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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ TODO list for PostgreSQL ======================== -Last updated: Thu Mar 6 14:52:53 EST 2003 +Last updated: Fri Mar 7 22:03:10 EST 2003 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Administration * Add group object ownership, so groups can rename/drop/grant on objects, so we can implement roles * Add the concept of dataspaces/tablespaces [tablespaces] -* Allow incremental backups * Allow CIDR format to be used in pg_hba.conf @@ -75,11 +74,7 @@ Data Types * Disallow changing default expression of a SERIAL column * Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps * Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE - - -* CONVERSION - o Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion - [typeconv] +* Allow better handling of numeric constants, type conversion [typeconv] * ARRAYS o Allow nulls in arrays @@ -169,6 +164,7 @@ Commands * -Make a transaction-safe TRUNCATE (Rod) * Add ROLLUP, CUBE, GROUPING SETS options to GROUP BY * Add schema option to createlang +* Allow savepoints / nested transactions [transactions] (Bruce) * ALTER @@ -212,7 +208,6 @@ Commands o Add SET SCHEMA o Allow EXPLAIN EXECUTE to see prepared plans o Allow SHOW of non-modifiable variables, like pg_controldata - o Add GUC parameter to control the maximum number of rewrite cycles * SERVER-SIDE LANGUAGES o Allow PL/PgSQL's RAISE function to take expressions @@ -224,8 +219,7 @@ Commands without using PL/PgSQL EXECUTE, needs cache prevention/invalidation o Fix PL/pgSQL RENAME to work on variables other than OLD/NEW o Improve PL/PgSQL exception handling - o Allow parameters to be specified by name and type during - definition + o Allow parameters to be specified by name and type during definition o Allow function parameters to be passed by name, get_employee_salary(emp_id => 12345, tax_year => 2001) o Add PL/PgSQL packages @@ -301,8 +295,6 @@ Dependency Checking Transactions ============ -* Overhaul bufmgr/lockmgr/transaction manager -* Allow savepoints / nested transactions [transactions] (Bruce) Exotic Features @@ -383,11 +375,10 @@ Write-Ahead Log * Turn off after-change writes if fsync is disabled (?) * Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes * Find proper defaults for postgresql.conf WAL entries -* Add checkpoint_min_warning postgresql.conf option to warn about checkpoints - that are too frequent +* -Add checkpoint_min_warning postgresql.conf option to warn about checkpoints + that are too frequent (Bruce) * Allow xlog directory location to be specified during initdb, perhaps using symlinks -* Allow pg_xlog to be moved without symlinks * Allow WAL information to recover corrupted pg_controldata @@ -403,7 +394,7 @@ Optimizer / Executor * 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) +* -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 |