< o Allow CLUSTER to cluster all tables (Alvaro Herrera)
> o -Allow CLUSTER to cluster all tables (Alvaro Herrera)
243c243
< * Allow pg_dump to dump a specific schema (Neil Conway)
> * -Allow pg_dump to dump a specific schema (Neil Conway)
398c398
< * Make IN/NOT IN have similar performance to EXISTS/NOT EXISTS (Tom)
> * -Make IN/NOT IN have similar performance to EXISTS/NOT EXISTS (Tom)
> o -Add ALTER TABLE tab SET WITHOUT OIDS (Rod)
> o -Allow CLUSTER to cluster all tables (Alvaro Herrera)
> * -Allow pg_dump to dump a specific schema (Neil Conway)
> * -Make IN/NOT IN have similar performance to EXISTS/NOT EXISTS (Tom)
> * Rod is Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca)>
< * Disallow DROP COLUMN on a column that is part of a multi-column index
> * Require DROP COLUMN CASCADE for a column that is part of a multi-column index
< * Bruce is Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
< * Christopher is Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
< * D'Arcy is D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>
> * Bruce is Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> of Software Research Assoc.
> * Christopher is Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> of
> Family Health Network
> * D'Arcy is D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> of The Cain Gang Ltd.
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< * Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>
< * Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au>
> * Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com> of Red Hat
> * Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au> of Alcove Systems Engineering
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< * Jan is Jan Wieck <wieck@sapserv.debis.de>
< * Liam is Liam Stewart <liams@redhat.com>
< * Marc is Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>
> * Jan is Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com> of PeerDirect Corp.
> * Liam is Liam Stewart <liams@redhat.com> of Red Hat
> * Marc is Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> of PostgreSQL, Inc.
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< * Marko is Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>
< * Michael is Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
> * Michael is Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> of Credativ
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< * Peter M is Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>
> * Peter M is Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk> of Retep Software
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< * Philip is Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
> * Philip is Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> of Albatross Consulting Pty. Ltd.
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< * Ryan is Ryan Bradetich <rbrad@hpb50023.boi.hp.com>
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< * Tatsuo is Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
< * Thomas is Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
< * Tom is Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
< * TomH is Tom I Helbekkmo <tih@Hamartun.Priv.no>
< * Vadim is Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim4o@email.com>
> * Tatsuo is Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> of Software Research Assoc.
> * Thomas is Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> of Jet Propulsion Labratory
> * Tom is Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> of Red Hat
> * Vadim is Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim4o@email.com> of Sector Data
>
> * Wire Protocol Changes
> 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 Replication support?
> 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
> * Add GUC variables extra_float_digits and extra_double_digits to
> control output digits
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> * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
< A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.3 release.
> A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.4 release.
38d37
< * -Change DEBUG startup tag to LOG (Bruce)
40,51d38
< * -Add pg_backend_pid() function to backend
< * -Allow logging of query durations
<
<
< Permissions
< ===========
<
< * -Improve control over user privileges, including table creation
< * -Allow user/group names to be specified directly in pg_hba.conf (Bruce)
< * -Add ~/.pgpass to store passwords with user/host/password combinations
< * -Allow permissions for functions (Peter E)
< * -Allow object creation to be disabled for specific users
58,60d44
< * -Make it easier to create a database owned by someone who can't createdb,
< perhaps CREATE DATABASE dbname WITH OWNER = "user" (Gavin)
< * -Make equals sign optional in CREATE DATABASE WITH param = 'val'
65,66d48
< * -Prevent SIGHUP and 'pg_ctl reload' from changing command line
< specified parameters to postgresql.conf defaults (Peter E)
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< * -Reserve last few process slots for super-user if max_connections reached
< * -Add GUC parameter to print queries that generate errors
79d58
< * -Add domain capability (Rod Taylor)
82,84d60
< * -SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque
< * -Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
< * -Functions returning sets do not totally work
89d64
< * -Add GUC parameter for DATESTYLE
91,93d65
< * -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
< * -to_char(0,'FM999.99') returns a period, to_char(1,'FM999.99') doesn't (Karel)
< * -Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
97d68
< o -Store binary-compatible type information in the system
104d74
< o -Ensure we have array-eq operators for every built-in array type
139,140d108
< * -Remove brackets as multi-statement rule grouping, must use parens (Bruce)
< * -Prevent aggregates from being used in rule WHERE clauses
154d121
< * -Allow UPDATE/DELETE on inherited table
166d132
< * -Add deleted bit to index tuples to reduce heap access
176d141
< * -Test hash index performance and discourage usage
182d146
< * -Add SIMILAR TO to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
184d147
< * -Remove LIMIT #,# and force use LIMIT and OFFSET clauses in 7.3 (Bruce)
186,187d148
< * -Disallow TRUNCATE on tables that are involved in referential constraints
< * -Add OR REPLACE clauses to non-FUNCTION object creation
190d150
< * -Prevent create/drop scripts from allowing extra args (Bruce)
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< o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN feature
< o -Add ALTER TABLE DROP non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY (Tom)
< o -ALTER TABLE ADD UNIQUE (Tom)
< o -ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL (Christopher)
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< o -Have ALTER TABLE OWNER change all dependant objects like indexes
214,216d167
< o -Cluster all tables at once using pg_index.indisclustered set during
< previous CLUSTER
< o -Prevent loss of indexes, permissions, inheritance
221d171
< o -Allow specification of column names
224d173
< o -Change syntax to WITH DELIMITER, (keep old syntax around?)
