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20 years agoSGML markup improvements.
Neil Conway [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:51:39 +0000 (20:51 +0000)]
SGML markup improvements.

20 years agoAdd configure support for determining UINT64_FORMAT, the appropriate
Tom Lane [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 19:55:45 +0000 (19:55 +0000)]
Add configure support for determining UINT64_FORMAT, the appropriate
snprintf format for uint64 items.

20 years agoMore clearly describe why PQinSend returns false for non-threaded libpq.
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:21:24 +0000 (15:21 +0000)]
More clearly describe why PQinSend returns false for non-threaded libpq.

20 years agoAdd URL for most current version.
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:16:36 +0000 (15:16 +0000)]
Add URL for most current version.

20 years agoRepair missing inclusions of -lintl for shared libraries.
Tom Lane [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:26:25 +0000 (07:26 +0000)]
Repair missing inclusions of -lintl for shared libraries.

20 years agoLooks like we need <unistd.h> for select() on Darwin.
Tom Lane [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 04:23:03 +0000 (04:23 +0000)]
Looks like we need <unistd.h> for select() on Darwin.

20 years agoCentralize implementation of delay code by creating a pg_usleep()
Tom Lane [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 03:42:45 +0000 (03:42 +0000)]
Centralize implementation of delay code by creating a pg_usleep()
subroutine in src/port/pgsleep.c.  Remove platform dependencies from
miscadmin.h and put them in port.h where they belong.  Extend recent
vacuum cost-based-delay patch to apply to VACUUM FULL, ANALYZE, and
non-btree index vacuuming.

By the way, where is the documentation for the cost-based-delay patch?

20 years agoRestructure smgr API as per recent proposal. smgr no longer depends on
Tom Lane [Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:55:27 +0000 (01:55 +0000)]
Restructure smgr API as per recent proposal.  smgr no longer depends on
the relcache, and so the notion of 'blind write' is gone.  This should
improve efficiency in bgwriter and background checkpoint processes.
Internal restructuring in md.c to remove the not-very-useful array of
MdfdVec objects --- might as well just use pointers.
Also remove the long-dead 'persistent main memory' storage manager (mm.c),
since it seems quite unlikely to ever get resurrected.

20 years agoWin32 signals cleanup. Patch by Magnus Hagander, with input from Claudio
Neil Conway [Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:28:57 +0000 (22:28 +0000)]
Win32 signals cleanup. Patch by Magnus Hagander, with input from Claudio
Natoli and Bruce Momjian (and some cosmetic fixes from Neil Conway).
Changes:

    - remove duplicate signal definitions from pqsignal.h

    - replace pqkill() with kill() and redefine kill() in Win32

    - use ereport() in place of fprintf() in some error handling in
      pqsignal.c

    - export pg_queue_signal() and make use of it where necessary

    - add a console control handler for Ctrl-C and similar handling
      on Win32

    - do WaitForSingleObjectEx() in CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() on Win32;
      query cancelling should now work on Win32

    - various other fixes and cleanups

20 years agoAdd mention of the developer's FAQ.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 8 Feb 2004 03:16:31 +0000 (03:16 +0000)]
Add mention of the developer's FAQ.

20 years agoAdd mention of PostgreSQL as a community project.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 8 Feb 2004 03:09:12 +0000 (03:09 +0000)]
Add mention of PostgreSQL as a community project.

20 years agoAdd PITR web page:
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 8 Feb 2004 01:17:09 +0000 (01:17 +0000)]
Add PITR web page:

< * Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log
< * Create native Win32 port, http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/win32.html
> * Point-in-time data recovery using backup and write-ahead log,
>   http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/pitr.html
> * Create native Win32 port, http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html

20 years agoAdd missing dependency, per Wade Klaver.
Tom Lane [Sat, 7 Feb 2004 07:20:12 +0000 (07:20 +0000)]
Add missing dependency, per Wade Klaver.

20 years agoCost based vacuum delay feature.
Jan Wieck [Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:36:18 +0000 (19:36 +0000)]
Cost based vacuum delay feature.

