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24 years agoAllow compile to finish even if plperl fails, which it does now.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:39:13 +0000 (22:39 +0000)]
Allow compile to finish even if plperl fails, which it does now.

24 years agoFixed bug with repeated \e in psql (failed to clear buffers correctly)
Peter Eisentraut [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:11:37 +0000 (21:11 +0000)]
Fixed bug with repeated \e in psql (failed to clear buffers correctly)

24 years agoStart updating for the v7.0 release.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:14:43 +0000 (17:14 +0000)]
Start updating for the v7.0 release.
Use "generic functions" for math and other routines.
Use SQL92 "type 'literal'" syntax rather than Postgres "'literal'::type".

24 years agoAllow full type names in CREATE FUNCTION arguments and return type.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:12:06 +0000 (17:12 +0000)]
Allow full type names in CREATE FUNCTION arguments and return type.
Move CREATE FUNCTION/WITH clause to end of statement to get around
 shift/reduce conflicts with type names containing "WITH".
Add lots of tokens as allowed ColId's and/or ColLabel's,
 so this should be a complete set for the v7.0 release.

24 years agoFix up comments where had been uglified by the automated reformatter.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:07:48 +0000 (17:07 +0000)]
Fix up comments where had been uglified by the automated reformatter.

24 years agoChange form of query which used "DISTINCT ON" to help support primary keys.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:04:47 +0000 (17:04 +0000)]
Change form of query which used "DISTINCT ON" to help support primary keys.
We still have an internal limit in the ODBC code of 8 columns per key,
 but this should lay the groundwork for resolving that.
Includes reformulated query from Tom Lane.

24 years agoAdd html FAQ and FAQ_DEV sources
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:07:59 +0000 (16:07 +0000)]
Add html FAQ and FAQ_DEV sources

24 years agoEnhance pg_ctl so that it prints error messages from postmaster
Tatsuo Ishii [Mon, 27 Mar 2000 02:12:03 +0000 (02:12 +0000)]
Enhance pg_ctl so that it prints error messages from postmaster
if it fails to start up it (this is only vaild if -w is given).

24 years agoUpdate obsolete statement that indexes can have only 7 columns.
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:47:17 +0000 (19:47 +0000)]
Update obsolete statement that indexes can have only 7 columns.
Reorganize description of index features for more clarity.

24 years agoUpdate/improve documentation about creating aggregate functions.
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:45:21 +0000 (19:45 +0000)]
Update/improve documentation about creating aggregate functions.

24 years agonodeAgg has always been willing to accept an aggregate with a finalFunc
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:43:58 +0000 (19:43 +0000)]
nodeAgg has always been willing to accept an aggregate with a finalFunc
and only one transition state, but the CREATE AGGREGATE code rejected
this combination.

24 years agoUpdated user's guide to match new psql's output format
Peter Eisentraut [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:32:30 +0000 (18:32 +0000)]
Updated user's guide to match new psql's output format
Fixed bug in createdb/alternative location

24 years agoImprove descriptions of postmaster switches.
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:04:54 +0000 (07:04 +0000)]
Improve descriptions of postmaster switches.

24 years agoRearrange steps in recommended install procedure to something more
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:03:38 +0000 (07:03 +0000)]
Rearrange steps in recommended install procedure to something more
reasonable, ie configure and build first, then optionally run regress
tests using new parallel (non-installed) test method, and only then
backup and kill old installation.

24 years agoAdd description of new parallel regression testing method; update
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:01:19 +0000 (07:01 +0000)]
Add description of new parallel regression testing method; update
procedure to cover running either test script; other minor improvements.

24 years agoUpdate descriptions of configure's options, and document how to specify
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:59:31 +0000 (06:59 +0000)]
Update descriptions of configure's options, and document how to specify
multiple directories for --with-includes or --with-libraries.

24 years agoFix erroneous claim that 'postmaster -S' leaves the postmaster running
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:58:17 +0000 (06:58 +0000)]
Fix erroneous claim that 'postmaster -S' leaves the postmaster running
in the foreground --- in fact, it auto-detaches.

24 years agoUpdate initdb flags.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 03:40:37 +0000 (03:40 +0000)]
Update initdb flags.

24 years agoChange resultmap:
Tatsuo Ishii [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 02:35:01 +0000 (02:35 +0000)]
Change resultmap:
powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --> powerpc-unknown-linux-gnulibc1
this is because for new config.guess.

