Commit 08e9f697 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Remove completed items:

< 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
25d17
< * -Incremental backups
28d19
< * -Allow configuration files to be specified in a different directory
32,34d22
< * -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
54d41
< * -Allow external interfaces to extend the GUC variable set
126d112
< * -Change factorial to return a numeric (Gavin)
141,142d126
< * -Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE
< * -Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
147d130
< * -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
217d195
< * -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
545d488
< 	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
614,615d551
< * -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
parent d56b9fda
TODO list for PostgreSQL TODO list for PostgreSQL
======================== ========================
#A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 8.0 release.# #A dash (-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 8.1 release.#
Bracketed items "[]" have more detail. Bracketed items "[]" have more detail.
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
Last updated: Sat Sep 25 21:33:44 EDT 2004 Last updated: Mon Sep 27 10:15:31 EDT 2004
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the PostgreSQL web The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the PostgreSQL web
site, http://www.PostgreSQL.org. site, http://www.PostgreSQL.org.
Remove items before beta?
Urgent
======
* -Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log
* -Create native Win32 port
Administration Administration
============== ==============
* -Incremental backups
* Remove behavior of postmaster -o after making postmaster/postgres * Remove behavior of postmaster -o after making postmaster/postgres
flags unique flags unique
* -Allow configuration files to be specified in a different directory
* Allow limits on per-db/user connections * Allow limits on per-db/user connections
* Add group object ownership, so groups can rename/drop/grant on objects, * Add group object ownership, so groups can rename/drop/grant on objects,
so we can implement roles so we can implement roles
* -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
* Allow server log information to be output as INSERT statements * Allow server log information to be output as INSERT statements
This would allow server log information to be easily loaded into This would allow server log information to be easily loaded into
...@@ -51,7 +39,6 @@ Administration ...@@ -51,7 +39,6 @@ Administration
* Allow major upgrades without dump/reload, perhaps using pg_upgrade * Allow major upgrades without dump/reload, perhaps using pg_upgrade
* Have SHOW ALL and pg_settings show descriptions for server-side variables * Have SHOW ALL and pg_settings show descriptions for server-side variables
* -Allow external interfaces to extend the GUC variable set
* Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one
command command
* Remove unreferenced table files created by transactions that were * Remove unreferenced table files created by transactions that were
...@@ -123,7 +110,6 @@ Data Types ...@@ -123,7 +110,6 @@ Data Types
========== ==========
* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type * Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
* -Change factorial to return a numeric (Gavin)
* Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it * Change NUMERIC to enforce the maximum precision, and increase it
* Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values * Add function to return compressed length of TOAST data values
* Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed * Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed
...@@ -138,16 +124,12 @@ Data Types ...@@ -138,16 +124,12 @@ Data Types
seqname.nextval (?) seqname.nextval (?)
* Disallow changing default expression of a SERIAL column (?) * Disallow changing default expression of a SERIAL column (?)
* Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps * Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps
* -Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE
* -Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
* Have initdb set DateStyle based on locale? * Have initdb set DateStyle based on locale?
* Add pg_get_acldef(), pg_get_typedefault(), and pg_get_attrdef() * Add pg_get_acldef(), pg_get_typedefault(), and pg_get_attrdef()
* Allow to_char to print localized month names * Allow to_char to print localized month names
* Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time * Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time
* -Make LENGTH() of CHAR() not count trailing spaces
* Allow substring/replace() to get/set bit values * Allow substring/replace() to get/set bit values
* Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format * Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
* -Support composite types as table columns
* Fix data types where equality comparison isn't intuitive, e.g. box * Fix data types where equality comparison isn't intuitive, e.g. box
* Merge hardwired timezone names with the TZ database; allow either kind * Merge hardwired timezone names with the TZ database; allow either kind
everywhere a TZ name is currently taken everywhere a TZ name is currently taken
...@@ -195,9 +177,6 @@ Multi-Language Support ...@@ -195,9 +177,6 @@ Multi-Language Support
* Improve Unicode combined character handling (?) * Improve Unicode combined character handling (?)
