Rather than using ReadBuffer() to increment the reference count on an
already-pinned buffer, we should use IncrBufferRefCount() as it is
faster and does not require acquiring the BufMgrLock.

Dunstan, editorializing by Neil Conway.

been defined. Patch from Gavin Sherry, editorializing by Neil Conway.

even uglier than it was already :-(.  Also, on Windows only, use temporary
shared memory segments instead of ordinary files to pass over critical
variable values from postmaster to child processes.  Magnus Hagander

more than 65K columns, or when the created table has more than 65K columns
due to adding inherited columns from parent relations. Fix a similar
crash when processing SELECT queries with more than 65K target list
entries. In all three cases we would eventually detect the error and
elog, but the check was being made too late.

patch, but allow srand and disallow sprintf as per subsequent discussion.

Andrew Dunstan

Magnus Hagander

We don't really want to start a new SPI connection, just keep using the old
one; otherwise we have memory management problems as illustrated by
John Kennedy's bug report of today.  This requires a bit of a hack to
ensure the SPI stack state is properly restored, but then again what we
were doing before was a hack too, strictly speaking.  Add a regression
test to cover this case.

output.

plain SUSET instead.  Also delay processing of options received in
client connection request until after we know if the user is a superuser,
so that SUSET values can be set that way by legitimate superusers.
Per recent discussion.

improvements by Neil Conway.

buffer is valid, as ReadBuffer() will elog on error. Most of the call
sites of ReadBuffer() got this right, but this patch fixes those call
sites that did not.

lacking pqsignal which is now required. This was found and fixed for
VC++ by Shachar Shemesh, I simply duplicated the fix for the Borland
makefile (untested, as I don't have that compiler).

Dave Page

< * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE INDEX/REINDEX/CREATE TABLE AS when
<   not doing WAL archiving
> * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE TABLE AS when not doing WAL archiving

referencing the Database File Layout chapter I just added to the main
documentation.

a Postgres database.  Update page.sgml to match 8.0 tuple header layout.

> * Eliminate WAL logging for CREATE INDEX/REINDEX/CREATE TABLE AS when
>   not doing WAL archiving

> pg specific, like "PostgreSQL.1". I have not done this since a new compile
> would not detect a running old beta. But now would be the time (or never).

Zeugswetter Andreas

since this path will lead to postmaster exit anyway...)

!       printf(_("  -d, --dbname=NAME        connect to database name\n"));

!       printf(_("  -C, --create             create the target database\n"));

>
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<
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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< * ECPG (?)
> * ECPG
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>
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>

commit. Per Gavin Sherry.

< * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be given to all schema objects with one
> * Allow GRANT/REVOKE permissions to be applied to all schema objects with one
60c60
<   specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
>   specifications.  This is because new databases are created by copying
63c63
<   directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
>   directory would create a new database with tables that had incorrect
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<
>
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<   By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
>   By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
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< * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
> * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead
102c102
<   Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
>   Currently all schemas are owned by the super-user because they are
128c128
< * Allow INET subnet tests with non-constants to be indexed
> * Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed
143,144c143,144
< * Allow to_char to print localized month names
< * Allow functions to have a search path specified at creation time
> * Allow to_char() to print localized month names
> * Allow functions to have a schema search path specified at creation time
146c146
< * Add GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
> * Add a GUC variable to allow output of interval values in ISO8601 format
154,155c154,155
< * Prevent inet cast to cidr if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
<   zero bits
> * Prevent INET cast to CIDR if the unmasked bits are not zero, or
>   zero the bits
158c158
< 	o Allow nulls in arrays
> 	o Allow NULLs in arrays
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< 	o Delay resolution of array expression type so assignment coercion
< 	  can be performed on empty array expressions
> 	o Delay resolution of array expression's data type so assignment
> 	  coercion can be performed on empty array expressions
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<   key, foreign key  [inheritance]
< * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on inserts/updates from
>   key, foreign key
> * UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on INSERTs/UPDATEs from
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<   (dup) should fail [inheritance]
>   (dup) should fail
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< * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order [performance]
> * Fetch heap pages matching index entries in sequential order
307c307
<   functionality in DELETE.  It's been agreed that the keyword should
>   functionality in DELETE.  It's been agreed that the keyword should
318c318
< * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
> * Allow PREPARE to automatically determine parameter types based on the SQL
340,342d339
< * Allow CREATE TABLE foo (f1 INT CHECK (f1 > 0) CHECK (f1 < 10)) to work
<   by searching for non-conflicting constraint names, and prefix with
<   table name?
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<   new database.
>   a new database.
350,351d346
< * Ignore temporary tables from other sessions when processing
<   inheritance?
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< * Add a session mode to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
< * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules, triggers?)
> * Add a GUC variable to warn about non-standard SQL usage in queries
> * Add MERGE command that does UPDATE/DELETE, or on failure, INSERT (rules,
>   triggers?)
357,359c353,356
< * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index creation
< * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups,
<   databases and tablespaces)
> * Add NOVICE output level for helpful messages like automatic sequence/index
>   creation
> * Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (users, groups, databases
>   and tablespaces)
363c360
<   When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
>   When enabled, this would allow errors in multi-statement transactions
417c414
< 	o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings as the first line
> 	o Allow COPY to optionally include column headings in the first line
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<
>
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< 	o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
> 	o Handle references to temporary tables that are created, destroyed,
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<
>
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< 	o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling using savepoints
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<
>
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<
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< 	o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
> 	o Add pg_dumpall custom format dumps.
520c515
< 	  This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
> 	  This is probably best done by combining pg_dump and pg_dumpall
532d526
< 	o Improve error handling (?)
555c549
<   Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
>   Adding shared locks requires recording the table/rows numbers in a
643c637
<   Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
>   Posix_fadvise() can control both sequential/random file caching and
703c697
<   from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
>   from distributted.net, http://www1.distributed.net/source,
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< * Add connection pooling [pool]
> * Add connection pooling
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<
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<
>
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<   so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
>   so an abrupt operating system restart might lose a few seconds of
785c778
< * Add utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
> * Create utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
787,789d779
< * Allow sorting, temp files, temp tables to use multiple work directories
<
<   This allows the I/O load to be spread across multiple disk drives.
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>
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<
< * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?) [mmap]
>
> * Use mmap() rather than SYSV shared memory or to write WAL files (?)
812,813c803,804
<   portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
<   to prevent I/O overhead.
>   portability issues. Anonymous mmap (or mmap to /dev/zero) is required
>   to prevent I/O overhead.
817,819c808,810
<   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,
>   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,
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<   way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
>   way to _prevent_ I/O to disk from the dirty shared buffers so changes
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<   tuple overhead
>   per-tuple overhead
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<   This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
<   sorting, or execution of single query.  The major advantage of such a
<   feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
>   This would involve using multiple threads or processes to do optimization,
>   sorting, or execution of single query.  The major advantage of such a
>   feature would be to allow multiple CPUs to work together to process a
834c825
< * Research the use of larger pages sizes
> * Research the use of larger page sizes
842a834
> * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
845d836
< * Improve access-permissions check on data directory in Cygwin (Tom)
847,848c838
< * Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
< * Better document ability to build only certain interfaces (Marc)
> * Improve documentation to build only interfaces (Marc)
852,853d841
< * Research interaction of setitimer() and sleep() used by statement_timeout
< * Rename /scripts directory because they are all C programs now
856,857d843
< * Allow binaries to be statically linked so they are more easily relocated
< * Move some /contrib modules out to their own project sites
862c848
< 	o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory?
> 	o Remove per-backend parameter file and move into shared memory
877,878c863,864
< 	o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names of
< 	  result sets using new query protocol
> 	o Update clients to use data types, typmod, schema.table.column names
> 	  of result sets using new query protocol
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< * Kris is Kris Jurka
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< * Simon is Simon Riggs
> * Simon is Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
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< * Teodor is

a global variable to control building indexes.

validate and display correctly.