24 years agoNew platform specific geometry regression expected file for
Tatsuo Ishii [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 02:28:07 +0000 (02:28 +0000)]
New platform specific geometry regression expected file for
powerpc-linux-gnulibc1.

24 years agoRemove some results from int4-not-representable.out
Tatsuo Ishii [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 02:25:34 +0000 (02:25 +0000)]
Remove some results from int4-not-representable.out
This is due to the changes made to int4.sql.

< SELECT dsqrt(float8 '64') AS eight;
<  eight
< -------
<      8
< (1 row)
<
< SELECT |/float8 '64' AS eight;
<  eight
< -------
<      8
< (1 row)
<
< SELECT ||/float8 '27' AS three;
<  three
< -------
<      3
< (1 row)
<

24 years agoMake configure --help produce slightly more useful and consistently-
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:29:25 +0000 (01:29 +0000)]
Make configure --help produce slightly more useful and consistently-
formatted descriptions of --with options.

24 years agoIn PQnotifies discussion, reference PQsocket as function needed to get
Tom Lane [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:00:17 +0000 (01:00 +0000)]
In PQnotifies discussion, reference PQsocket as function needed to get
file descriptor number for select().  (Suggestion from Ken Wright.)

24 years agoAttached is the regression diff for geometry, RedHat 6.1 on a Pentium
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:18:57 +0000 (00:18 +0000)]
Attached is the regression diff for geometry, RedHat 6.1 on a Pentium
200 MMX. I was going through my e-mail, cleaning out my 1000+ message
inbox, and found this one.  Sorry.

--
Lamar Owen

24 years agoRemove bogus complexity from build/install of plperl. This stuff was
Tom Lane [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:26:49 +0000 (19:26 +0000)]
Remove bogus complexity from build/install of plperl.  This stuff was
apparently copied from the makefile for the perl5 interface module,
which needs it for reasons explained in src/interfaces/Makefile.
But none of those reasons apply to plperl.

24 years agoOld patch from Mark Hollomon to add plperl to createlang's repertoire.
Tom Lane [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:10:27 +0000 (19:10 +0000)]
Old patch from Mark Hollomon to add plperl to createlang's repertoire.
Seems to have slipped through the cracks.

24 years agoAnother fix for old shells.
Tom Lane [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:01:48 +0000 (19:01 +0000)]
Another fix for old shells.

24 years agoFix syntax error reported by old shells ("if ! command..." is a
Tom Lane [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 18:46:17 +0000 (18:46 +0000)]
Fix syntax error reported by old shells ("if ! command..." is a
neologism, apparently).

24 years agoMore >&1 cleanups
Bruce Momjian [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:44:42 +0000 (14:44 +0000)]
More >&1 cleanups

24 years agoMore changes of >& to 2>&1
Bruce Momjian [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:36:58 +0000 (14:36 +0000)]
More changes of >& to 2>&1

24 years agoRemove >& and make it 2>&1
Bruce Momjian [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:32:50 +0000 (14:32 +0000)]
Remove >& and make it 2>&1

24 years agoAdd POLLUTE=1 to perl Makefile.PL creations.
Bruce Momjian [Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:25:31 +0000 (14:25 +0000)]
Add POLLUTE=1 to perl Makefile.PL creations.

24 years agotransformCreateStmt should put Ident nodes, not ColumnDef nodes, into
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:34:19 +0000 (23:34 +0000)]
transformCreateStmt should put Ident nodes, not ColumnDef nodes, into
keys lists of Constraint nodes.  This eliminates a type pun that would
probably have caused trouble someday, and eliminates circular references
in the parsetree that were causing trouble now.
Also, change parser's uses of strcasecmp() to strcmp().  Since scan.l
has downcased any unquoted identifier, it is never correct to check an
identifier with strcasecmp() in the parser.  For example,
CREATE TABLE FOO (f1 int, UNIQUE("F1"));
was accepted, which is wrong, and xlateSqlFunc did more than it should:
select datetime();
ERROR:  Function 'timestamp()' does not exist
(good)
select "DateTime"();
ERROR:  Function 'timestamp()' does not exist
(bad)

24 years agoImprove comment.
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:26:45 +0000 (23:26 +0000)]
Improve comment.