Jan

20 years agoDocumentation for generate_series() functions committed a few days ago.
Joe Conway [Thu, 5 Feb 2004 22:54:36 +0000 (22:54 +0000)]
Documentation for generate_series() functions committed a few days ago.

20 years agoBacking out the background writer sync() option.
Jan Wieck [Wed, 4 Feb 2004 01:24:53 +0000 (01:24 +0000)]
Backing out the background writer sync() option.

Jan

20 years agoUse memmove() rather than memcpy() in set_var_from_var(). If this function
Neil Conway [Wed, 4 Feb 2004 01:11:47 +0000 (01:11 +0000)]
Use memmove() rather than memcpy() in set_var_from_var(). If this function
is asked to assign a variable to itself, it will result in doing a
memcpy() on an entirely-overlapping memory range, which results in
undefined behavior according to ANSI C. That said, it is unlikely to
actually do anything bad on any sane libc, but this keeps valgrind quiet.

20 years agopwd
Tom Lane [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:52:55 +0000 (17:52 +0000)]
pwd

20 years agoRename SortMem and VacuumMem to work_mem and maintenance_work_mem.
Tom Lane [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:34:04 +0000 (17:34 +0000)]
Rename SortMem and VacuumMem to work_mem and maintenance_work_mem.
Make btree index creation and initial validation of foreign-key constraints
use maintenance_work_mem rather than work_mem as their memory limit.
Add some code to guc.c to allow these variables to be referenced by their
old names in SHOW and SET commands, for backwards compatibility.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:53:56 +0000 (16:53 +0000)]
Add:

> * Make pg_restore continue after errors, so it acts more like pg_dump scripts

20 years agoAdd function (actually an int4 and an int8 version) that generates
Joe Conway [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:29:57 +0000 (08:29 +0000)]
Add function (actually an int4 and an int8 version) that generates
a series of numbers, optionally using an explicit step size other
than the default value (one). Use function in the information_schema
to replace hard-wired knowledge of INDEX_MAX_KEYS. initdb forced due
to pg_proc change. Documentation update still needed -- will be
committed separately.

20 years agoWin32 adjustments for dirmod and configure/configure.in.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:20:33 +0000 (22:20 +0000)]
Win32 adjustments for dirmod and configure/configure.in.

20 years agoautoconf run.
Tom Lane [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:35:45 +0000 (18:35 +0000)]
autoconf run.

20 years agoSet only LC_ALL for sort in tags creation.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:29:32 +0000 (17:29 +0000)]
Set only LC_ALL for sort in tags creation.

20 years ago> src/backend/commands/user.c file has some parse error at repalloc(),
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:21:08 +0000 (17:21 +0000)]
> src/backend/commands/user.c file has some parse error at repalloc(),
palloc()$

Fixed.  Thanks.

> src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c miss
> #include "tcop/tcopprot.h" line.

Fixed.

> src/utils/dllinit.c wrong include header line at MinGW.
> #include <cygwin/version.h> must be not included

Fixed.

> by the way,
> I can't compile eccp because I used lower version bison.

> and bin/pg_resetxlog too. in this case I can't find what's wrong.

Fixed.

20 years agoFix a read of uninitialized memory in next_token() of hba.c, spotted via
Neil Conway [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:58:30 +0000 (16:58 +0000)]
Fix a read of uninitialized memory in next_token() of hba.c, spotted via
valgrind: a buffer passed to strncmp() had to be NUL-terminated. Original
report and patch from Dennis Bjorkland, some cleanup by Andrew Dunstan,
and finally some editorializing from Neil Conway.

20 years agoAdjustments for Win32-specific rename code, and add include file.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:37:46 +0000 (16:37 +0000)]
Adjustments for Win32-specific rename code, and add include file.

20 years agoMove win32 changes from configure to configure.in, per Tom, autoconf
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:00:49 +0000 (16:00 +0000)]
Move win32 changes from configure to configure.in, per Tom, autoconf
run.