* Add octet_length_server() and octet_length_client() * Add octet_length_server() and octet_length_client()
* Make octet_length_client() the same as octet_length()? * Make octet_length_client() the same as octet_length()?
* -Prevent mismatch of frontend/backend encodings from converting bytea
data from being interpreted as encoded strings
* -Fix upper()/lower() to work for multibyte encodings
Views / Rules Views / Rules
...@@ -214,7 +193,6 @@ Views / Rules ...@@ -214,7 +193,6 @@ Views / Rules
Indexes Indexes
======= =======
* -Order duplicate index entries on creation by ctid for faster heap lookups
* Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary * Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary
key, foreign key [inheritance] key, foreign key [inheritance]
* UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from
...@@ -239,7 +217,6 @@ Indexes ...@@ -239,7 +217,6 @@ Indexes
col3 = 9, spin though the index checking for col1 and col3 matches, col3 = 9, spin though the index checking for col1 and col3 matches,
rather than just col1 rather than just col1
* -Be smarter about insertion of already-ordered data into btree index
* Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modify the column * Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modify the column
Uniqueness (index) checks are done when updating a column even if the Uniqueness (index) checks are done when updating a column even if the
...@@ -262,8 +239,6 @@ Indexes ...@@ -262,8 +239,6 @@ Indexes
One solution is to create a partial index on an IS NULL expression. One solution is to create a partial index on an IS NULL expression.
* -Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 to use int2col index, int8,
float4, numeric/decimal too
* Add concurrency to GIST * Add concurrency to GIST
* Pack hash index buckets onto disk pages more efficiently * Pack hash index buckets onto disk pages more efficiently
...@@ -279,7 +254,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -279,7 +254,6 @@ Commands
* Change LIMIT/OFFSET to use int8 * Change LIMIT/OFFSET to use int8
* CREATE TABLE AS can not determine column lengths from expressions [atttypmod] * CREATE TABLE AS can not determine column lengths from expressions [atttypmod]
* Allow UPDATE to handle complex aggregates [update] (?) * Allow UPDATE to handle complex aggregates [update] (?)
* -Allow command blocks to ignore certain types of errors
* Allow backslash handling in quoted strings to be disabled for portability * Allow backslash handling in quoted strings to be disabled for portability
The use of C-style backslashes (.e.g. \n, \r) in quoted strings is not The use of C-style backslashes (.e.g. \n, \r) in quoted strings is not
...@@ -299,12 +273,8 @@ Commands ...@@ -299,12 +273,8 @@ Commands
* Allow REINDEX to rebuild all database indexes, remove /contrib/reindex * Allow REINDEX to rebuild all database indexes, remove /contrib/reindex
* Add ROLLUP, CUBE, GROUPING SETS options to GROUP BY * Add ROLLUP, CUBE, GROUPING SETS options to GROUP BY
* Add a schema option to createlang * Add a schema option to createlang
* -Allow savepoints / nested transactions (Alvaro)
* -Use nested transactions to prevent syntax errors from aborting a transaction
* Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (...) for updating multiple columns * Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (...) for updating multiple columns
* Allow SET CONSTRAINTS to be qualified by schema/table name * Allow SET CONSTRAINTS to be qualified by schema/table name
* -Prevent COMMENT ON DATABASE from using a database name
* -Add NO WAIT LOCKs
* Allow TRUNCATE ... CASCADE/RESTRICT * Allow TRUNCATE ... CASCADE/RESTRICT
* Allow PREPARE of cursors * Allow PREPARE of cursors
* Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
...@@ -322,8 +292,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -322,8 +292,6 @@ Commands
Currently LISTEN/NOTIFY information is stored in pg_listener. Storing Currently LISTEN/NOTIFY information is stored in pg_listener. Storing
such information in memory would improve performance. such information in memory would improve performance.
