
> is possible to install into a directory that doesn't contain spaces and
> then copy the install to a directory with spaces.
< o Disallow encodings like UTF8 which which PostgreSQL supports
> o Disallow encodings like UTF8 which PostgreSQL supports
914a915,917
>
> To fix UTF8, the data needs to be converted to UTF16 and then
> the Win32 strcoll() can be used.
> * Improve the background writer
>
> Allow the background writer to more efficiently write dirty buffers
> from the end of the LRU cache and use a clock sweep algorithm to
> write other dirty buffers to reduced checkpoint I/O
>
> * Allow the size of the buffer cache used by temporary objects to be
> specified as a GUC variable
>
> Larger local buffer cache sizes requires more efficient handling of
> local cache lookups.
< * Make log_min_duration_statement output when the duration is reached rather
< than when the statement completes
<
< This prints long queries while they are running, making trouble shooting
< easier. Also, it eliminates the need for log_statement because it
< would now be the same as a log_min_duration_statement of zero.
> * Make log_min_duration_statement output when the duration is reached rather
> than when the statement completes
>
> This prints long queries while they are running, making trouble shooting
> easier. Also, it eliminates the need for log_statement because it
> would now be the same as a log_min_duration_statement of zero.
9c5
< Last updated: Mon Nov 29 23:33:09 EST 2004
> Last updated: Tue Nov 30 00:03:37 EST 2004
13a10,16
> #A hyphen, "-", marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 8.1 release.#
>
> Bracketed items, "[]", have more detail.
>
> This list contains all known PostgreSQL bugs and feature requests. If
> you would like to work on an item, please read the developer's FAQ
> first.
> * Auto-vacuum
> o Move into the backend code
> o Scan the buffer cache to find free space or use background writer
> o Use free-space map information to guide refilling
< information, either by name or offset from UTC
> information, either zone name or offset from UTC
>
> If the TIMESTAMP value is stored with a time zone name, interval
> computations should adjust based on the time zone rules, e.g. adding
> 24 hours to a timestamp would yield a different result from adding one
> day.
>
< * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE INDEX/REINDEX/CREATE TABLE AS when
< not doing WAL archiving
> * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE TABLE AS when not doing WAL archiving
< * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one
> * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be applied to all schema objects with one
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< specifications. This is because new databases are created by copying
> specifications. This is because new databases are created by copying
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< directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
> directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
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<
>
85c85
< By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
> By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
91c91
< * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
> * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
102c102
< Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
> Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
128c128
< * Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed
> * Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed
143,144c143,144
< * Allow to_char to print localized month names
< * Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time
> * Allow to_char() to print localized month names
> * Allow functions to have a schema search path specified at creation time
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< * Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
> * Add a GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
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< * Prevent inet cast to cidr if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
< zero bits
> * Prevent INET cast to CIDR if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
> zero the bits
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< o Allow nulls in arrays
> o Allow NULLs in arrays
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< o Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
< can be performed on empty array expressions
> o Delay resolution of array expression's data type so assignment
> coercion can be performed on empty array expressions
218,219c218,219
< key, foreign key [inheritance]
< * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from
> key, foreign key
> * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on INSERTs/UPDATEs from
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< (dup) should fail [inheritance]
> (dup) should fail
246c246
< * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order [performance]
> * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order
307c307
< functionality in DELETE. It's been agreed that the keyword should
> functionality in DELETE. It's been agreed that the keyword should
318c318
< * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
> * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
340,342d339
< * Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work
< by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with
< table name?
347c344
< new database.
> a new database.
350,351d346
< * Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing
< inheritance?
354,355c349,351
< * Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
< * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules, triggers?)
> * Add a GUC variable to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
> * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules,
> triggers?)
