TODO list for PostgreSQL
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-Last updated: Fri Oct 25 15:02:55 EDT 2002
+Last updated: Mon Oct 28 15:05:02 EST 2002
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
* Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants
* -Allow bytea to handle LIKE with non-TEXT patterns
* -to_char(0,'FM999.99') returns a period, to_char(1,'FM999.99') doesn't (Karel)
-* Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
+* -Add floor(float8) and other missing functions
* Add now("transaction|statement|clock") functionality
* CONVERSION
float4, numeric/decimal too [optimizer]
* Add FILLFACTOR to btree index creation
* Improve concurrency in GIST
-* Improve concurrency of hash indexes (Neil Conway)
+* Improve concurrency of hash indexes (Neil)
* -Test hash index performance and discourage usage
o Allow function parameters to be passed by name,
get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001)
o Add PL/PgSQL packages
- o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQl DECLARE
+ o Allow array declarations and other data types in PL/PgSQL DECLARE
o Add PL/PgSQL PROCEDURES that can return multiple values
o Add table function support to pltcl, plperl, plpython
o Make PL/PgSQL %TYPE schema-aware
* -Allow psql \d to show temporary table structure (Tom)
* Allow psql to show transaction status if backend protocol changes made
* Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server (?)
-* -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil Conway)
+* -Have pg_dump use ADD PRIMARY KEY after COPY, for performance (Neil)
* Add schema, cast, and conversion backslash commands to psql
* Allow pg_dump to dump a specific schema
* Allow ORDER BY ... LIMIT to select top values without sort or index
using a sequential scan for highest/lowest values (Oleg)
* Inline simple SQL functions to avoid overhead (Tom)
-* Precompile SQL functions to avoid overhead (Neil Conway)
+* Precompile SQL functions to avoid overhead (Neil)
* Add utility to compute accurate random_page_cost value
* Improve ability to display optimizer analysis using OPTIMIZER_DEBUG
* Use CHECK constraints to improve optimizer decisions
* Mark is Mark Hollomon <mhh@mindspring.com>
* Marko is Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>
* Michael is Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
-* Neil is Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>
+* Neil is Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
* Oleg is Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
* Peter M is Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>
* Peter E is Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>