20 years agoDo not let external specification of CFLAGS stop us from adding
Tom Lane [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 04:07:18 +0000 (04:07 +0000)]
Do not let external specification of CFLAGS stop us from adding
-fno-strict-aliasing.

20 years agoAvoid generating invalid character encoding sequences in make_greater_string.
Tom Lane [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 03:07:08 +0000 (03:07 +0000)]
Avoid generating invalid character encoding sequences in make_greater_string.
Not sure how this mistake evaded detection for so long.

20 years agoUse Tcl_PutEnv() in place of putenv() in libpgtcl, as the latter can
Neil Conway [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:35:08 +0000 (00:35 +0000)]
Use Tcl_PutEnv() in place of putenv() in libpgtcl, as the latter can
apparently corrupt the Tcl runtime. Per suggestion from Michael
Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com>

20 years agoAdjust rename on Win32 to only link to temp name while holding lock,
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:17:23 +0000 (00:17 +0000)]
Adjust rename on Win32 to only link to temp name while holding lock,
then release locks and loop over renaming to active file name.

20 years agoBriefly,
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:11:31 +0000 (00:11 +0000)]
Briefly,
 * configure + Makefile changes
 * shared memory attaching in EXEC_BACKEND case (+ minor fix for apparent
cygwin bug under cygwin/EXEC_BACKEND case only)
 * PATH env var separator differences
 * missing win32 rand functions added
 * placeholder replacements for sync etc under port.h

To those who are really interested, and there are a few of you: the attached
patch + file will allow the source base to be compiled (and, for some
definition, "run") under MingW, with the following caveats (I wanted to
first properly fix all but the last of these, but y'all won't quit asking
for a patch :-):

        * child death: SIGCHLD not yet sent, so as a minimum, you'll need to
put in some sort of delay after StartupDatabase, and handle setting
StartupPID to 0 etc (ie. the stuff the reaper() signal function is supposed
to do)

        * dirmod.c: comment out the elog calls

        * dfmgr.c: some hackage required to substitute_libpath_macro

        * slru/xact.c: comment out the errno checking after the readdir
(fixed by next version of MingW)

Again, this is only if you *really* want to see postgres compile and start,
and is a nice leg-up for working on the other Win32 TODO list items. Just
don't expect too much else from it at this point...

Claudio Natoli

20 years agoSet locale to C before doing sort in make_ctags.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:11:33 +0000 (23:11 +0000)]
Set locale to C before doing sort in make_ctags.

20 years agoUpdate char_length() example for new semantics.
Tom Lane [Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:55:07 +0000 (06:55 +0000)]
Update char_length() example for new semantics.

20 years agoMake length() disregard trailing spaces in char(n) values, per discussion
Tom Lane [Sun, 1 Feb 2004 06:27:48 +0000 (06:27 +0000)]
Make length() disregard trailing spaces in char(n) values, per discussion
some time ago and recent patch from Gavin Sherry.  Update documentation
to point out that trailing spaces are insignificant in char(n).

20 years agoFix a probably-harmless read of uninitialized memory in mkdir_p(), to
Neil Conway [Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:10:00 +0000 (22:10 +0000)]
Fix a probably-harmless read of uninitialized memory in mkdir_p(), to
silence a valgrind warning.

20 years agoRemove a superfluous semi-colon.
Neil Conway [Sat, 31 Jan 2004 21:18:00 +0000 (21:18 +0000)]
Remove a superfluous semi-colon.

20 years agoMicro-opt: replace calls like
Neil Conway [Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:09:41 +0000 (05:09 +0000)]
Micro-opt: replace calls like
    appendStringInfo(buf, "%s", str);
with
    appendStringInfoString(buf, str);
as the latter form is slightly faster.

20 years agoFix text_position to not scan past end of source string in multibyte
Tom Lane [Sat, 31 Jan 2004 00:45:21 +0000 (00:45 +0000)]
Fix text_position to not scan past end of source string in multibyte
case, per report from Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group.  Also do some
cosmetic cleanup in nearby code.

20 years agoFix debug elog message to agree with name of its routine.
Tom Lane [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:44:21 +0000 (22:44 +0000)]
Fix debug elog message to agree with name of its routine.