24 years agoSave a few cycles in simple cases: no need to call cost_sort() when there
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:40:43 +0000 (21:40 +0000)]
Save a few cycles in simple cases: no need to call cost_sort() when there
is no presorted path to compare with.

24 years agoRemove -O2 for aix.
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:39:07 +0000 (14:39 +0000)]
Remove -O2 for aix.

24 years agoMove LOCK terms down.
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:57:06 +0000 (03:57 +0000)]
Move LOCK terms down.

24 years agooutfuncs.c was missing a print routine for Material plan nodes, leading
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 02:58:25 +0000 (02:58 +0000)]
outfuncs.c was missing a print routine for Material plan nodes, leading
to trouble when trying to EXPLAIN VERBOSE a plan containing one.

24 years agoRename bytea functions to not have upper-case letters in their names.
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 02:41:46 +0000 (02:41 +0000)]
Rename bytea functions to not have upper-case letters in their names.
Clean up grotty coding in them, too.  AFAICS from the CVS logs, these
have been broken since Postgres95, so I'm not going to insist on an
initdb to fix them now...

24 years agoFold PQsetenv working state into PGconn, rather than trying to maintain
Tom Lane [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:39:55 +0000 (01:39 +0000)]
Fold PQsetenv working state into PGconn, rather than trying to maintain
it in a separate object.  There's no value in keeping the state separate,
and it creates dangling-pointer problems.  Also, remove PQsetenv routines
from public API, until and unless they are redesigned to have a safer
interface.  Since they were never part of the documented API before 7.0,
it's unlikely that anyone is calling them.

24 years agoUpdate multi-byte support README
Tatsuo Ishii [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:37:11 +0000 (01:37 +0000)]
Update multi-byte support README

24 years agoUpdate HISTORY
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:20:09 +0000 (01:20 +0000)]
Update HISTORY

24 years agoA little further tweaking of the range-query selectivity logic:
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:35:47 +0000 (23:35 +0000)]
A little further tweaking of the range-query selectivity logic:
to avoid undue sensitivity to roundoff error, believe that a zero
or slightly negative range estimate should represent a small
positive selectivity, rather than falling back on a generic default
estimate.

24 years ago>> 5. empty define that results in an empty but terminated line ( ; )
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:16:49 +0000 (23:16 +0000)]
>> 5. empty define that results in an empty but terminated line ( ; )
easy (maybe dumb) fix for 5 in attachment define.patch

greetings, Andreas

24 years agoBack out // compiler flag.
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:25:36 +0000 (22:25 +0000)]
Back out // compiler flag.

24 years agoHmm, absolute pathnames for the copy makes sense. I'll whip up that
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:38:58 +0000 (21:38 +0000)]
Hmm, absolute pathnames for the copy makes sense. I'll whip up that
patch in a second. Should be sufficent to just make sure the first
character is a '/', right?

Ross J. Reedstrom

24 years agoSome points for portability improvements:
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:27:36 +0000 (17:27 +0000)]
Some points for portability improvements:

1. C++ style comments in C source for ecpg ( // comment )
2. compiler finds wrong include file extern.h in ecpg/lib/descriptor.c
from
include path instead of workdir (rename it ?)
3. fe-connect getsockopt takes a socklen_t as fifth arg not int (use
SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE instead)
4. char vs unsigned char in psql calls to libpq
5. empty define that results in an empty but terminated line ( ; )

Now for all but point 3 I can supply changes to the
compiler flags, to make the compiler less pedantic.
Or is someone interested in the complications ?

in the meantime can someone apply the attached patch ?

Andreas

24 years agoUpdate history/sgml.
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:09:56 +0000 (15:09 +0000)]
Update history/sgml.

24 years agoPlease apply the attached patch to interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h. This would
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:00:11 +0000 (15:00 +0000)]
Please apply the attached patch to interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h. This would
allow to write applications which do not have a link to postgres_ext.h in
their source directory.

Andreas Kardos

24 years ago*** empty log message ***
Michael Meskes [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:53:48 +0000 (07:53 +0000)]
*** empty log message ***

24 years agosubselect regress test was kind of silly; it claimed to test correlation
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:42:13 +0000 (07:42 +0000)]
subselect regress test was kind of silly; it claimed to test correlation
cases but actually did no such thing.  Make it test some more cases than
before (including things that didn't work in 6.5).

24 years agoFloat-to-int conversion functions should return NULL when given NULL
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:40:00 +0000 (07:40 +0000)]
Float-to-int conversion functions should return NULL when given NULL
input, not throw a gratuitous elog().

