section into PL/pgSQL and non-PL/pgSQL sections:
< o Fix PL/pgSQL RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW
< o Allow function parameters to be passed by name,
< get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001)
< o Add Oracle-style packages
< o Add table function support to pltcl, plpython
< o Add capability to create and call PROCEDURES
< o Allow PL/pgSQL to handle %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]
< o Allow function argument names to be statements from PL/PgSQL
< o Add MOVE to PL/pgSQL
< o Add support for polymorphic arguments and return types to
< languages other than PL/PgSQL
< o Add support for OUT and INOUT parameters to languages other
< than PL/PgSQL
< o Add single-step debugging of PL/PgSQL functions
< o Allow PL/PgSQL to support WITH HOLD cursors
< o Allow PL/PgSQL RETURN to return row or record functions
<
< http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-11/msg00045.php
> o PL/pgSQL
> o Fix RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW
> o Allow function parameters to be passed by name,
> get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001)
> o Add Oracle-style packages
> o Allow handling of %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]
> o Allow listing of record column names, and access to
> record columns via variables, e.g. columns := r.(*),
> tval2 := r.(colname)
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-07/msg00458.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-05/msg00302.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-06/msg00031.php
>
> o Add MOVE
> o Add single-step debugging of functions
> o Add support for WITH HOLD cursors
> o Allow PL/RETURN to return row or record functions
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-11/msg00045.php
>
>
> o Other
> o Add table function support to pltcl, plpython
> o Add support for polymorphic arguments and return types to
> languages other than PL/PgSQL
> o Add capability to create and call PROCEDURES
> o Add support for OUT and INOUT parameters to languages other
> than PL/PgSQL
<
< o Add new version of PQescapeString() that doesn't double backslashes
< that are part of a client-only multibyte sequence
<
< Single-quote is not a valid byte in any supported client-only
< encoding. This requires using mblen() to determine if the
< backslash is inside or outside a multi-byte sequence.
<
< o Add new version of PQescapeString() that doesn't double
< backslashes when standard_conforming_strings is true and
< non-E strings are used
< Right now only one encoding is allowed per database.
> Right now only one encoding is allowed per database. [locale]
> * Add CREATE COLLATE? [locale]
< pg_get_tabledef(), pg_get_domaindef(), pg_get_functiondef(), and
< make use of them in pg_dump
> pg_get_tabledef(), pg_get_domaindef(), pg_get_functiondef()
< pg_get_tabledef(), pg_get_domaindef(), pg_get_functiondef()
> pg_get_tabledef(), pg_get_domaindef(), pg_get_functiondef(), and
> make use of them in pg_dump
< * Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in
> o Allow a database in tablespace t1 with tables created in
125c125
< * Allow reporting of which objects are in which tablespaces
> o Allow reporting of which objects are in which tablespaces
593c593
< * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be inherited by objects based on
> o Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be inherited by objects based on
596c596
< * Allow SERIAL sequences to inherit permissions from the base table?
> o Allow SERIAL sequences to inherit permissions from the base table?