20 years agoRemove sleep() and use single PG_SLEEP call for Win32 signal handling
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:57:04 +0000 (15:57 +0000)]
Remove sleep() and use single PG_SLEEP call for Win32 signal handling
and consistency.

Change PG_USLEEP to use SleepEx() for signal interuptability.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:11:07 +0000 (11:11 +0000)]
Add:
<
> * Allow libpq to return information about prepared queries

20 years agoFix (debatable) spelling mistake in a comment: 'concatenate' is the usual
Neil Conway [Thu, 29 Jan 2004 12:34:59 +0000 (12:34 +0000)]
Fix (debatable) spelling mistake in a comment: 'concatenate' is the usual
term, not 'catenate'.

20 years agoMake USING and WITH optional to bring the syntax of \copy into exact
Tom Lane [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:14:04 +0000 (22:14 +0000)]
Make USING and WITH optional to bring the syntax of \copy into exact
agreement with what the backend grammar actually accepts (which is a
bit looser than what its documentation claims).  Per report from Bill
Moran, though I did not use his patch since it removed all the
undocumented flexibility that the code historically had and the backend
still has.

20 years agoReview uses of IsUnderPostmaster, change some tests to look at
Tom Lane [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:02:40 +0000 (21:02 +0000)]
Review uses of IsUnderPostmaster, change some tests to look at
whereToSendOutput instead because they are really inquiring about
the correct client communication protocol.  Update some comments.
This is pointing towards supporting regular FE/BE client protocol
in a standalone backend, per discussion a month or so back.

20 years agoFix typo.
Tom Lane [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:43:03 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
Fix typo.

20 years agoRemoved some debugging output.
Michael Meskes [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:54:23 +0000 (09:54 +0000)]
Removed some debugging output.

20 years ago- Issue a warning if a cursor is declared but not opened.
Michael Meskes [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:52:14 +0000 (09:52 +0000)]
- Issue a warning if a cursor is declared but not opened.
- Fixed prototype for ECPGprepared_statement to not moan about "const char"
- Fixed parsing of nested structures.
- Added option to parse header files.

20 years agoFix oversight in check_ungrouped_columns optimization that avoids
Tom Lane [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:46:44 +0000 (07:46 +0000)]
Fix oversight in check_ungrouped_columns optimization that avoids
unnecessary checks for complex grouping expressions: we cannot check
whether the expressions are simple Vars until after we apply
flatten_join_alias_vars, because in the case of FULL JOIN that routine
can introduce non-Var expressions.  Per example from Joel Knight.

20 years agosimplify_function() mustn't try to evaluate functions that return
Tom Lane [Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:05:04 +0000 (00:05 +0000)]
simplify_function() mustn't try to evaluate functions that return
composite types, because TupleTableSlots aren't Datums and can't be
stored in Const nodes.  We can remove this restriction if we ever
adopt a cleaner runtime representation for whole-tuple results, but
at the moment it's broken.  Per example from Thomas Hallgren.

20 years agoImprove the documentation of the 'join_collapse_limit' GUC var. Thanks to
Neil Conway [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:51:43 +0000 (16:51 +0000)]
Improve the documentation of the 'join_collapse_limit' GUC var. Thanks to
Tom Lane for some editorial suggestions.

20 years agoRun stats test separately, not as part of a parallel group, to avoid
Tom Lane [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:50:33 +0000 (00:50 +0000)]
Run stats test separately, not as part of a parallel group, to avoid
possible failures due to stats collector not updating fast enough under
heavy load.  Per report from Jeremy Yoder.

20 years agoPgindent win32 signal code.
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:46:58 +0000 (00:46 +0000)]
Pgindent win32 signal code.

20 years agoHere's the latest win32 signals code, this time in the form of a patch
Bruce Momjian [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:45:26 +0000 (00:45 +0000)]
Here's the latest win32 signals code, this time in the form of a patch
against the latest shapshot. It also includes the replacement of kill()
with pqkill() and sigsetmask() with pqsigsetmask().

