creation of user-defined tablespaces with names starting with 'pg_', as
per suggestion of Chris K-L. Also install admin-guide tablespace
documentation from Gavin.
I kept the same abbreviated letter -D, in hopes of maintaining some
modicum of backwards compatibility (though it's doubtful whether anyone
is really using scripts that invoke createdb -D ...)
> * Allow reporting of which objects are in which tablespaces
> * Allow database recovery where tablespaces can't be created
211a213,214
> o Add ALTER TABLESPACE to change location, name, owner
> o Allow objects to be moved between tablespaces
There are various things left to do: contrib dbsize and oid2name modules
need work, and so does the documentation. Also someone should think about
COMMENT ON TABLESPACE and maybe RENAME TABLESPACE. Also initlocation is
dead, it just doesn't know it yet.
Gavin Sherry and Tom Lane.
eliminating the former hard-wired convention about their names. Allow
pg_cast entries to represent both type coercion and length coercion in
a single step --- this is represented by a function that takes an
extra typmod argument, just like a length coercion function. This
nicely merges the type and length coercion mechanisms into something
at least a little cleaner than we had before. Make use of the single-
coercion-step behavior to fix integer-to-bit coercion so that coercing
to bit(n) yields the rightmost n bits of the integer instead of the
leftmost n bits. This should fix recurrent complaints about the odd
behavior of this coercion. Clean up the documentation of the bit string
functions, and try to put it where people might actually find it.
Also, get rid of the unreliable heuristics in ruleutils.c about whether
to display nested coercion steps; instead require parse_coerce.c to
label them properly in the first place.
< * Remove unreferenced table files and temp tables during database vacuum
< or postmaster startup (Bruce)
> * Remove unreferenced table files created by transactions that were
> in-progress when the server crashed
>
until Bind is received, so that actual parameter values are visible to the
planner. Make use of the parameter values for estimation purposes (but
don't fold them into the actual plan). This buys back most of the
potential loss of plan quality that ensues from using out-of-line
parameters instead of putting literal values right into the query text.
This patch creates a notion of constant-folding expressions 'for
estimation purposes only', in which case we can be more aggressive than
the normal eval_const_expressions() logic can be. Right now the only
difference in behavior is inserting bound values for Params, but it will
be interesting to look at other possibilities. One that we've seen
come up repeatedly is reducing now() and related functions to current
values, so that queries like ... WHERE timestampcol > now() - '1 day'
have some chance of being planned effectively.
Oliver Jowett, with some kibitzing from Tom Lane.
extensive change then what was suggested. I found the file path.c that
contained a lot of "Unix/Windows" agnostic functions so I added a function
there instead and removed the PATHSEP declaration in exec.c altogether. All
to keep things from scattering all over the code.
I also took the liberty of changing the name of the functions
"first_path_sep" and "last_path_sep". Where I come from (and I'm apparently
not alone given the former macro name PATHSEP), they should be called
"first_dir_sep" and "last_dir_sep". The new function I introduced, that
actually finds path separators, is now the "first_path_sep". The patch
contains changes on all affected places of course.
I also changed the documentation on dynamic_library_path to reflect the
chagnes.
Thomas Hallgren
As a side effect, cause subscripts in INSERT targetlists to do something
more or less sensible; previously we evaluated such subscripts and then
effectively ignored them. Another side effect is that UPDATE-ing an
element or slice of an array value that is NULL now produces a non-null
result, namely an array containing just the assigned-to positions.
of a composite type to get that type's OID as their second parameter,
in place of typelem which is useless. The actual changes are mostly
centralized in getTypeInputInfo and siblings, but I had to fix a few
places that were fetching pg_type.typelem for themselves instead of
using the lsyscache.c routines. Also, I renamed all the related variables
from 'typelem' to 'typioparam' to discourage people from assuming that
they necessarily contain array element types.
environment variable processing to libpq.
The patch also adds code to our client apps so we set the environment
variable directly based on our binary location, unless it is already
set. This will allow our applications to emit proper locale messages
that are generated in libpq.
Specifically, point out that intersecting points in a path will yield
(most likely), unexpected results. Visually these are identical paths,
but mathematically they're not the same. Ex:
area | plan
------
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
-0 | ((0,0),(0,1),(2,1),(2,2),(1,2),(1,0),(0,0))
2 | ((0,0),(0,1),(1,1),(1,2),(2,2),(2,1),(1,1),(1,0),(0,0))
The current algorithm for area(PATH) is very quick, but only handles
non-intersecting paths. I'm going to work on two other functions for
the PATH data type that determines if a PATH is intersecting or not,
and a function that returns the area() for an intersecting PATH. The
intersecting area() function will be considerably slower (I think it's
going to be O(n!) or worse instead of the current O(n), but that comes
with the territory).
Sean Chittenden
of bug report #1150. Also, arrange that the object owner's irrevocable
grant-option permissions are handled implicitly by the system rather than
being listed in the ACL as self-granted rights (which was wrong anyway).
I did not take the further step of showing these permissions in an
explicit 'granted by _SYSTEM' ACL entry, as that seemed more likely to
bollix up existing clients than to do anything really useful. It's still
a possible future direction, though.
> FWIW, the section on configuring kernel resources under various
> Unixen[1] doesn't have any documentation for AIX. If someone out there
> knows which knobs need to be tweaked, would they mind sending in a doc
> patch? (Or just specifying what needs to be done, and I'll add the
> SGML.)
After verifying that nobody wound up messing with the kernel
parameters, here's a docs patch...
Chris Browne
the four functions.