357,359c353,356
< * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index creation
< * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups,
< databases and tablespaces)
> * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index
> creation
> * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups, databases
> and tablespaces)
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< When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
> When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
417c414
< o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings as the first line
> o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings in the first line
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<
>
462c459
< o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
> o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
464c461
<
>
469d465
< o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling using savepoints
488c484
<
>
503d498
<
518c513
< o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
> o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
520c515
< This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
> This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
532d526
< o Improve error handling (?)
555c549
< Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
> Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
643c637
< Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
> Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
703c697
< from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
> from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
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< * Add connection pooling [pool]
> * Add connection pooling
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<
759c752
<
>
768c761
< so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
> so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
785c778
< * Add utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
> * Create utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
787,789d779
< * Allow sorting, temp files, temp tables to use multiple work directories
<
< This allows the I/O load to be spread across multiple disk drives.
795a786
>
808,809c799,800
<
< * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?) [mmap]
>
> * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?)
812,813c803,804
< portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
< to prevent I/O overhead.
> portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
> to prevent I/O overhead.
817,819c808,810
< Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
< require frequent mapping/unmapping. Extending the file also causes
< mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
> Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
> require frequent mapping/unmapping. Extending the file also causes
> mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
821c812
< way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
> way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
826c817
< tuple overhead
> per-tuple overhead
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< This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
< sorting, or execution of single query. The major advantage of such a
< feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
> This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
> sorting, or execution of single query. The major advantage of such a
> feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
834c825
< * Research the use of larger pages sizes
> * Research the use of larger page sizes
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> * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
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< * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom)
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< * Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
< * Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc)
> * Improve documentation to build only interfaces (Marc)
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< * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
< * Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
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< * Allow binaries to be statically linked so they are more easily relocated
< * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
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< o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory?
> o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory
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< o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names of
< result sets using new query protocol
> o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names
> of result sets using new query protocol
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< * Kris is Kris Jurka
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< * Simon is Simon Riggs
> * Simon is Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
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< * Teodor is
<
< * psql tab completion
<
< o Provide a list of conversions after ALTER CONVERSION?
< o Support for ALTER SEQUENCE clauses
< o Add RENAME TO to ALTER TRIGGER
< o Support for ALTER USER
< o Fix ALTER (GROUP|DOMAIN|...) <sth> DROP
< o Support for ALTER LANGUAGE <sth> RENAME TO
< o Improve support for COPY
< o Improve support for ALTER TABLE
< heap page to find matching rows.
> heap page to find matching rows, or perhaps use a mixed solution where
> tids are recorded for pages with only a few matches and per-page bitmaps
> are used for more dense pages. Another idea is to use a 32-bit bitmap
> for every page and set a bit based on the item number mod(32).
< Such indexes could be more compact if there are only a few unique values.
> Such indexes could be more compact if there are only a few distinct values.
> Such indexes can also be compressed. Keeping such indexes updated can be
> costly.
< portability issues. Anonymous mmap is required to prevent I/O
< overhead.
> portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
> to prevent I/O overhead.
>
> * Consider mmap()'ing files into a backend?
>
> Doing I/O to large tables would consume a lot of address space or
> require frequent mapping/unmapping. Extending the file also causes
> mapping problems that might require mapping only individual pages,
> leading to thousands of mappings. Another problem is that there is no
> way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
> could hit disk before WAL is written.
< posix_fadvise() [fadvise]
> posix_fadvise()
>
> Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
> free-behind behavior, but it is unclear how the setting affects other
> backends that also have the file open, and the feature is not supported
> on all operating systems.
>
< * CREATE TABLE AS can not determine column lengths from expressions [atttypmod]
> * Allow CREATE TABLE AS to determine column lengths for complex
> expressions like SELECT col1 || col2
< * Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99 [view]
> * Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99
>
> We can only auto-create rules for simple views. For more complex
> cases users will still have to write rules.
>
* Allow database recovery where tablespaces can't be created
When a pg_dump is restored, all tablespaces will attempt to be created
in their original locations. If this fails, the user must be able to
adjust the restore process.