* -COMMENT ON [ CAST | CONVERSION | OPERATOR CLASS | LARGE OBJECT | LANGUAGE ]
(Christopher)
* Dump large object comments in custom dump format * Dump large object comments in custom dump format
* Add optional textual message to NOTIFY * Add optional textual message to NOTIFY
...@@ -331,7 +299,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -331,7 +299,6 @@ Commands
message, perhaps indicating the row modified or other custom message, perhaps indicating the row modified or other custom
information. information.
* -Allow more ISOLATION LEVELS to be accepted
* Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work * Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work
by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with
table name? table name?
...@@ -344,7 +311,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -344,7 +311,6 @@ Commands
* Add C code to copy directories for use in creating new databases * Add C code to copy directories for use in creating new databases
* Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing * Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing
inheritance? inheritance?
* -Add GUC setting to make created tables default to WITHOUT OIDS
* Have pg_ctl look at PGHOST in case it is a socket directory? * Have pg_ctl look at PGHOST in case it is a socket directory?
* Allow column-level GRANT/REVOKE privileges * Allow column-level GRANT/REVOKE privileges
* Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries * Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
...@@ -362,15 +328,7 @@ Commands ...@@ -362,15 +328,7 @@ Commands
* ALTER * ALTER
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
o Have ALTER TABLE RENAME rename SERIAL sequence names o Have ALTER TABLE RENAME rename SERIAL sequence names
o -Allow ALTER TABLE to modify column lengths and change to binary
compatible types
o -Add ALTER DATABASE ... OWNER TO newowner
o Add ALTER DOMAIN TYPE o Add ALTER DOMAIN TYPE
o Allow ALTER TABLE ... ALTER CONSTRAINT ... RENAME o Allow ALTER TABLE ... ALTER CONSTRAINT ... RENAME
o Allow ALTER TABLE to change constraint deferrability and actions o Allow ALTER TABLE to change constraint deferrability and actions
...@@ -387,10 +345,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -387,10 +345,6 @@ Commands
Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database Currently non-global system tables must be in the default database
schema. Global system tables can never be moved. schema. Global system tables can never be moved.
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
* CLUSTER * CLUSTER
o Automatically maintain clustering on a table o Automatically maintain clustering on a table
...@@ -401,14 +355,12 @@ Commands ...@@ -401,14 +355,12 @@ Commands
be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would be to create a merged heap/index data file so an index lookup would
automatically access the heap data too. automatically access the heap data too.
o -Add ALTER TABLE table SET WITHOUT CLUSTER (Christopher)
o Add default clustering to system tables o Add default clustering to system tables
To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system To do this, determine the ideal cluster index for each system
table and set the cluster setting during initdb. table and set the cluster setting during initdb.
* COPY * COPY
o -Allow dump/load of CSV format
o Allow COPY to report error lines and continue o Allow COPY to report error lines and continue
This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is This requires the use of a savepoint before each COPY line is
...@@ -461,7 +413,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -461,7 +413,6 @@ Commands
Currently only constants are supported. Currently only constants are supported.
o Change PL/PgSQL to use palloc() instead of malloc() o Change PL/PgSQL to use palloc() instead of malloc()
o -Allow Java server-side programming
o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed, o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
then recreated during a session, and EXECUTE is not used then recreated during a session, and EXECUTE is not used
...@@ -470,7 +421,6 @@ Commands ...@@ -470,7 +421,6 @@ Commands
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
o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling using savepoints o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling using savepoints
o -Allow PL/pgSQL parameters to be specified by name and type during definition
o Allow function parameters to be passed by name, o Allow function parameters to be passed by name,
get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001) get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001)
o Add Oracle-style packages o Add Oracle-style packages
...@@ -490,9 +440,6 @@ Clients ...@@ -490,9 +440,6 @@ Clients
can be used on that data using /contrib/xml2. It also supports XSLT can be used on that data using /contrib/xml2. It also supports XSLT
transformations. transformations.
