-PostgreSQL 6.1 Wed May 14 15:59:24 EDT 1997
+PostgreSQL 6.1 Tue Jun 3 16:32:44 EDT 1997
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A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
c++ include file cleanup(Bruce)
warn about buggy flex(Bruce)
DG-UX, Ultrix, Irix, AIX portability fixes
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PostgreSQL 6.0 Wed Jan 29 00:19:54 EST 1997
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TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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-last updated: Tue Jun 3 16:22:07 EDT 1997
+last updated: Tue Jun 3 16:30:57 EDT 1997
current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
SELECT a[1] FROM test fails, it needs test.a[1]
INSERT INTO ... SELECT DISTINCT ... generates error on DISTINCT
pg_database.datdba is oid, should be int4
-fix array diffs in regression test
can lo_export()/lo_import() read/write anywhere, causing a security problem?
-SELECT ... INTO TABLE ... with varchar()/char() types have zero-length fields
Fix UPDATE key_table SET keyval=max(reftab.NUM)+1 WHERE tblname='reftab'
Remove restriction that ORDER BY field must be in SELECT list(?)
Allow queries about owner of datbases, tables like:
SELECT u.usesysid FROM postgres.pg_user u;
-DROP AGGREGATE should take in basetype as an arg(Darren)
+-DROP AGGREGATE should take in basetype as an arg(Darren)
Add word index for text fields, maybe with trigrams, i.e.:
' (cat | dog) & ! fox ' meaning text has cat or dog, but not fox
-Add common-sense constant type promotions(Bruce)
Add command to show privileges
Allow INSERT INTO ... SELECT to convert column types
Add syslog functionality
-Allow aggregate for all types, like count(Darren)
+-Allow aggregate for all types, like count(Darren)
Improve optimizer plan choice(Darren)
Add STDDEV/VARIANCE() function for standard deviation computation/variance
Add table/column/function discription table indexed by oid
Add FILLFACTOR to index creation
Allow indexes to be used with OR clauses(Vadim)
-Add column optimization statistics to vacuum(Bruce)
--Change pg_attribute.attnvals name to attdispursion and change type float4
+Change pg_attribute.attnvals name to attdispursion and change type float4
update pg_statistic table to remove operator column
DOCUMENTATION
PORTABILITY
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-Change c.h "Index" and "bool" so they do not conflict with c++
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