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TODO list for PostgreSQL
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#A hyphen (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 8.1 release.#
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Bracketed items "[]" have more detail.
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Current maintainer:	Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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Last updated:		Tue Nov  9 21:48:31 EST 2004
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the PostgreSQL web
site, http://www.PostgreSQL.org.
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Administration
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* Remove behavior of postmaster -o after making postmaster/postgres
  flags unique
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* Allow limits on per-db/user connections
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* Add group object ownership, so groups can rename/drop/grant on objects,
  so we can implement roles
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* Allow server log information to be output as INSERT statements
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  This would allow server log information to be easily loaded into
  a database for analysis.

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* Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and groups
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  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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* Prevent dropping user that still owns objects, or auto-drop the objects
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* Allow pooled connections to list all prepared queries

  This would allow an application inheriting a pooled connection to know
  the queries prepared in the current session.

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* Allow major upgrades without dump/reload, perhaps using pg_upgrade
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* Have SHOW ALL and pg_settings show descriptions for server-side variables
* Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one 
  command
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* Remove unreferenced table files created by transactions that were
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  in-progress when the server terminated abruptly
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* Allow reporting of which objects are in which tablespaces
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  This item is difficult because a tablespace can contain objects from
  multiple databases. There is a server-side function that returns the
  databases which use a specific tablespace, so this requires a tool
  that will call that function and connect to each database to find the
  objects in each database for that tablespace.

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* 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.

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* Add a GUC variable to control the tablespace for temporary objects and
  sort files

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  It could start with a random tablespace from a supplied list and cycle
  through the list.
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* Add "include file" functionality in postgresql.conf
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* Add session start time and last statement time to pg_stat_activity
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* Allow server logs to be remotely read using SQL commands
* Allow server configuration parameters to be remotely modified
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* Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions
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  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.

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* Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
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  By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from 
  thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it to its default.
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  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.
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* Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead 
  logs

  Currently only full WAL files are archived. This means that the most
  recent transactions aren't available for recovery in case of a disk
  failure.
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* Create dump tool for write-ahead logs for use in determining
  transaction id for point-in-time recovery
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* 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.

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* Add a function that returns the 'uptime' of the postmaster
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* Improve replication solutions
	o Automatic failover
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	  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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	o Load balancing
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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.
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	o Allow replication over unreliable or non-persistent links
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Data Types
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* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
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* Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it
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* Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values
* Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed
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* Add transaction_timestamp(), statement_timestamp(), clock_timestamp()
  functionality
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  Current CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns the start time of the current
  transaction, and gettimeofday() returns the wallclock time. This will
  make time reporting more consistent and will allow reporting of
  the statement start time.

* Have sequence dependency track use of DEFAULT sequences,
  seqname.nextval (?)
* Disallow changing default expression of a SERIAL column (?)
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* Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps
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* Have initdb set DateStyle based on locale?
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* Add pg_get_acldef(), pg_get_typedefault(), and pg_get_attrdef()
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* Allow to_char to print localized month names
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* Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time
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* Allow substring/replace() to get/set bit values
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* Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
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* Fix data types where equality comparison isn't intuitive, e.g. box
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* 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)
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* Allow TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE to store the original timezone
  information, either by name or offset from UTC
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* Prevent inet cast to cidr if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
  zero bits
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* ARRAYS
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	o Allow nulls in arrays
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	o Allow MIN()/MAX() on arrays
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	o Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion 
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	  can be performed on empty array expressions
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	o Modify array literal representation to handle array index lower bound
	  of other than one

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* BINARY DATA
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	o Improve vacuum of large objects, like /contrib/vacuumlo (?)
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	o Add security checking for large objects
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	  Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can
	  only be set at the pg_largeobject table level.
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	o Auto-delete large objects when referencing row is deleted
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	o Allow read/write into TOAST values like large objects

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	  This requires the TOAST column to be stored EXTERNAL.
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Multi-Language Support
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* Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar),
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* Allow locale to be set at database creation
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  Currently locale can only be set during initdb.

* Allow encoding on a per-column basis

  Right now only one encoding is allowed per database.

* Optimize locale to have minimal performance impact when not used
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* Support multiple simultaneous character sets, per SQL92
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* Improve Unicode combined character handling (?)
* Add octet_length_server() and octet_length_client()
* Make octet_length_client() the same as octet_length()?
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Views / Rules
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* 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.

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* Add the functionality for WITH CHECK OPTION clause of CREATE VIEW
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* Allow NOTIFY in rules involving conditionals
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* Have views on temporary tables exist in the temporary namespace
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* Allow temporary views on non-temporary tables
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* Allow RULE recompilation
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Indexes
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* Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary
  key, foreign key  [inheritance]
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* UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from
  inherited table:  INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES
  (dup) should fail [inheritance]

  The main difficulty with this item is the problem of creating an index
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  that can span more than one table.
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* Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
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* Add rtree index support for line, lseg, path, point
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* Use indexes for MIN() and MAX()

  MIN/MAX queries can already be rewritten as SELECT col FROM tab ORDER
  BY col {DESC} LIMIT 1. Completing this item involves making this
  transformation automatically.

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* Use index to restrict rows returned by multi-key index when used with
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  non-consecutive keys to reduce heap accesses

  For an index on col1,col2,col3, and a WHERE clause of col1 = 5 and
  col3 = 9, spin though the index checking for col1 and col3 matches,
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  rather than just col1; also called skip-scanning.
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* Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modify the column
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  Uniqueness (index) checks are done when updating a column even if the
  column is not modified by the UPDATE.

* Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order [performance]

  Rather than randomly accessing heap pages based on index entries, mark
  heap pages needing access in a bitmap and do the lookups in sequential
  order. Another method would be to sort heap ctids matching the index
  before accessing the heap rows.

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* Allow non-bitmap indexes to be combined by creating bitmaps in memory
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  Bitmap indexes index single columns that can be combined with other bitmap
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  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
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  combined.  They can index by tid or can be lossy requiring a scan of the
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  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).
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* Allow the creation of on-disk bitmap indexes which can be quickly
  combined with other bitmap indexes
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  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.
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* Allow use of indexes to search for NULLs
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  One solution is to create a partial index on an IS NULL expression.

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* Add concurrency to GIST
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* Pack hash index buckets onto disk pages more efficiently
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  Currently no only one hash bucket can be stored on a page. Ideally
  several hash buckets could be stored on a single page and greater
  granularity used for the hash algorithm.

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* Allow accurate statistics to be collected on indexes with more than
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  one column or expression indexes, perhaps using per-index statistics
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* Add fillfactor to control reserved free space during index creation

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Commands
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* Add BETWEEN ASYMMETRIC/SYMMETRIC
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* Change LIMIT/OFFSET to use int8
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* Allow CREATE TABLE AS to determine column lengths for complex
  expressions like SELECT col1 || col2
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* Allow UPDATE to handle complex aggregates [update] (?)
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* Allow backslash handling in quoted strings to be disabled for portability
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  The use of C-style backslashes (.e.g. \n, \r) in quoted strings is not
  SQL-spec compliant, so allow such handling to be disabled.

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* Allow an alias to be provided for the target table in UPDATE/DELETE
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  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.
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* Add CORRESPONDING BY to UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT
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* Allow REINDEX to rebuild all database indexes, remove /contrib/reindex
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* Add ROLLUP, CUBE, GROUPING SETS options to GROUP BY
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* Add a schema option to createlang
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* Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (...) for updating multiple columns
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* Allow SET CONSTRAINTS to be qualified by schema/table name
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* Allow TRUNCATE ... CASCADE/RESTRICT
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* Allow PREPARE of cursors
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* Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL 
  statement
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* 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.

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* Allow LISTEN/NOTIFY to store info in memory rather than tables?

  Currently LISTEN/NOTIFY information is stored in pg_listener. Storing
  such information in memory would improve performance.

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* Dump large object comments in custom dump format
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* Add optional textual message to NOTIFY
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  This would allow an informational message to be added to the notify
  message, perhaps indicating the row modified or other custom
  information.