< that can spam more than one table.
> that can span more than one table.
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< rather than just col1
> rather than just col1; also called skip-scanning.
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< * Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans [fadvise]
> * Allow free-behind capability for large sequential scans, perhaps using
> posix_fadvise() [fadvise]
< * Allow the creation of bitmap indexes which can be quickly combined
< with other bitmap indexes
> * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined by creating bitmaps in memory
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< combined. Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique
< value. Also, perhaps they can be lossy requiring a scan of the heap page
< to find matching rows.
> combined. They can index by tid or can be lossy requiring a scan of the
> heap page to find matching rows.
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< * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined
> * Allow the creation of on-disk bitmap indexes which can be quickly
> combined with other bitmap indexes
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< Do lookups on non-bitmap indexes and create bitmaps in memory that can be
< combined with other indexes.
> Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique value.
< * Use bitmaps to combine existing indexes [performance]
> * Allow the creation of bitmap indexes which can be quickly combined
> with other bitmap indexes
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< Bitmap indexes allow single indexed columns to be combined to
< dynamically create a composite index to match a specific query. Each
< index is a bitmap, and the bitmaps are AND'ed or OR'ed to be combined.
> Bitmap indexes index single columns that can be combined with other bitmap
> indexes to dynamically create a composite index to match a specific query.
> Each index is a bitmap, and the bitmaps are bitwise AND'ed or OR'ed to be
> combined. Such indexes could be more compact if there are few unique
> value. Also, perhaps they can be lossy requiring a scan of the heap page
> to find matching rows.
>
> * Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined
>
> Do lookups on non-bitmap indexes and create bitmaps in memory that can be
> combined with other indexes.
< This perhaps should use a round-robin allocation system where several
< tablespaces are used in a cycle. The cycle pointer should be global.
> It could start with a random tablespace from a supplied list and cycle
> through the list.
< * Add a GUC variable to control the tablespace for temporary objects
> * Add a GUC variable to control the tablespace for temporary objects and
> sort files
>
> This perhaps should use a round-robin allocation system where several
> tablespaces are used in a cycle. The cycle pointer should be global.
>
< The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
< replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
< pgpool.
> The proper solution to this will probably the use of a master/slave
> replication solution like Sloney and a connection pooling tool like
> pgpool.
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< You can use any of the master/slave replication servers to use a
< standby server for data warehousing. To allow read/write queries to
< multiple servers, you need multi-master replication like pgcluster.
> You can use any of the master/slave replication servers to use a
> standby server for data warehousing. To allow read/write queries to
> multiple servers, you need multi-master replication like pgcluster.
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< Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can
< only be set at the pg_largeobject table level.
> Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can
> only be set at the pg_largeobject table level.
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< This requires the TOAST column to be stored EXTERNAL.
> This requires the TOAST column to be stored EXTERNAL.
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< One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
< schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
> One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
> schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
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< Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
< schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
> Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
> schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
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< This might require some background daemon to maintain clustering
< during periods of low usage. It might also require tables to be only
< paritally filled for easier reorganization. Another idea would
< be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
< automatically access the heap data too.
> This might require some background daemon to maintain clustering
> during periods of low usage. It might also require tables to be only
> paritally filled for easier reorganization. Another idea would
> be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
> automatically access the heap data too.
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< To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
< table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
> To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
> table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
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< This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
< processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
> This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
> processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
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< This requires using the row ctid to map cursor rows back to the
< original heap row. This become more complicated if WITH HOLD cursors
< are to be supported because WITH HOLD cursors have a copy of the row
< and no FOR UPDATE lock.
> This requires using the row ctid to map cursor rows back to the
> original heap row. This become more complicated if WITH HOLD cursors
> are to be supported because WITH HOLD cursors have a copy of the row
> and no FOR UPDATE lock.
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< Because WITH HOLD cursors exist outside transactions, this allows
< them to be listed so they can be closed.