228d176
< o -Generate failure on short COPY lines rather than pad NULLs
242,243d189
< o -Allow INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (a, b, c, DEFAULT, x, y, z, ...)
< o -Disallow missing columns in INSERT ... (col) VALUES, per ANSI
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< o -Add command to display locks
< o -Add SET or BEGIN timeout parameter to cancel query
251d194
< o -Remove SET KSQO option now that OR processing is improved (Bruce)
254,256d196
< o -Add SHOW command to see locale
< o -Allow SHOW to output as a query result, like EXPLAIN
< o -Abort all SET changes made in an aborted transaction
264d203
< o -Fix PL/PgSQL to handle quoted mixed-case identifiers
287,291d225
< * -Have pg_dump use LEFT OUTER JOIN in multi-table SELECTs
< or multiple SELECTS to avoid bad system catalog entries
< * -Have pg_dump -C dump database location and encoding information
< * -Allow psql \d to show foreign keys
< * -Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure (Tom)
294d227
< * -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil)
302d234
< o -Updateable resultSet
307d238
< o -Implement cancel() method on Statement
309d239
< o -Add support for CallableStatements
311d240
< o -Compile under jdk 1.4
334d262
< * -Allow oid to act as a foreign key
337,338d264
< * -Allow user to control trigger firing order (Tom)
< * -Add ALTER TRIGGER ... RENAME
341d266
< * -Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
350,359d274
< * -Add pg_depend table for dependency recording; use sysrelid, oid,
< depend_sysrelid, depend_oid, name
< * -Auto-destroy sequence on DROP of table with SERIAL; perhaps a separate
< SERIAL type
< * -Prevent column dropping if column is used by foreign key
< * -Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
< * -Automatically drop constraints/functions when object is dropped
< * -Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file
< * -Make other constraints clearer in dump file
< * -Make foreign keys easier to identify
367d281
< * -Allow autocommit so always in a transaction block
377d290
< * -Add SQL92 schemas (Tom)
400d312
< * -Cache most recent query plan(s) (Neil) [prepare]
439d350
< * -Cache system catalog information in per-database files (Tom)
450,451d360
< * -Reorder postgresql.conf WAL items in order of importance (Bruce)
< * -Remove wal_files postgresql.conf option because WAL files are now recycled
465,466d373
< * -Improve dynamic memory allocation by introducing tuple-context memory
< allocation (Tom)
468d374
< * -Nested FULL OUTER JOINs don't work (Tom)
470,472d375
< * -Add new pg_proc cachable settings to specify whether function can be
< evaluated only once or once per query
< * -Change FIXED_CHAR_SEL to 0.20 from 0.04 to give better selectivity (Bruce)
494,496d396
< * -Add Intimate Shared Memory(ISM) for Solaris
< * -Use faster flex flags for performance improvement (Peter E)
< * -Add BSD-licensed qsort() for Solaris
503,507d402
< * -Fix problems with libpq non-blocking/async code
< * -Make sure all block numbers are unsigned to increase maximum table size
< * -Merge LockMethodCtl and LockMethodTable into one shared structure (Bruce)
< * -HOLDER/HOLDERTAB rename to PROCLOCK/PROCLOCKTAG (Bruce)
< * -Remove LockMethodTable.prio field, not used (Bruce)
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< * -Make one version of simple_prompt() in code (Bruce, Tom)
< * -Compile in syslog functionaility by default (Tatsuo)
517d409
< * -Report failure to find readline or zlib at end of configure run
519,520d410
< * -Increase identifier length (NAMEDATALEN) if small performance hit,
< * -Increase maximum number of function parameters if little wasted space
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< * -Fix glibc's mktime() to handle pre-1970's dates
< * -Move /contrib/retep to gborg.postgresql.org
