From 4b74ca2d5795936b3e65da46a05d1ede75decc1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Vadim B. Mikheev" Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 18:17:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates for release --- doc/FAQ | 17 ++++++++++------- doc/TODO | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 0ae1f29391..8a2fe2c454 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Mon Sep 29 22:45:58 EDT 1997 + Last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997 Version: 6.2 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -241,12 +241,10 @@ Section 1: General Questions 1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL - The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.1.1, which was released - on July 22, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.1.1, see our + The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released + on October 2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our TODO list on our WWW page. - We expect a 6.2 release at the end of September. - 1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL? Illustra Information Technology (a wholly owned subsidiary of Informix @@ -288,9 +286,11 @@ Section 1: General Questions libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily stopped. + Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. + Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09 first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then - load it into 6.1.1. + load it into 6.2. 1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL? @@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length array of bytes could select the same new id. This statement should be performed within a transaction. + Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() + from contrib/spi/autoinc.c + 3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory? They are temporary sort files generated by the query executor. For @@ -694,7 +697,7 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length array of bytes In 6.0, once a table is vacuumed, the creation time of a row may be incorrect, causing time-traval to fail. - The time-travel feature will be removed in 7.0. + The time-travel feature will be removed in 6.3. 3.20) What is an oid? What is a tid? diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index bd3564cc2b..51f893d66a 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ==================================================== TODO list (FAQ) for PostgreSQL ==================================================== -last updated: Mon Sep 29 22:45:43 EDT 1997 +last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997 current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ PORTABILITY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES IN THE 6.2 RELEASE + Bug Fixes --------- Fix problems with pg_dump for inheritance, sequences, archive tables(Bruce) @@ -181,6 +182,13 @@ Fix very old bug which made tuples changed/inserted by a commnd Fix for SELECT null, 'fail' FROM pg_am (Patrick) SELECT NULL as EMPTY_FIELD now allowed(Patrick) Remove un-needed signal stuff from contrib/pginterface +Fix OR (where x <> 1 or x isnull didn't return tuples with x NULL) (Vadim) +Fix time_cmp function (Vadim) +Fix handling of functions with non-attribute first argument in + WHERE clauses (Vadim) +Fix GROUP BY when order of entries is different from order + in target list (Vadim) +Fix pg_dump for aggregates without sfunc1 (Vadim) Enhancements ------------ @@ -190,7 +198,8 @@ Added JDBC driver as an interface(Adrian & Peter) pg_password utility Return number of tuples inserted/affected by INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE etc.(Vadim) Triggers implemented with CREATE TRIGGER (SQL3)(Vadim) -SPI (Server Programming Interface) implemented to support triggers(Vadim) +SPI (Server Programming Interface) allows execution of queries inside + C-functions (Vadim) NOT NULL implemented (SQL92)(Robson Paniago de Miranda) Include reserved words for string handling, outer joins, and unions(Thomas) Implement extended comments ("/* ... */") using exclusive states(Thomas) @@ -226,6 +235,10 @@ Reduce open() calls(Bruce) psql: Add PAGER for \h and \?,\C fix Fix for psql pager when no tty(Bruce) New entab utility(Bruce) +General trigger functions for referential integrity (Vadim) +General trigger functions for time travel (Vadim) +General trigger functions for AUTOINCREMENT/IDENTITY feature (Vadim) +MOVE implementation (Vadim) Source Tree Changes ------------------- @@ -260,3 +273,4 @@ Add comments syntax regression test(Thomas) Add PGINDENT and support program(Bruce) Massive commit to run PGINDENT on all *.c and *.h files(Bruce) Files moved to /src/tools directory(Bruce) +SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy) -- GitLab