24 years agoRemove no-longer-necessary restriction against uplevel correlation vars
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:38:30 +0000 (07:38 +0000)]
Remove no-longer-necessary restriction against uplevel correlation vars
outside WHERE clause.  Fix a couple of places that didn't handle uplevel
refs cleanly.

24 years agoHack parse_coerce so it won't try to constant-fold the dummy Const
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:36:03 +0000 (07:36 +0000)]
Hack parse_coerce so it won't try to constant-fold the dummy Const
nodes introduced by make_subplan().  It'd be better if we used a
different node type for subplan result placeholders, but for now...

24 years agoExecSubPlan needs to be able to cope with RelabelType nodes atop the
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 07:32:58 +0000 (07:32 +0000)]
ExecSubPlan needs to be able to cope with RelabelType nodes atop the
Const placeholder nodes for subplan result values.

24 years agoUpdate TODO list.
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:35:58 +0000 (06:35 +0000)]
Update TODO list.

24 years agoUpdate HISTORY file for 7.0.
Bruce Momjian [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:30:58 +0000 (06:30 +0000)]
Update HISTORY file for 7.0.

24 years agoPrepare for 7.0 release
Tatsuo Ishii [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 02:04:07 +0000 (02:04 +0000)]
Prepare for 7.0 release

24 years agoIf we cannot get a real estimate for the selectivity of a range query,
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:58:36 +0000 (00:58 +0000)]
If we cannot get a real estimate for the selectivity of a range query,
use a default value that's fairly small.  We were generating a result
of about 0.1, but I think 0.01 is probably better --- want to encourage
use of an indexscan in this situation.

24 years agoImprove selectivity estimation involving string constants: pay attention
Tom Lane [Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:55:42 +0000 (00:55 +0000)]
Improve selectivity estimation involving string constants: pay attention
to more than one character, and try to do the right thing in non-ASCII
locales.

24 years agoRepair logic flaw in cost estimator: cost_nestloop() was estimating CPU
Tom Lane [Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:08:35 +0000 (22:08 +0000)]
Repair logic flaw in cost estimator: cost_nestloop() was estimating CPU
costs using the inner path's parent->rows count as the number of tuples
processed per inner scan iteration.  This is wrong when we are using an
inner indexscan with indexquals based on join clauses, because the rows
count in a Relation node reflects the selectivity of the restriction
clauses for that rel only.  Upshot was that if join clause was very
selective, we'd drastically overestimate the true cost of the join.
Fix is to calculate correct output-rows estimate for an inner indexscan
when the IndexPath node is created and save it in the path node.
Change of path node doesn't require initdb, since path nodes don't
appear in saved rules.

24 years agoUpdate pg_dumpall again.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 22 Mar 2000 05:25:06 +0000 (05:25 +0000)]
Update pg_dumpall again.

24 years agoFix pg_dumpall for new psql output.
Bruce Momjian [Wed, 22 Mar 2000 05:10:22 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
Fix pg_dumpall for new psql output.

24 years agoForgot that odbc had its own copies of config.sub/config.guess.
Tom Lane [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:35:22 +0000 (06:35 +0000)]
Forgot that odbc had its own copies of config.sub/config.guess.
Update those to latest Autoconf sources, too.

24 years agoFix query for primary keys to reflect new DISTINCT ON () syntax.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:02:22 +0000 (06:02 +0000)]
Fix query for primary keys to reflect new DISTINCT ON () syntax.
Reported by "Tibor Laszlo" <ltibor@mail.tiszanet.hu> and fix suggested by
 "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>.

24 years agoAdd syntax for BIT() and BIT VARYING(), but no underlying implementation
Thomas G. Lockhart [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:00:41 +0000 (06:00 +0000)]
Add syntax for BIT() and BIT VARYING(), but no underlying implementation
 is available yet.
Remove redundant call to xlateSqlType() in the character
 type handling code.

24 years agoUpdate test for new ORDER BY clause from Tom Lane.
Thomas G. Lockhart [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 05:59:14 +0000 (05:59 +0000)]
Update test for new ORDER BY clause from Tom Lane.

24 years agoRestructure planning code so that preprocessing of targetlist and quals
Tom Lane [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 05:12:12 +0000 (05:12 +0000)]
Restructure planning code so that preprocessing of targetlist and quals
to simplify constant expressions and expand SubLink nodes into SubPlans
is done in a separate routine subquery_planner() that calls union_planner().
We formerly did most of this work in query_planner(), but that's the
wrong place because it may never see the real targetlist.  Splitting
union_planner into two routines also allows us to avoid redundant work
when union_planner is invoked recursively for UNION and inheritance
cases.  Upshot is that it is now possible to do something like
select float8(count(*)) / (select count(*) from int4_tbl)  from int4_tbl
group by f1;
which has never worked before.

24 years agoCorrect typo in error message.
Tom Lane [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 04:20:45 +0000 (04:20 +0000)]
Correct typo in error message.

24 years agoThis patch corrects spelling, grammar and euphony for the psql reference
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 21 Mar 2000 01:52:12 +0000 (01:52 +0000)]
This patch corrects spelling, grammar and euphony for the psql reference
page for 7.0:

Oliver Elphick

24 years agoReverse out BYTEA type coersion.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:42:47 +0000 (15:42 +0000)]
Reverse out BYTEA type coersion.

24 years agoTurn XLOG off (do not create log file).
Vadim B. Mikheev [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:25:39 +0000 (07:25 +0000)]
Turn XLOG off (do not create log file).

24 years agoEmit 'this operator is deprecated' warnings for ':' and ';'.
Tom Lane [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 05:20:34 +0000 (05:20 +0000)]
Emit 'this operator is deprecated' warnings for ':' and ';'.

24 years agoConvert float8 regress test to use exp() and ln() instead of ':' and
Tom Lane [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 05:19:11 +0000 (05:19 +0000)]
Convert float8 regress test to use exp() and ln() instead of ':' and
';' operators.

24 years agoUpdate for BYTEAOID.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:26:01 +0000 (04:26 +0000)]
Update for BYTEAOID.

24 years agoSorry, I have read the misspelling 'coersion' one time too many.
Tom Lane [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:22:11 +0000 (04:22 +0000)]
Sorry, I have read the misspelling 'coersion' one time too many.

24 years agoAdd exp(), ln(), and some other functions to numeric-functions table.
Tom Lane [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:20:52 +0000 (04:20 +0000)]
Add exp(), ln(), and some other functions to numeric-functions table.

24 years agoAdd note that ':' and ';' operators are deprecated.
Tom Lane [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:19:47 +0000 (04:19 +0000)]
Add note that ':' and ';' operators are deprecated.

24 years agoAdd compatiblity information for bytea.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 04:02:47 +0000 (04:02 +0000)]
Add compatiblity information for bytea.

24 years agoAdd FORCE keyword to ColID
Hiroshi Inoue [Mon, 20 Mar 2000 00:24:37 +0000 (00:24 +0000)]
Add FORCE keyword to ColID

24 years agoMake use of pre-existing regexp match capability to eliminate redundant
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:48:30 +0000 (22:48 +0000)]
Make use of pre-existing regexp match capability to eliminate redundant
entries in template selection rules.  Also, change alpha-dec-osf pattern
to cope with version info attached to the 'alpha' part.

24 years agoAutoconf run
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:46:56 +0000 (22:46 +0000)]
Autoconf run

24 years agoChange configure.in to note that since we are using expr(1)'s regex match
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:46:22 +0000 (22:46 +0000)]
Change configure.in to note that since we are using expr(1)'s regex match
command, the entries in template/.similar can really be regular
expressions.  This isn't a new feature, just an observation of what the
code already did.

24 years agocash_words_out function truncated its output by 1 character due to
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:10:52 +0000 (22:10 +0000)]
cash_words_out function truncated its output by 1 character due to
incorrect use of StrNCpy.

24 years agoSeveral calls to StrNCpy incorrectly subtracted 1 from the length arg,
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:10:08 +0000 (22:10 +0000)]
Several calls to StrNCpy incorrectly subtracted 1 from the length arg,
leading to postmaster accepting args 1 shorter than it had room for.

24 years agoChange MemSet and StrNCpy to evaluate their arguments only once.
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:08:51 +0000 (22:08 +0000)]
Change MemSet and StrNCpy to evaluate their arguments only once.
Fix inadequate parenthesization in several other macros.