Passes all tests fine on my linux machine once applied. Still doesn't
link completely on Win32 - there are a few things still required. But
much closer than before.

At Bruce's request, I'm goint to write up a README file about the method
of signals delivery chosen and why the others were rejected (basically a
summary of the mailinglist discussions). I'll finish that up once/if the
patch is accepted.

Magnus Hagander

20 years ago[all] Removed call to getppid in SendPostmasterSignal, replacing with a
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:59:54 +0000 (22:59 +0000)]
[all] Removed call to getppid in SendPostmasterSignal, replacing with a
PostmasterPid variable, which gets set (early) in PostmasterMain
getppid would not be the postmaster?

[fork/exec] Implements processCancelRequest by keeping an array of

pid/cancel_key structs in shared mem

[fork/exec] Moves AttachSharedMemoryAndSemaphores call for backends into
SubPostmasterMain

[win32] Implements reaper/waitpid by keeping an arrays of children
pids,handles in postmaster local mem
      - this item is largely untested, for reasons which should be
obvious, but appears sound

[win32/all] Added extern for pgpipe in Win32 case, and changed the second
pipe call (which seems to have been missed earlier) to pgpipe

[win32] #define'd ftruncate to chsize in the Win32 case

[win32] PG_USLEEP for Win32 has a misplaced paren. Fixed.

[win32] DLLIMPORT handling for MingW case

Claudio Natoli

20 years agoBack out win32 patch so we can apply it separately.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:54:58 +0000 (22:54 +0000)]
Back out win32 patch so we can apply it separately.

20 years agoAttached is a patch that fixes some trivial typos and alignment. Please
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:51:56 +0000 (22:51 +0000)]
Attached is a patch that fixes some trivial typos and alignment.  Please
apply.

Alvaro Herrera

20 years agoAdd Name:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:38:42 +0000 (22:38 +0000)]
Add Name:

> * -Add checks for fclose() failure (Tom)

20 years agoDone:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:38:10 +0000 (22:38 +0000)]
Done:

> * -Add checks for fclose() failure (Tom)

20 years agoEnsure that close() and fclose() are checked for errors, at least in
Tom Lane [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:35:32 +0000 (22:35 +0000)]
Ensure that close() and fclose() are checked for errors, at least in
cases involving writes.  Per recent discussion about the possibility
of close-time failures on some filesystems.  There is a TODO item for
this, too.

20 years agoThe attached patch clarifies (or, rather, makes explicit) to readers how
Neil Conway [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:13:21 +0000 (22:13 +0000)]
The attached patch clarifies (or, rather, makes explicit) to readers how
to handle memory management for char pointers returned by libpq functions.
Original patch by Gavin Sherry, some tweaking and consistency improvements
by Neil Conway.

20 years agoRepair incorrect order of operations in GetNewTransactionId(). We must
Tom Lane [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:15:59 +0000 (19:15 +0000)]
Repair incorrect order of operations in GetNewTransactionId().  We must
complete ExtendCLOG() before advancing nextXid, so that if that routine
fails, the next incoming transaction will try it again.  Per trouble
report from Christopher Kings-Lynne.

20 years agoAdded:
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:32:08 +0000 (18:32 +0000)]
Added:

> * Dump large object comments in custom dump format

20 years agoAdd usage examples for PREPARE and EXECUTE. Original patch from Gavin
Neil Conway [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:26:31 +0000 (17:26 +0000)]
Add usage examples for PREPARE and EXECUTE. Original patch from Gavin
Sherry, editorializing by Neil Conway.

20 years agoDocs fix from Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com>
Teodor Sigaev [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:08:52 +0000 (15:08 +0000)]
Docs fix from  Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com>

20 years agoClarify that the 'user' column still applies for 'trust'.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:35:15 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
Clarify that the 'user' column still applies for 'trust'.

20 years agoUpdate datestamp.
Bruce Momjian [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:33:24 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
Update datestamp.

20 years agoFix an obsolete file path mentioned in a comment.
Neil Conway [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:19:42 +0000 (22:19 +0000)]
Fix an obsolete file path mentioned in a comment.

