Great TODO updates from Tom:
< Currently SIGTERM of a backend can lead to lock table corruption. > Lock table corruption following SIGTERM of an individual backend > has been reported in 8.0. A possible cause was fixed in 8.1, but > it is unknown whether other problems exist. This item mostly > requires additional testing rather than of writing any new code. < o Allow postgresql.conf values to be set so they can not be changed < by the user 166c167,171 < * %Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type > * Improve the MONEY data type > > Change the MONEY data type to use DECIMAL internally, with special > locale-aware output formatting. > 225c230 < o %Allow MIN()/MAX() on arrays > o -Allow MIN()/MAX() on arrays 228c233 < o Modify array literal representation to handle array index lower bound > o -Modify array literal representation to handle array index lower bound 235a241 > o Auto-delete large objects when referencing row is deleted < Currently large objects entries do not have owners. Permissions can < only be set at the pg_largeobject table level. > /contrib/lo offers this functionality. 240d244 < o Auto-delete large objects when referencing row is deleted < * %Have views on temporary tables exist in the temporary namespace < * Allow temporary views on non-temporary tables < * %Allow RULE recompilation > * -Have views on temporary tables exist in the temporary namespace > * -Allow temporary views on non-temporary tables > * Allow VIEW/RULE recompilation when the underlying tables change 340a345,347 > > This is like DELETE CASCADE, but truncates. > 381c388 < * Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec > * %Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec < o Currently the system uses the operating system COPY command to < create a new database. Add ON COMMIT capability to CREATE TABLE AS < SELECT > o Add ON COMMIT capability to CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT 427c432 < o %Add ALTER DOMAIN TYPE > o Add ALTER DOMAIN to modify the underlying data type < o %Disallow dropping of an inherited constraint < o -Allow objects to be moved to different schemas > o Add missing object types for ALTER ... SET SCHEMA < o %Prevent child tables from altering constraints like CHECK that were < inherited from the parent table > o %Disallow dropping of an inherited constraint > o %Prevent child tables from altering or dropping constraints > like CHECK that were inherited from the parent table < o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed, < then recreated during a session, and EXECUTE is not used < < This requires the cached PL/PgSQL byte code to be invalidated when < an object referenced in the function is changed. < < o Add table function support to pltcl, plperl, plpython? < o Allow PL/pgSQL to name columns by ordinal position, e.g. rec.(3) > o Add table function support to pltcl, plpython 549a548 > o Allow function argument names to be queries from PL/PgSQL < o Pass arrays natively instead of as text between plperl and postgres < o Add support for polymorphic arguments and return types to plperl > o -Pass arrays natively instead of as text between plperl and postgres > 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 < * Allow libpq to access SQLSTATE so pg_ctl can test for connection failure < < This would be used for checking if the server is up. < 565c563 < * Have initdb set DateStyle based on locale? > * Have initdb set the input DateStyle (MDY or DMY) based on locale? 567d564 < * Add a schema option to createlang < 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 pg_dumpall custom format dumps? 612c605,606 < o Remove unnecessary abstractions in pg_dump source code > o Remove unnecessary function pointer abstractions in pg_dump source > code < * %Remove CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER < < This was used in older releases to dump referential integrity < constraints. < 682a672,675 > This is particularly important for references to temporary tables > in PL/PgSQL because PL/PgSQL caches query plans. The only workaround > in PL/PgSQL is to use EXECUTE. > 748c741 < * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order > * -Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order 797c790 < Currently no only one hash bucket can be stored on a page. Ideally > Currently only one hash bucket can be stored on a page. Ideally 806a800,802 > o Add WAL logging for crash recovery > o Allow multi-column hash indexes > 812a809,812 > > Ideally this requires a separate test program that can be run > at initdb time or optionally later. > 867c867 < * Improve the background writer > * -Improve the background writer < For large table adjustements during vacuum, it is faster to reindex < rather than update the index. > For large table adjustements during VACUUM FULL, it is faster to > reindex rather than update the index. < * Reduce lock time by moving tuples with read lock, then write < lock and truncate table > * Reduce lock time during VACUUM FULL by moving tuples with read lock, > then write lock and truncate table 919c919,920 < o %Suggest VACUUM FULL if a table is nearly empty > o %Issue log message to suggest VACUUM FULL if a table is nearly > empty? 995d995 < * Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes 1045c1045 < * ANALYZE should record a pg_statistic entry for an all-NULL column > * -ANALYZE should record a pg_statistic entry for an all-NULL column 1047a1048,1051 > * Allow constraint_elimination to be automatically performed > > This requires additional code to reduce the performance loss caused by > constraint elimination. 1090c1094 < * Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR) > * %Remove memory/file descriptor freeing before ereport(ERROR) < * Promote debug_query_string into a server-side function current_query() < * Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option > * %Promote debug_query_string into a server-side function current_query() > * %Allow the identifier length to be increased via a configure option 1113d1116 < * Fix cross-compiling of time zone database via 'zic' 1130c1133 < o Improve dlerror() reporting string > o -Improve dlerror() reporting string 1132c1135 < o Add support for Unicode > o %Add support for Unicode
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