TODO list for PostgreSQL
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-Last updated: Thu Jan 13 20:06:46 EST 2000
+Last updated: Sat Jan 15 14:31:42 EST 2000
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
the PostgreSQL web site, http://www.PostgreSQL.org.
-A dash(-) marks changes that will appear in the next release.
+A dash(-) marks changes that will appear in the upcoming 7.0 release.
Names in brackets "[]" indicate more detailed information is available in
the directory pgsql/doc/TODO.detail/ under that name.
MISC
-* User who can create databases can modify pg_database table
+* -User who can create databases can modify pg_database table(Peter)
* Plpgsql does not handle quoted mixed-case identifiers
* -Fix btree to give a useful elog when key > 1/2 (page - overhead)(Tom)
* -pg_dump should preserve primary key information
* plpgsql regression tests fails on BSD/OS
* -database names with spaces fail
* insert of 0.0 into DECIMAL(4,4) field fails
-* Interlock to prevent DROP DATABASE on a database with running backends
+* -* Interlock to prevent DROP DATABASE on a database with running backendsInterlock to prevent DROP DATABASE on a database with running backends
* Buffer reference counting bugfixes
* Fix libpq bug that causes it to drop backend error message sent
just before connection closure (ie, any FATAL error message
ADMIN
-* Better interface for adding to pg_group
+* -Better interface for adding to pg_group(Peter)
* More access control over who can create tables and access the database
* Test syslog functionality
* Allow elog() to return error codes, not just messages
* Add support for & operator
* Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
* -Allow LOCALE to use indexes in regular expression searches(Tom)
-* Allow array on int8[]
+* -Allow array on int8[](Thomas)
* Allow nulls in arrays
* Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
* Allow CREATE INDEX zman_index ON test (date_trunc( 'day', zman ) datetime_ops)
fails index can't store constant parameters
* Allow creation of functional indexes to use default types
-* Permissions on indexes, prevent them?
+* -Permissions on indexes, prevent them(Peter)
* Allow SQL function indexes
* Add FILLFACTOR to index creation
* -Allow indexing of LIKE with localle character sets
* -Overhaul mdmgr/smgr to fix double unlinking and double opens, cleanup
* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager
* Add PL/Perl(Mark Hollomon)
-* Make postgres user have a password by default
+* -Add option for postgres user have a password by default(Peter)
* Add configure test to check for C++ need for *.h and namespaces
* Allow BLCKSZ <= 64k, not <= 32k
* redesign UNION structures to have separarate target lists