> Because WITH HOLD cursors exist outside transactions, this allows
> them to be listed so they can be closed.
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< This is useful for returning the auto-generated key for an INSERT.
< One complication is how to handle rules that run as part of
< the insert.
> This is useful for returning the auto-generated key for an INSERT.
> One complication is how to handle rules that run as part of
> the insert.
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< This is basically the same as SET search_path.
> This is basically the same as SET search_path.
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< This requires a checking function to be called after the server
< configuration file is read.
> This requires a checking function to be called after the server
> configuration file is read.
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< Currently only constants are supported.
> Currently only constants are supported.
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< This requires the cached PL/PgSQL byte code to be invalidated when
< an object referenced in the function is changed.
> This requires the cached PL/PgSQL byte code to be invalidated when
> an object referenced in the function is changed.
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< Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and
< information about the Informix-compatibility module.
> Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and
> information about the Informix-compatibility module.
* Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in tablespace t2
to be used as a template for a new database created with default
tablespace t2
All objects in the default database tablespace must have default tablespace
specifications. This is because new databases are created by copying
directories. If you mix default tablespace tables and tablespace-specified
tables in the same directory, creating a new database from such a mixed
directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
explicit tablespaces. To fix this would require modifying pg_class in the
newly copied database, which we don't currently do.
>
> * Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in tablespace t2
> to be used as a template for a new database created with default
> tablespace t2
>
> All objects in the default database tablespace must have default tablespace
> specifications. This is because new databases are created by copying
> directories. If you mix default tablespace tables and tablespace-specified
> tables in the same directory, creating a new database from such a mixed
> directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
> explicit tablespaces. To fix this would require modifying pg_class in the
> newly copied database, which we don't currently do.
> * Add RESET CONNECTION command to reset all session state
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> This would include resetting of all variables (RESET ALL), dropping of
> all temporary tables, removal of any NOTIFYs, etc. This could be used
> for connection pooling. We could also change RESET ALL to have this
> functionality.
<
> * Win32
> o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory?
> o Remove configure.in check for link failure when cause is found
> o Remove readdir() errno patch when runtime/mingwex/dirent.c rev
> 1.4 is released
> o Remove psql newline patch when we find out why mingw outputs an
> extra newline
> o Allow psql to use readline once non-US code pages work with
> backslashes
* Consider parallel processing a single query
This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
sorting, or execution of single query. The major advantage of such a
feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
single query.
< Last updated: Sat Sep 25 21:33:44 EDT 2004
> Last updated: Mon Sep 27 10:15:31 EDT 2004
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< Remove items before beta?
<
< Urgent
< ======
<
< * -Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log
< * -Create native Win32 port
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< * -Incremental backups
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< * -Allow configuration files to be specified in a different directory
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< * -Add the concept of dataspaces/tablespaces (Gavin)
< * -Allow logging of only data definition(DDL), or DDL and modification statements
< * -Allow log lines to include session-level information, like database and user
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< * -Allow external interfaces to extend the GUC variable set
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< * -Change factorial to return a numeric (Gavin)
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< * -Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE
< * -Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
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< * -Make LENGTH() of CHAR() not count trailing spaces
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< * -Support composite types as table columns
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< * -Prevent mismatch of frontend/backend encodings from converting bytea
< data from being interpreted as encoded strings
< * -Fix upper()/lower() to work for multibyte encodings
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< * -Order duplicate index entries on creation by ctid for faster heap lookups
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< * -Be smarter about insertion of already-ordered data into btree index
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< * -Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 to use int2col index, int8,
< float4, numeric/decimal too
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< * -Allow command blocks to ignore certain types of errors
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< * -Allow savepoints / nested transactions (Alvaro)
< * -Use nested transactions to prevent syntax errors from aborting a transaction
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< * -Prevent COMMENT ON DATABASE from using a database name
< * -Add NO WAIT LOCKs
