Updates for release

diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
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--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
                                        
-   Last updated: Mon Sep 29 22:45:58 EDT 1997
+   Last updated: Thu Oct  2 14:08:20 EDT 1997
    Version: 6.2
    
    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -241,12 +241,10 @@ Section 1: General Questions
      
   1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL
   
-   The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.1.1, which was released
-   on July 22, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.1.1, see our
+   The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released
+   on October 2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our
    TODO list on our WWW page.
    
-   We expect a 6.2 release at the end of September.
-   
   1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL?
   
    Illustra Information Technology (a wholly owned subsidiary of Informix
@@ -288,9 +286,11 @@ Section 1: General Questions
    libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily
    stopped.
    
+   Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases.
+   
    Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09
    first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then
-   load it into 6.1.1.
+   load it into 6.2.
    
   1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL?
   
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length array of bytes
    could select the same new id. This statement should be performed
    within a transaction.
    
+   Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc()
+   from contrib/spi/autoinc.c
+   
   3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory?
   
    They are temporary sort files generated by the query executor. For
@@ -694,7 +697,7 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length array of bytes
    In 6.0, once a table is vacuumed, the creation time of a row may be
    incorrect, causing time-traval to fail.
    
-   The time-travel feature will be removed in 7.0.
+   The time-travel feature will be removed in 6.3.
    
   3.20) What is an oid? What is a tid?
   

diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
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--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ====================================================
 TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
 ====================================================
-last updated:          Mon Sep 29 22:45:43 EDT 1997
+last updated:          Thu Oct  2 14:08:20 EDT 1997
 
 current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)
 
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ PORTABILITY
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                      CHANGES IN THE 6.2 RELEASE
+
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
 Fix problems with pg_dump for inheritance, sequences, archive tables(Bruce)
@@ -181,6 +182,13 @@ Fix very old bug which made tuples changed/inserted by a commnd
 Fix for SELECT null, 'fail' FROM pg_am (Patrick)
 SELECT NULL as EMPTY_FIELD now allowed(Patrick)
 Remove un-needed signal stuff from contrib/pginterface
+Fix OR (where x <> 1 or x isnull didn't return tuples with x NULL) (Vadim)
+Fix time_cmp function (Vadim)
+Fix handling of functions with non-attribute first argument in 
+       WHERE clauses (Vadim)
+Fix GROUP BY when order of entries is different from order
+       in target list (Vadim)
+Fix pg_dump for aggregates without sfunc1 (Vadim)
 
 Enhancements
 ------------
@@ -190,7 +198,8 @@ Added JDBC driver as an interface(Adrian & Peter)
 pg_password utility
 Return number of tuples inserted/affected by INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE etc.(Vadim)
 Triggers implemented with CREATE TRIGGER (SQL3)(Vadim)
-SPI (Server Programming Interface) implemented to support triggers(Vadim)
+SPI (Server Programming Interface) allows execution of queries inside 
+       C-functions (Vadim)
 NOT NULL implemented (SQL92)(Robson Paniago de Miranda)
 Include reserved words for string handling, outer joins, and unions(Thomas)
 Implement extended comments ("/* ... */") using exclusive states(Thomas)
@@ -226,6 +235,10 @@ Reduce open() calls(Bruce)
 psql:  Add PAGER for \h and \?,\C fix
 Fix for psql pager when no tty(Bruce)
 New entab utility(Bruce)
+General trigger functions for referential integrity (Vadim)
+General trigger functions for time travel (Vadim)
+General trigger functions for AUTOINCREMENT/IDENTITY feature (Vadim)
+MOVE implementation (Vadim)
 
 Source Tree Changes
 -------------------
@@ -260,3 +273,4 @@ Add comments syntax regression test(Thomas)
 Add PGINDENT and support program(Bruce)
 Massive commit to run PGINDENT on all *.c and *.h files(Bruce)
 Files moved to /src/tools directory(Bruce)
+SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy)