places --- that risks corrupting data structures, losing sync with the
backend, etc.  We now longjmp only from calls to readline, fgets, and
fread, which we assume are coded to protect themselves against interrupts
at undesirable times.  This requires adding explicit tests for
cancel_pressed in long-running loops, but on the whole it's far cleaner.
Martijn van Oosterhout and Tom Lane.

and standard_conforming_strings; likewise for the other client programs
that need it.  As per previous discussion, a pg_dump dump now conforms
to the standard_conforming_strings setting of the source database.
We don't use E'' syntax in the dump, thereby improving portability of
the SQL.  I added a SET escape_strings_warning = off command to keep
the dumps from getting a lot of back-chatter from that.

'off'. This allows pg_dump output with standard_conforming_strings =
'on' to generate proper strings that can be loaded into other databases
without the backslash doubling we typically do.  I have added the
dumping of the standard_conforming_strings value to pg_dump.

I also added standard backslash handling for plpgsql.

Improve code clarity by using macros for E'' processing.

Lorne Sunley

macros around strings that were missing them.

name first, make sure \di+ shows description last, and make \dl SQL look
a little more standard.

Gavin Sherry

$Header: -> $PostgreSQL Changes ...

large objects.  Dump all these in pg_dump; also add code to pg_dump
user-defined conversions.  Make psql's large object code rely on
the backend for inserting/deleting LOB comments, instead of trying to
hack pg_description directly.  Documentation and regression tests added.

Christopher Kings-Lynne, code reviewed by Tom

so it won't miss 'em again.

client-side AUTOCOMMIT mode now: '\set AUTOCOMMIT off' supports
SQL-spec commit behavior.  Get rid of LO_TRANSACTION hack --- the
LO operations just work now, using libpq's ability to track the
transaction status.  Add a VERBOSE variable to control verboseness
of error message display, and add a %T prompt-string code to show
current transaction-block status.  Superuser state display in the
prompt string correctly follows SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands.
Control-C works to get out of COPY IN state.

Greg Sabino Mullane

now, my changes seem to work.  Some possible minor bugs got squished
on the way but I can't be sure without more feedback from people who
really put the code to the test.

The new patch mostly simplifies variable handling and reduces code
duplication.  Changes in the command parser eliminate some redundant
variables (boolean state + depth counter), replaces some
"else if" constructs with switches, and so on.  It is meant to be
applied together with my previous patch, although I hope they don't
conflict; I went back to the CVS version for this one.

One more thing I thought should perhaps be changed: an IGNOREEOF
value of n will ignore only n-1 EOFs.  I didn't want to touch this
for fear of breaking existing applications, but it does seem a tad
illogical.

Jeroen T. Vermeulen

Behavior of backslash commands (especially for large objects)
may still require some thought.

client
utilities (libpq.dll and psql.exe) for win32 (missing defines,
adjustments to
includes, pedantic casting, non-existent functions) per:
   http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/install-win32.html.

It compiles cleanly under Windows 2000 using Visual Studio .net. Also
compiles clean and passes all regression tests (regular and contrib)
under Linux.

In addition to a review by the usual suspects, it would be very
desirable for  someone well versed in the peculiarities of win32 to take
a look.

Joe Conway

follows recent pghackers discussion.  This commit includes all the
relevant fixes from Greg Mullane's patch of 24-June.

o  Change all current CVS messages of NOTICE to WARNING.  We were going
to do this just before 7.3 beta but it has to be done now, as you will
see below.

o Change current INFO messages that should be controlled by
client_min_messages to NOTICE.

o Force remaining INFO messages, like from EXPLAIN, VACUUM VERBOSE, etc.
to always go to the client.

o Remove INFO from the client_min_messages options and add NOTICE.

Seems we do need three non-ERROR elog levels to handle the various
behaviors we need for these messages.

Regression passed.

tests pass.

COMMENT ON LARGE OBJECT command instead, but no time for it now.)
Fix some code that would not work with OIDs > 2G.

default, but OIDS are removed from many system catalogs that don't need them.
Some interesting side effects: TOAST pointers are 20 bytes not 32 now;
pg_description has a three-column key instead of one.

Bugs fixed in passing: BINARY cursors work again; pg_class.relhaspkey
has some usefulness; pg_dump dumps comments on indexes, rules, and
triggers in a valid order.

initdb forced.

Use --enable-nls to turn it on; see installation instructions for details.
See developer's guide how to make use of it in programs and how to add
translations.

psql sources have been almost fully prepared and an incomplete German
translation has been provided.  In the backend, only elog() calls are
currently translatable, and the provided German translation file is more
of a placeholder.

are now separate files "postgres.h" and "postgres_fe.h", which are meant
to be the primary include files for backend .c files and frontend .c files
respectively.  By default, only include files meant for frontend use are
installed into the installation include directory.  There is a new make
target 'make install-all-headers' that adds the whole content of the
src/include tree to the installed fileset, for use by people who want to
develop server-side code without keeping the complete source tree on hand.
Cleaned up a whole lot of crufty and inconsistent header inclusions.

once per distinct LO, not once per pg_largeobject tuple.

kibitzing from Tom Lane.  Large objects are now all stored in a single
system relation "pg_largeobject" --- no more xinv or xinx files, no more
relkind 'l'.  This should offer substantial performance improvement for
large numbers of LOs, since there won't be directory bloat anymore.
It'll also fix problems like running out of locktable space when you
access thousands of LOs in one transaction.
Also clean up cruft in read/write routines.  LOs with "holes" in them
(never-written byte ranges) now work just like Unix files with holes do:
a hole reads as zeroes but doesn't occupy storage space.
INITDB forced!

Fixed libpq printing functions

Initdb help correction
Changed end/abort to commit/rollback and changed related notices
Commented out way old printing functions in libpq
Fixed a typo in alter table / alter column