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< * -COMMENT ON [ CAST | CONVERSION | OPERATOR CLASS | LARGE OBJECT | LANGUAGE ]
< (Christopher)
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< * -Allow more ISOLATION LEVELS to be accepted
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< * -Add GUC setting to make created tables default to WITHOUT OIDS
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< o -ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT and non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing
< rows with DEFAULT value
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column SERIAL doesn't create sequence because
< of the item above
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< o -Allow ALTER TABLE to modify column lengths and change to binary
< compatible types
< o -Add ALTER DATABASE ... OWNER TO newowner
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< o -Add ALTER DOMAIN, AGGREGATE, CONVERSION ... OWNER TO
< o -Add ALTER SEQUENCE ... OWNER TO
< o -Add ALTER INDEX that works just like ALTER TABLE already does
< on an index
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< o -Add ALTER TABLE table SET WITHOUT CLUSTER (Christopher)
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< o -Allow dump/load of CSV format
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< o -Allow Java server-side programming
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< o -Allow PL/pgSQL parameters to be specified by name and type during definition
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< * -Allow psql \du to show users, and add \dg for groups
< * -Have psql \dn show only visible temp schemas using current_schemas()
< * -Have psql '\i ~/<tab><tab>' actually load files it displays from home dir
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< o -Allow pg_dump to dump CREATE CONVERSION (Christopher)
< o -Make pg_restore continue after errors, so it acts more like pg_dump
< scripts
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< o -Implement SET DESCRIPTOR
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< * -Have AFTER triggers execute after the appropriate SQL statement in a
< function, not at the end of the function
< * -Print table names with constraint names in error messages, or make constraint
< names unique within a schema
< * -Issue NOTICE if foreign key data requires costly test to match primary key
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< * -Use dependency information to dump data in proper order
< * -Have pg_dump -c clear the database using dependency information
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< * -Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background in backend
< rather than in /contrib (Matthew)
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< * -Use background process to write dirty shared buffers to disk
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< * -Change representation of whole-tuple parameters to functions
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< * -Add checks for fclose() failure (Tom)
< * -Change CVS ID to PostgreSQL
< * -Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened
< * Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log,
< * Create native Win32 port, http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html
> * -Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log
> * -Create native Win32 port
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< o Fix PL/pgSQL RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW
> o Fix PL/pgSQL RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW
< This would require some background daemon to maintain clustering
> This might require some background daemon to maintain clustering
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< paritally filled for easier reorganization. It also might require
< creating a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
> paritally filled for easier reorganization. Another idea would
> be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
< This would require some background daemon to restore clustering
> This would require some background daemon to maintain clustering
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< paritally filled for easier reorganization.
> paritally filled for easier reorganization. It also might require
> creating a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
> automatically access the heap data too.
> * Merge hardwired timezone names with the TZ database; allow either kind
> everywhere a TZ name is currently taken
> * Allow customization of the known set of TZ names (generalize the
> present australian_timezones hack)
< * Implement dirty reads or shared row locks and use them in RI triggers (?)
> * Implement dirty reads or shared row locks and use them in RI triggers
>
> Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
> shared area, and this could potentially be a large amount of data.
> One idea is to store the table/row numbers in a separate table and set
> a bit on the row indicating looking in this new table is required to
> find any shared row locks.
>
< o Allow databases, schemas, and indexes to be moved to different
< tablespaces
> o Allow databases and schemas to be moved to different tablespaces
>
> One complexity is whether moving a schema should move all existing
> schema objects or just define the location for future object creation.
>
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< o Add ALTER INDEX that works just like ALTER TABLE already does
> o -Add ALTER INDEX that works just like ALTER TABLE already does
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< o Add ALTER INDEX syntax to work like ALTER TABLE indexname
< * -Have psql \dn show only visible temp schemas using current_schemas()
< * -Have psql '\i ~/<tab><tab>' actually load files it displays from home dir
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> * -Have psql \dn show only visible temp schemas using current_schemas()
> * -Have psql '\i ~/<tab><tab>' actually load files it displays from home dir
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>
> * psql tab completion
>
> o Provide a list of conversions after ALTER CONVERSION?
