Commit d4123865 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Update HISTORY for 7.3beta2.

parent 8ffec958
...@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Migration to version 7.3 ...@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Migration to version 7.3
* TIMESTAMP and TIME data types now default to WITHOUT TIMEZONE * TIMESTAMP and TIME data types now default to WITHOUT TIMEZONE
* Pre-7.3 databases loaded into 7.3 will not have the new object * Pre-7.3 databases loaded into 7.3 will not have the new object
dependencies for SERIAL, UNIQUE contraints, and foreign keys. See dependencies for SERIAL, UNIQUE constraints, and foreign keys. See
/contrib/adddepend for a detailed description and a script that /contrib/adddepend for a detailed description and a script that
will add the such dependencies. will add the such dependencies.
...@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Migration to version 7.3 ...@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Migration to version 7.3
Changes Changes
2002-09-02 2002-09-23
Server Operation Server Operation
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...@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Fix GEQO optimizer bug (Neil Conway) ...@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Fix GEQO optimizer bug (Neil Conway)
Make WITHOUT OID actually save four bytes per row (Manfred Koizar) Make WITHOUT OID actually save four bytes per row (Manfred Koizar)
Add GUC default_statistics_target variable to specify ANALYZE buckets (Neil) Add GUC default_statistics_target variable to specify ANALYZE buckets (Neil)
Use local buffer cache for temporary tables so no WAL overhead (Tom) Use local buffer cache for temporary tables so no WAL overhead (Tom)
Improve free space map performance on large tables (Stephen Marshall, Tom)
Privileges Privileges
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...@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ Prevent inherited columns from being removed or renamed (Alvaro Herrera) ...@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ Prevent inherited columns from being removed or renamed (Alvaro Herrera)
Add CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW, CREATE OR REPLACE RULE (Gavin, Neil, Tom) Add CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW, CREATE OR REPLACE RULE (Gavin, Neil, Tom)
Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan) Fix foreign key constraints to not error on intermediate db states (Stephan)
Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints
Add CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW (Gavin, Neil, Tom)
Add CREATE OR REPLACE RULE (Gavin, Neil, Tom)
Utility Commands Utility Commands
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...@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ Limit timestamp data types to 6 decimal places of precision (Thomas) ...@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ Limit timestamp data types to 6 decimal places of precision (Thomas)
Change timezone conversion functions from timetz() to timezone() (Thomas) Change timezone conversion functions from timetz() to timezone() (Thomas)
Add GUC variables datestyle and timezone (Tom) Add GUC variables datestyle and timezone (Tom)
Add OVERLAY(), which allows substitution of a substring in a string (Thomas) Add OVERLAY(), which allows substitution of a substring in a string (Thomas)
Add SIMILAR TO as a synonym for our existing operator "~" (Thomas) Add SIMILAR TO as a synonym for our existing operator "~" (Thomas, Tom)
Add regular expression SUBSTRING(string FROM pat FOR escape) (Thomas) Add regular expression SUBSTRING(string FROM pat FOR escape) (Thomas)
Add LOCALTIME and LOCALTIMESTAMP functions (Thomas) Add LOCALTIME and LOCALTIMESTAMP functions (Thomas)
Add named composite types using CREATE TYPE typename AS (column) (Joe) Add named composite types using CREATE TYPE typename AS (column) (Joe)
...@@ -303,10 +306,14 @@ Increase maximum number of function parameters to 32 (Bruce) ...@@ -303,10 +306,14 @@ Increase maximum number of function parameters to 32 (Bruce)
No longer automatically create index for SERIAL column (Tom) No longer automatically create index for SERIAL column (Tom)
Add current_database() (Rod) Add current_database() (Rod)
Fix cash_words() to not overflow buffer (Tom) Fix cash_words() to not overflow buffer (Tom)
Add functions replace(), split(), to_hex() (Joe) Add functions replace(), split_part(), to_hex() (Joe)
Fix LIKE for bytea as a right-hand argument (Joe) Fix LIKE for bytea as a right-hand argument (Joe)
Prevent crashes caused by SELECT cash_out(2) Prevent crashes caused by SELECT cash_out(2)
Triggers are now fired in alphabetical order (Tom) Triggers are now fired in alphabetical order (Tom)
Add /contrib/adddepend to handle pre-7.3 object dependencies (Rod)
Allow better casting when INSERTing/UPDATing values (Tom)
Fix to_char(1,'FM999.99') to return a period (Karel)
Fix trigger/type/language functions returning OPAQUE to return proper type (Tom)
Internationalization Internationalization
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...@@ -366,6 +373,7 @@ Add jdbc query cancel capability ...@@ -366,6 +373,7 @@ Add jdbc query cancel capability
Add refresh row to jdbc (Dave) Add refresh row to jdbc (Dave)
Fix jdbc MD5 encryption handling for multibyte servers (Jun Kawai) Fix jdbc MD5 encryption handling for multibyte servers (Jun Kawai)
Add JDBC support for prepared statements (Barry) Add JDBC support for prepared statements (Barry)
Add support for new prepared statements
ECPG ECPG
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...@@ -381,6 +389,7 @@ Move /interfaces/odbc to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc) ...@@ -381,6 +389,7 @@ Move /interfaces/odbc to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc)
Move /interfaces/libpgeasy to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc, Bruce) Move /interfaces/libpgeasy to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc, Bruce)
Move /interfaces/perl5 to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc, Bruce) Move /interfaces/perl5 to http://gborg.postgresql.org (Marc, Bruce)
Remove /bin/pgaccess from main tree, now at http://www.pgaccess.org (Bruce) Remove /bin/pgaccess from main tree, now at http://www.pgaccess.org (Bruce)
Add pg_on_connection_loss command to libpgtcl (Gerhard Hintermayer, Tom)
Build and Install Build and Install
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...@@ -399,6 +408,10 @@ Fix for Win9x DLL creation (Magnus Naeslund) ...@@ -399,6 +408,10 @@ Fix for Win9x DLL creation (Magnus Naeslund)
Fix for link() usage by WAL code on Win32, Netware, BeOS (Jason Tishler) Fix for link() usage by WAL code on Win32, Netware, BeOS (Jason Tishler)
Add sys/types.h to c.h, remove from main files (Peter, Bruce) Add sys/types.h to c.h, remove from main files (Peter, Bruce)
Fix AIX hang on SMP machines (Tomoyuki Niijima) Fix AIX hang on SMP machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)
AIX SMP hang fix (Tomoyuki Niijima)
Fix pre-1970 date handling on newer glibc libraries (Tom)
Fix PowerPC SMP locking (Tom)
Prevent gcc -ffast-math from being used (Tom)
Source Code Source Code
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...@@ -430,6 +443,7 @@ Remove OPAQUE and create specific subtypes (Tom) ...@@ -430,6 +443,7 @@ Remove OPAQUE and create specific subtypes (Tom)
Cleanups in array internal handling (Joe, Tom) Cleanups in array internal handling (Joe, Tom)
Disallow pg_atoi('') (Bruce) Disallow pg_atoi('') (Bruce)
Remove GUC parameter wal_files because WAL files are now recycled (Bruce) Remove GUC parameter wal_files because WAL files are now recycled (Bruce)
Add version numbers to heap pages (Tom)
Contrib Contrib
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