TODO list for PostgreSQL
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-Last updated: Thu Sep 6 16:11:01 EDT 2001
+Last updated: Thu Sep 6 16:37:09 EDT 2001
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
* Remove Money type, add money formatting for decimal type
* SELECT cash_out(2) crashes because of opaque
* Declare typein/out functions in pg_proc with a special "C string" data type
-* -Add non-large-object binary field (already exists -- bytea)
-* -Make binary interface for TOAST columns (base64)
-* Make file in/out interface for TOAST columns, similar to large object
- interface (force out-of-line storage and no compression)
* Functions returning sets do not totally work
* SELECT col FROM tab WHERE numeric_col = 10.1 fails, requires quotes
* Missing optimizer selectivities for date, r-tree, etc. [optimizer]
* -Add SQL standard function bit_length() (Peter E)
* -Make oid use unsigned int more reliably (Tom)
-* Add security checking for large objects
* ARRAYS
o Allow nulls in arrays
o Allow arrays to be ORDER'ed
o fix array handling in ECPG
+BINARY DATA
+ o -Add non-large-object binary field (already exists -- bytea)
+ o -Make binary interface for TOAST columns (base64)
+ o Improve vacuum of large objects (/contrib/vacuumlo)
+ o Add security checking for large objects
+ o Make file in/out interface for TOAST columns, similar to large object
+ interface (force out-of-line storage and no compression)
+ o Auto-delete large objects when referencing row is deleted
MULTILANGUAGE SUPPORT
* -Make ANALYZE a separate command (Tom)
* -Allow ANALYZE to ESTIMATE based on certain random precentage of rows (Tom)
* Add LAZY VACUUM (Vadim)
-* Improve vacuum of large objects (/contrib/vacuumlo)
MISCELLANEOUS