> o Support for ALTER SEQUENCE clauses
> o Add RENAME TO to ALTER TRIGGER
> o Support for ALTER USER
> o Fix ALTER (GROUP|DOMAIN|...) <sth> DROP
> o Support for ALTER LANGUAGE <sth> RENAME TO
> o Improve support for COPY
> o Improve support for ALTER TABLE
file variables:
< Another option is to allow commented values to return to their
< default values.
> This has to address environment variables that are then overridden
> by config file values. Another option is to allow commented values
> to return to their default values.
< * -Allow pg_dump to dump CREATE CONVERSION (Christopher)
< * -Make pg_restore continue after errors, so it acts more like pg_dump scripts
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< * Allow pg_dumpall to use non-text output formats
< * Have pg_dump use multi-statement transactions for INSERT dumps
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< * Allow pg_dump to use multiple -t and -n switches
<
< This should be done by allowing a '-t schema.table' syntax.
<
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>
> * pg_dump
> o Allow pg_dumpall to use non-text output formats
> o Have pg_dump use multi-statement transactions for INSERT dumps
> o -Allow pg_dump to dump CREATE CONVERSION (Christopher)
> o -Make pg_restore continue after errors, so it acts more like pg_dump
> scripts
> o Allow pg_dump to use multiple -t and -n switches
>
> This should be done by allowing a '-t schema.table' syntax.
>
> o Add dumping of comments on composite type columns
> o Add dumping of comments on index columns
> o Replace crude DELETE FROM method of pg_dumpall for cleaning of
> users and groups with separate DROP commands
> o Add dumping and restoring of LOB comments
> o Stop dumping CASCADE on DROP TYPE commands in clean mode
> o Add full object name to the tag field. eg. for operators we need
> '=(integer, integer)', instead of just '='.
> o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps. This is probably best done by
> combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall into a single binary
> o Add CSV output format
< * -Allow savepoints / nested transactions [transactions] (Alvaro)
> * -Allow savepoints / nested transactions (Alvaro)
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> * Add an option to automatically use savepoints for each statement in a
> multi-statement transaction.
>
> When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
> to be automatically ignored.
> * Set proper permissions on non-system schemas during db creation
>
> Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
> copied from the template1 database.
>
>
> * Allow buffered WAL writes and fsync
>
> Instead of guaranteeing recovery of all committed transactions, this
> would provide improved performance by delaying WAL writes and fsync
> so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
> committed transactions but still be consistent. We could perhaps
> remove the 'fsync' parameter (which results in an an inconsistent
> database) in favor of this capability.
> * Allow finer control over the caching of prepared query plans
>
> Currently, queries prepared via the libpq API are planned on first
> execute using the supplied parameters --- allow SQL PREPARE to do the
> same. Also, allow control over replanning prepared queries either
> manually or automatically when statistics for execute parameters
> differ dramatically from those used during planning.
>
< * Allow DELETE to handle table aliases for self-joins
> * Allow an alias to be provided for the target table in UPDATE/DELETE
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< There is no way to create a table alias for the deleted table for use
< in the DELETE WHERE clause. The agreed approach is to allow a USING
< clause to specify additional tables. UPDATE already has an optional
< FROM clause for this purpose.
> This is not SQL-spec but many DBMSs allow it.
>
> * Allow additional tables to be specified in DELETE for joins
>
> UPDATE already allows this (UPDATE...FROM) but we need similar
> functionality in DELETE. It's been agreed that the keyword should
> be USING, to avoid anything as confusing as DELETE FROM a FROM b.
> * Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
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< By removing comments we prevent the confusion that commenting a line
< returns a modified value to its default, which it does not.
> By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
> thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it to its default.