24 years agoSince PORTNAME is no longer used at the level of C code (it's only in
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:59:30 +0000 (21:59 +0000)]
Since PORTNAME is no longer used at the level of C code (it's only in
Makefiles now), there's no reason for os2client to maintain its own
copy of c.h just to change #define PORTNAME.  Simplify Makefile
accordingly.  Get rid of horribly-out-of-date modified copy of c.h,
which should never have been in the distribution to start with,
since it's actually a derived file.  Now it's not needed anyway.

24 years agoProper unpack de_DE.ISO-8859-1
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:52:44 +0000 (19:52 +0000)]
Proper unpack  de_DE.ISO-8859-1

24 years agoMinor code rearrangement & doc improvement in eval_const_expressions().
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 18:20:38 +0000 (18:20 +0000)]
Minor code rearrangement & doc improvement in eval_const_expressions().

24 years ago*** empty log message ***
Michael Meskes [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:04:47 +0000 (10:04 +0000)]
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24 years agotransformExpr() did the Wrong Thing if applied to a SubLink node that
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 07:13:58 +0000 (07:13 +0000)]
transformExpr() did the Wrong Thing if applied to a SubLink node that
had already been transformed.  This led to failure in examples like
UPDATE table SET fld = (SELECT ...).  Repair this, and revise the
comments to explain that transformExpr has to be robust against this
condition.  Someday we might want to fix the callers so that
transformExpr is never invoked on its own output, but that someday
is not today.

24 years agoit seems in the beta2 release DBUSERID in pg_dumpall is the _name_ of the
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 02:19:43 +0000 (02:19 +0000)]
it seems in the beta2 release DBUSERID in pg_dumpall is the _name_ of the
user, so it doesn't need to be translated from the number to the name.

also ``create database ...'' does not take numbers for the encoding, so
the ENCODING variable does not need to be translated to a number, but left
as the text representation.  a patch is supplied to make the changes i
have found to work.  i was successful dumping and reloading my database
after these changes.
-

John M. Flinchbaugh

24 years agoFix incorrect implementation of log(x) for numeric, as well as
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 01:12:18 +0000 (01:12 +0000)]
Fix incorrect implementation of log(x) for numeric, as well as
incorrect descriptions of a couple of log-related functions.
I will not force an initdb for this, but log() on a numeric won't
work until you do one...

24 years agoAnother go-round with resolution of ambiguous functions and operators.
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:19:39 +0000 (00:19 +0000)]
Another go-round with resolution of ambiguous functions and operators.
In function parsing, try for an actual function of the given name and
input types before trying to interpret the function call as a type
coercion request, rather than after.  Before, a function that had the
same name as a type and operated on a binary-compatible type wouldn't
get invoked.  Also, cross-pollinate between func_select_candidates and
oper_select_candidates to ensure that they use as nearly the same
resolution rules as possible.  A few other minor code cleanups too.

24 years agoIn can_coerce_type, verify that a possible type-coercion function
Tom Lane [Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:15:39 +0000 (00:15 +0000)]
In can_coerce_type, verify that a possible type-coercion function
actually returns the type it is named for.

24 years agoFixed psql -c "\slashcmd"
Peter Eisentraut [Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:48:29 +0000 (22:48 +0000)]
Fixed psql -c "\slashcmd"

24 years agoUpdate bytea type description
Bruce Momjian [Sat, 18 Mar 2000 20:50:10 +0000 (20:50 +0000)]
Update bytea type description

24 years agoImprove error message wording in unary_op_error() --- suggest that
Tom Lane [Sat, 18 Mar 2000 19:53:54 +0000 (19:53 +0000)]
Improve error message wording in unary_op_error() --- suggest that
problem could be lack of parentheses.  This addresses cases like
X UserOp UserOp Y, which will be parsed as (X UserOp) UserOp Y,
whereas what likely was wanted was X UserOp (UserOp Y).

24 years agoClean up minor compiler warnings.
Tom Lane [Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:57:16 +0000 (18:57 +0000)]
Clean up minor compiler warnings.

24 years agoModify lexing of multi-char operators per pghackers discussion around
Tom Lane [Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:03:12 +0000 (18:03 +0000)]
Modify lexing of multi-char operators per pghackers discussion around
16-Mar-00: trailing + or - is not part of the operator unless the operator
also contains characters not present in SQL92-defined operators.  This
solves the 'X=-Y' problem without unduly constraining users' choice of
operator names --- in particular, no existing Postgres operator names
become invalid.

Also, remove processing of // comments, as agreed in the same thread.