20 years ago*** empty log message ***
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:56:25 +0000 (04:56 +0000)]
*** empty log message ***

20 years agoAdd Joe to TODO:
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:50:16 +0000 (04:50 +0000)]
Add Joe to TODO:

> * Joe is Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

20 years agoFix typo I mistakenly added.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:30:00 +0000 (03:30 +0000)]
Fix typo I mistakenly added.

20 years agoMore fallout from the recent psql patch: rename xmalloc and friends to
Neil Conway [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:07:22 +0000 (03:07 +0000)]
More fallout from the recent psql patch: rename xmalloc and friends to
pg_malloc, to avoid linker failures on same platforms.

20 years agoUpdate null storage description.
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:28:43 +0000 (02:28 +0000)]
Update null storage description.

20 years agoMention that log_statement only prints query on PREPARE, not EXECUTE,
Bruce Momjian [Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:36:18 +0000 (00:36 +0000)]
Mention that log_statement only prints query on PREPARE, not EXECUTE,
and PL/pgSQL only prints queries on first function call.

20 years agoSupport named parameters in information_schema.parameters,
Tom Lane [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:45:13 +0000 (23:45 +0000)]
Support named parameters in information_schema.parameters,
per Dennis Bjorklund.  I did not force initdb for this, but
you'd need to do one to get the improved view.

20 years agoFix problems with dropped columns in pltcl triggers, per report from Patrick Samson.
Tom Lane [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:06:29 +0000 (23:06 +0000)]
Fix problems with dropped columns in pltcl triggers, per report from Patrick Samson.

20 years agoExample of a function taking a composite type should show how to call it.
Tom Lane [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 22:05:08 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
Example of a function taking a composite type should show how to call it.

20 years agoRevert the change to print.c, as this breaks src/bin/scripts. The proper
Neil Conway [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:43:26 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
Revert the change to print.c, as this breaks src/bin/scripts. The proper
way to fix this is probably implementing safe memory handling functions
once in a static lib and then using that in the various client apps,
but for the moment I've just reverted the change to un-break the tree.

20 years agoAdded GUC variable bgwriter_flush_method controlling the action
Jan Wieck [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:00:46 +0000 (20:00 +0000)]
Added GUC variable bgwriter_flush_method controlling the action
done by the background writer between writing dirty blocks and
napping.

    none (default)   no action
sync             bgwriter calls smgrsync() causing a sync(2)

A global sync() is only good on dedicated database servers, so
more flush methods should be added in the future.

Jan

20 years agoThis patch makes some of the memory manipulation performed by psql a
Neil Conway [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:38:49 +0000 (19:38 +0000)]
This patch makes some of the memory manipulation performed by psql a
little more sane. Some parts of the code was using a static function
xmalloc() that did safe memory allocation (where "safe" means "bail
out on OOM"), but most of it was just invoking calloc() or malloc()
directly. Now almost everything invokes xmalloc() or xcalloc().

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:30:40 +0000 (07:30 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoRepair planner failure for cases involving Cartesian products inside
Tom Lane [Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:37:28 +0000 (00:37 +0000)]
Repair planner failure for cases involving Cartesian products inside
IN (sub-SELECT) constructs.  We must force a clauseless join of the
sub-select member relations, but it wasn't happening because the code
thought it would be able to use the join clause arising from the IN.

20 years agoRevise GEQO planner to make use of some heuristic knowledge about SQL, namely
Tom Lane [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:54:21 +0000 (23:54 +0000)]
Revise GEQO planner to make use of some heuristic knowledge about SQL, namely
that it's good to join where there are join clauses rather than where there
are not.  Also enable it to generate bushy plans at need, so that it doesn't
fail in the presence of multiple IN clauses containing sub-joins.  These
changes appear to improve the behavior enough that we can substantially reduce
the default pool size and generations count, thereby decreasing the runtime,
and yet get as good or better plans as we were getting in 7.4.  Consequently,
adjust the default GEQO parameters.  I also modified the way geqo_effort is
used so that it affects both population size and number of generations;
it's now useful as a single control to adjust the GEQO runtime-vs-plan-quality
tradeoff.  Bump geqo_threshold to 12, since even with these changes GEQO
seems to be slower than the regular planner at 11 relations.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:13:30 +0000 (15:13 +0000)]
Add:

> * Improve CREATE SCHEMA regression test

20 years agoAdd MySQL mention of licensing difference.
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:41:57 +0000 (14:41 +0000)]
Add MySQL mention of licensing difference.

