columns of views at all (not only oid, cmin etc. too).
    pgsql=> select cmin from pg_rules;
    ERROR:  system column cmin not available - pg_rules is a view
    pgsql=> select * from pg_rules where pg_rules.oid = pg_class.oid;
    ERROR:  system column oid not available - pg_rules is a view
    pgsql=>

Jan

These weren't really "man page"-ish anyway, and I've verified that
 all information in them has moved to the newer sources.

 Formerly did so only for those which clearly required it, but that
 would still miss things like reserved key words which also require it.
Implement the "-n" switch to revert the double quote behavior
 to put DQs only where there is more than lower-case, digits,
 and underscores.

    for against a just updated CVS tree. It contains

        Partial new rewrite system that handles subselects,  view
        aggregate  columns, insert into select from view, updates
        with set col = view-value and select rules restriction to
        view definition.

        Updates  for  rule/view  backparsing utility functions to
        handle subselects correct.


        New system views pg_tables and pg_indexes (where you  can
        see the complete index definition in the latter one).

        Enabling array references on query parameters.

        Bugfix for functional index.

        Little changes to system views pg_rules and pg_views.


    The rule system isn't a release-stopper any longer.

    But  another  stopper  is  that  I  don't  know if the latest
    changes to PL/pgSQL (not already in CVS) made it  compile  on
    AIX. Still wait for some response from Dave.

Jan

    parameters. With it applied a function like

    CREATE FUNCTION getname(oid8, int4) RETURNS name AS
        'SELECT typname FROM pg_type WHERE oid = $1[$2]'
        LANGUAGE 'sql';

    is possible. Mainly I need this to enable array references in
    expressions for PL/pgSQL. Complete regression test ran O.K.

Jan

The ident() function in src/backend/libpq/hba.c doesn't cope when
postmaster is contacted on an IP alias. This patch fixes it.

 Malcolm Beattie

Here's the new diff for getting the NS32K assembly code into the
spin-locks.  Notice that it's now inline assembler in s_lock.h,
rather than seperate code in s_lock.c.  It also shrank a little
bit...  Just rip out the S_LOCK() define and insert the tas() inline
function.  Please let me know if there are any problems with it.

Jon Buller

to a field that will get free'd).  Also make it robust in cases where
values contain Tcl special characters.

and what wasn't.  Also try to improve the comments so that doesn't happen
again.  Changed SIGPIPE handling to SIG_IGN so that if frontend quits,
we will finish out the current command and return to main loop before
quitting.  This seems much safer than a forced abort mid-command.

failed to add some of Jan's files :(

planner/optimizer/executor.  It isn't.
Besides, most of the removed code consists of comments about how
it's not right.

Make default S_LOCK macro more robust against syntax mistakes.
(I cleared these changes with David Gould a few days ago.)

Now it's a little less so.

fix some memory leaks in pg_select.

Add "timestamp" to list of tokens in keywords.c.
 Before, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE did not actually parser.
Reorder token lists to be more alphabetical.
Remove ARCHIVE keyword which was deprecated in v6.3.

Split introduction sections into separate files to allow the legal notice
 and notation sections appear in all documents without having the history
 show up everplace too.
Add full list of reserved and non-reserved key words in syntax.sgml.
Add a separate chapter to the admin guide on security.

 converted from the man page.

From: Jan Wieck <jwieck@debis.com>

    here  is  the  patch  that  includes  PL/pgSQL into the build
    (currently with make errors ignored) and  adds  a  regression
    test for it. A clean build and regression ran fine here.

    Can you please apply it?

    The  tar  should  be  extracted  in  /usr/local/src/pgsql and
    creates the following files:

    src/pl/Makefile
            called by toplevel GNUmakefile and for now only calls
            src/pl/plpgsql/Makefile

    src/pl/plpgsql/Makefile
            calls  src/pl/plpgsql/src/Makefile  (here the call to
            make ignores build errors  -  this  must  be  changed
            later for the final release).

    src/test/regress/input/install_plpgsql.source
            SQL script installing PL/pgSQL language in regression
            database. Will be modified by  .../input/Makefile  to
            point  to  correct  PGLIB  directory where plpgsql.so
            gets installed.

    src/test/regress/output/install_plpgsql.source
            expected output for installation script.

    src/test/regress/sql/plpgsql.sql
            the main regression  test.  It  tests  functions  and
            triggers written in PL/pgSQL including views that use
            supportfunctions in this language.

    src/test/regress/expected/plpgsql.out
            the expected output for the above regression test.

    make_plpgsql.diff
            patch that adds some lines to

            src/GNUmakefile.in
            src/test/regress/expected/Makefile
            src/test/regress/input/Makefile
            src/test/regress/output/Makefile
            src/test/regress/sql/Makefile
            src/test/regress/sql/tests

 to clarify actual path used.

 Had removed PARSEDEBUG statements...

Modify comment blocks to insulate from pgindent.

Remove _all_ PARSEDEBUG print statements.