* -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
* Add a libpq function to support Parse/DescribeStatement capability * Add a libpq function to support Parse/DescribeStatement capability
* Prevent libpq's PQfnumber() from lowercasing the column name (?) * Prevent libpq's PQfnumber() from lowercasing the column name (?)
* Have psql show current values for a sequence * Have psql show current values for a sequence
...@@ -506,9 +453,6 @@ Clients ...@@ -506,9 +453,6 @@ Clients
* pg_dump * pg_dump
o Have pg_dump use multi-statement transactions for INSERT dumps 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 o Allow pg_dump to use multiple -t and -n switches
This should be done by allowing a '-t schema.table' syntax. This should be done by allowing a '-t schema.table' syntax.
...@@ -542,7 +486,6 @@ Clients ...@@ -542,7 +486,6 @@ Clients
Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and Document differences between ecpg and the SQL standard and
information about the Informix-compatibility module. information about the Informix-compatibility module.
o -Implement SET DESCRIPTOR
o Solve cardinality > 1 for input descriptors / variables (?) o Solve cardinality > 1 for input descriptors / variables (?)
o Improve error handling (?) o Improve error handling (?)
o Add a semantic check level, e.g. check if a table really exists o Add a semantic check level, e.g. check if a table really exists
...@@ -589,11 +532,6 @@ Referential Integrity ...@@ -589,11 +532,6 @@ Referential Integrity
* Allow statement-level triggers to access modified rows * Allow statement-level triggers to access modified rows
* Support triggers on columns * Support triggers on columns
* -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
* Remove CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER * Remove CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER
This was used in older releases to dump referential integrity This was used in older releases to dump referential integrity
...@@ -611,8 +549,6 @@ Dependency Checking ...@@ -611,8 +549,6 @@ Dependency Checking
=================== ===================
* Flush cached query plans when the dependent objects change * Flush cached query plans when the dependent objects change
* -Use dependency information to dump data in proper order
* -Have pg_dump -c clear the database using dependency information
* Track dependencies in function bodies and recompile/invalidate * Track dependencies in function bodies and recompile/invalidate
...@@ -691,8 +627,6 @@ Vacuum ...@@ -691,8 +627,6 @@ Vacuum
write lock. However, the read lock promotion to write lock could lead write lock. However, the read lock promotion to write lock could lead
to deadlock situations. to deadlock situations.
* -Provide automatic running of vacuum in the background in backend
rather than in /contrib (Matthew)
* Allow free space map to be auto-sized or warn when it is too small * Allow free space map to be auto-sized or warn when it is too small
The free space map is in shared memory so resizing is difficult. The free space map is in shared memory so resizing is difficult.
...@@ -825,7 +759,6 @@ Miscellaneous ...@@ -825,7 +759,6 @@ Miscellaneous
overhead. overhead.
* Add a script to ask system configuration questions and tune postgresql.conf * Add a script to ask system configuration questions and tune postgresql.conf
* -Use background process to write dirty shared buffers to disk
* Use a phantom command counter for nested subtransactions to reduce * Use a phantom command counter for nested subtransactions to reduce
tuple overhead tuple overhead
...@@ -840,16 +773,12 @@ Source Code ...@@ -840,16 +773,12 @@ Source Code
* Move platform-specific ps status display info from ps_status.c to ports * Move platform-specific ps status display info from ps_status.c to ports
* Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom) * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom)
* Add optional CRC checksum to heap and index pages * Add optional CRC checksum to heap and index pages
* -Change representation of whole-tuple parameters to functions
* Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs * Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
* Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc) * Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc)
* Remove or relicense modules that are not under the BSD license, if possible * Remove or relicense modules that are not under the BSD license, if possible
* Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR) * Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR)
* Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it * Acquire lock on a relation before building a relcache entry for it
* Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
* -Add checks for fclose() failure (Tom)
* -Change CVS ID to PostgreSQL
* -Exit postmaster if postgresql.conf can not be opened
* Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now * Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
* Promote debug_query_string into a server-side function current_query() * Promote debug_query_string into a server-side function current_query()
* Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option * Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option
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