20 years agoAdd:
Bruce Momjian [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:05:34 +0000 (05:05 +0000)]
Add:

> * Allow column-level privileges

20 years agoFix a minor bug introduced by the recent CREATE TABLE AS / WITH OIDS
Neil Conway [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:13:12 +0000 (02:13 +0000)]
Fix a minor bug introduced by the recent CREATE TABLE AS / WITH OIDS
patch: a 3-value enum was mistakenly assigned directly to a 'bool'
in transformCreateStmt(). Along the way, change makeObjectName()
to be static, as it isn't used outside analyze.c

20 years agoTranslation update
Peter Eisentraut [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:13:32 +0000 (21:13 +0000)]
Translation update

20 years agoRemove ExpandDatabasePath(), which is unused and must have been so since
Tom Lane [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:57:39 +0000 (20:57 +0000)]
Remove ExpandDatabasePath(), which is unused and must have been so since
7.1, because the path interpretation it embodies has been wrong since 7.1.

20 years agoMinor improvements to the trigger documentation, and a few SGML fixes.
Neil Conway [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:50:21 +0000 (19:50 +0000)]
Minor improvements to the trigger documentation, and a few SGML fixes.

20 years agoFix incorrect dumping of database LOCATION from 7.0.* servers.
Tom Lane [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:09:32 +0000 (19:09 +0000)]
Fix incorrect dumping of database LOCATION from 7.0.* servers.
Per report from Mattias Kregert.

20 years agoTranslation updates
Dennis Bjorklund [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:26:32 +0000 (07:26 +0000)]
Translation updates

20 years agoFix oversight in optimization that avoids an unnecessary projection step
Tom Lane [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 02:23:21 +0000 (02:23 +0000)]
Fix oversight in optimization that avoids an unnecessary projection step
when scanning a table that we need all the columns from.  In case of
SELECT INTO, we have to check that the hasoids flag matches the desired
output type, too.  Per report from Mike Mascari.

20 years agoCorrect error introduced in recent hasoids changes --- it's not a bool
Tom Lane [Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:34:31 +0000 (00:34 +0000)]
Correct error introduced in recent hasoids changes --- it's not a bool
field anymore.

20 years agoRepair error apparently introduced in the initial coding of GUC: the
Tom Lane [Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:33:34 +0000 (23:33 +0000)]
Repair error apparently introduced in the initial coding of GUC: the
default value for geqo_effort is supposed to be 40, not 1.  The actual
'genetic' component of the GEQO algorithm has been practically disabled
since 7.1 because of this mistake.  Improve documentation while at it.

20 years agoEnsure fflush(stdout) happens in all cases, per gripe from Jon Sablatnig.
Tom Lane [Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:05:44 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
Ensure fflush(stdout) happens in all cases, per gripe from Jon Sablatnig.

20 years agoIf we don't have shared libraries, we don't have conversions. Make
Tom Lane [Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:22:19 +0000 (19:22 +0000)]
If we don't have shared libraries, we don't have conversions.  Make
conversion_create.sql be empty (except for a helpful comment) in this
case.  Allows initdb to succeed with --disable-shared.

20 years agoFix bit-rot in support for building with --disable-shared. This patch
Tom Lane [Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:04:11 +0000 (19:04 +0000)]
Fix bit-rot in support for building with --disable-shared.  This patch
gets us past 'make install', but initdb still fails for lack of conversion
libraries ...

20 years agoAdded WHENEVER NOT_FOUND to SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.
Michael Meskes [Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:09:34 +0000 (14:09 +0000)]
Added WHENEVER NOT_FOUND to SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.