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* Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work
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  by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with
  table name?
* Use more reliable method for CREATE DATABASE to get a consistent copy
  of db?

  Currently the system uses the operating system COPY command to create
  new database.

* Add C code to copy directories for use in creating new databases
* Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing
  inheritance?
* Have pg_ctl look at PGHOST in case it is a socket directory?
* Allow column-level GRANT/REVOKE privileges
* Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
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* Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules, triggers?)
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* Add ON COMMIT capability to CREATE TABLE AS SELECT
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* Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index creation
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* Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups,
  databases and tablespaces)
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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.
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* Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec
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* 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.
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* ALTER
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	o Have ALTER TABLE RENAME rename SERIAL sequence names
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	o Add ALTER DOMAIN TYPE
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	o Allow ALTER TABLE ... ALTER CONSTRAINT ... RENAME
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	o Allow ALTER TABLE to change constraint deferrability and actions
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	o Disallow dropping of an inherited constraint
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	o Allow objects to be moved to different schemas
	o Allow ALTER TABLESPACE to move to different directories
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	o Allow databases and schemas to be moved to different tablespaces

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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.
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	o Allow moving system tables to other tablespaces, where possible

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	  Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
	  schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
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* CLUSTER
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	o Automatically maintain clustering on a table
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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
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	  automatically access the heap data too.  A third idea would be to
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	  store heap rows in hashed groups, perhaps using a user-supplied
	  hash function.
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	o Add default clustering to system tables
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	  To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
	  table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
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* COPY
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	o Allow COPY to report error lines and continue
	
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	  This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
	  processed, with ROLLBACK on COPY failure.
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	o Allow COPY to understand \x as a hex byte
	o Have COPY return the number of rows loaded/unloaded (?)
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	o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings as the first line
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* CURSOR
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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.
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	o Prevent DROP TABLE from dropping a row referenced by its own open
	  cursor (?)

	o Allow pooled connections to list all open WITH HOLD cursors

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	  Because WITH HOLD cursors exist outside transactions, this allows
	  them to be listed so they can be closed.
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* INSERT
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	o Allow INSERT/UPDATE of the system-generated oid value for a row
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	o Allow INSERT INTO tab (col1, ..) VALUES (val1, ..), (val2, ..)
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	o Allow INSERT/UPDATE ... RETURNING new.col or old.col
	
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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.
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* SHOW/SET
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	o Add table function support to pltcl, plperl, plpython (?)
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  can be used on that data using /contrib/xml2. It also supports XSLT
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	o Add dumping of comments on composite type columns
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	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
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	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
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	o Improve error handling (?)
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  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
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  complete this item, the functions that modify system tables will have
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* Add SQL99 WITH RECURSIVE to SELECT
* Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ANSI syntax to supported
  syntax

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  Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and 
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  backends that also have the file open, and the feature is not supported
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  the tuple has NULLs or TOAST columns because these values change the
  typical column offsets. Caching of such offsets could be accomplished
  by remembering the previous offsets and use them again if the row has
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  Moved tuples are invisible to other backends so they don't require a
  write lock. However, the read lock promotion to write lock could lead
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  This allows vacuum to reclaim free space without requiring
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  This requires that more locks be acquired but this would reduce lock
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  On SMP machines, it is possible that locks might be released shortly,
  while on non-SMP machines, the backend should sleep so the process
  holding the lock can complete and release it.

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  i386-based SMP machines can generate excessive context switching
  caused by lock failure in high concurrency situations. This may be
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  operating systems have trivial process creation time compared to
  database startup overhead, but a few operating systems (WIn32,
  Solaris) might benefit from threading.

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  Currently, to protect against partial disk page writes, we write the
  full page images to WAL before they are modified so we can correct any
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  so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of 
  committed transactions but still be consistent.  We could perhaps
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  If only one value is needed, there is no need to sort the entire
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  a tables content is distributed across several subtables.
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  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 
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  feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a 
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	o Remove configure.in check for link failure when cause is found
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