> Also, please justify the temp-related changes. I was not aware that we
> had any breakage there.
patch-tmp-schema.txt contains the following bits:
*) Changes pg_namespace_aclmask() so that the superuser is always able
to create objects in the temp namespace.
*) Changes pg_namespace_aclmask() so that if this is a temp namespace,
objects are only allowed to be created in the temp namespace if the
user has TEMP privs on the database. This encompasses all object
creation, not just TEMP tables.
*) InitTempTableNamespace() checks to see if the current user, not the
session user, has access to create a temp namespace.
The first two changes are necessary to support the third change. Now
it's possible to revoke all temp table privs from non-super users and
limiting all creation of temp tables/schemas via a function that's
executed with elevated privs (security definer). Before this change,
it was not possible to have a setuid function to create a temp
table/schema if the session user had no TEMP privs.
patch-area-path.txt contains:
*) Can now determine the area of a closed path.
patch-dfmgr.txt contains:
*) Small tweak to add the library path that's being expanded.
I was using $lib/foo.so and couldn't easily figure out what the error
message, "invalid macro name in dynamic library path" meant without
looking through the source code. With the path in there, at least I
know where to start looking in my config file.
Sean Chittenden
(1) boolean-and and boolean-or aggregates named bool_and and bool_or.
they (SHOULD;-) correspond to standard sql every and some/any aggregates.
they do not have the right name as there is a problem with
the standard and the parser for some/any. Tom also think that
the standard name is misleading because NULL are ignored.
Also add 'every' aggregate.
(2) bitwise integer aggregates named bit_and and bit_or for
int2, int4, int8 and bit types. They are not standard, but I find
them useful. I needed them once.
The patches adds:
- 2 new very short strict functions for boolean aggregates in
src/backed/utils/adt/bool.c,
src/include/utils/builtins.h and src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
- the new aggregates declared in src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h and
src/include/catalog/pg_aggregate.h
- some documentation and validation about these new aggregates.
Fabien COELHO
extend the GUC variable set".
Plugin modules like the pl<lang> modules needs a way to declare
configuration parameters. The postmaster has no knowledge of such
modules when it reads the postgresql.conf file. Rather than allowing
totally unknown configuration parameters, the concept of a variable
"class" is introduced. Variables that belongs to a declared classes will
create a placeholder value of string type and will not generate an
error. When a module is loaded, it will declare variables for such a
class and make those variables "consume" any placeholders that has been
defined. Finally, the module will generate warnings for unrecognized
placeholders defined for its class.
More detail:
The design is outlined after the suggestions made by Tom Lane and Joe
Conway in this thread:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-02/msg00229.php
A new string variable 'custom_variable_classes' is introduced. This
variable is a comma separated string of identifiers. Each identifier
denots a 'class' that will allow its members to be added without error.
This variable must be defined in postmaster.conf.
The lexer (guc_file.l) is changed so that it can accept a qualified name
in the form <ID>.<ID> as the name of a variable. I also changed so that
the 'custom_variable_classes', if found, is added first of all variables
in order to remove the order of declaration issue.
The guc_variables table is made more dynamic. It is originally created
with 20% slack and can grow dynamically. A capacity is introduced to
avoid resizing every time a new variable is added. guc_variables and
num_guc_variables becomes static (hidden).
The GucInfoMain now uses the new function get_guc_variables() and
GetNumConfigOptions instead or using the guc_variables directly.
The find_option() function, when passed a missing name, will check if
the name is qualified. If the name is qualified and if the qualifier
denotes a class included in the 'custom_variable_classes', a placeholder
variable will be created. Such a placeholder will not participate in a
list operation but will otherwise function as a normal string variable.
Define<type>GucVariable() functions will be added, one for each variable
type. They are inteded to be used by add-on modules like the pl<lang>
mappings. Example:
extern void DefineCustomBoolVariable(
const char* name,
const char* short_desc,
const char* long_desc,
bool* valueAddr,
GucContext context,
GucBoolAssignHook assign_hook,
GucShowHook show_hook);
(I created typedefs for the assign-hook and show-hook functions). A call
to these functions will define a new GUC-variable. If a placeholder
exists it will be replaced but it's value will be used in place of the
default value. The valueAddr is assumed ot point at a default value when
the define function is called. The only constraint that is imposed on a
Custom variable is that its name is qualified.
Finally, a function:
void EmittWarningsOnPlacholders(const char* className)
was added. This function should be called when a module has completed
its variable definitions. At that time, no placeholders should remain
for the class that the module uses. If they do, elog(INFO, ...) messages
will be issued to inform the user that unrecognized variables are
present.
Thomas Hallgren
It was necessary to touch in grammar and create a new node to make home
to the new syntax. The command is also supported in E
CPG. Doc updates are attached too. Only superusers can change the owner
of the database. New owners don't need any aditional
privileges.
Euler Taveira de Oliveira
and should do now that we control our own destiny for timezone handling,
but this commit gets the bulk of the picayune diffs in place.
Magnus Hagander and Tom Lane.
> * Support composite types as table columns
286,289d286
< * Python
< o Allow users to register their own types with pg_
< o Allow SELECT to return a dictionary of dictionaries
< o Allow COPY BINARY FROM
456d452
< * Support composite types as table columns
< Bracketed items "[]" have more detailed.
> Bracketed items "[]" have more detail.
35,36d34
< * Remove unreferenced table files and temp tables during database vacuum
< or postmaster startup (Bruce)
68c66
< * Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE
> * -Allow pg_dump to dump sequences using NO_MAXVALUE and NO_MINVALUE
70c68
< * Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
> * -Prevent whole-row references from leaking memory, e.g. SELECT COUNT(tab.*)
76c74
< * Make LENGTH() of CHAR() not count trailing spaces
> * -Make LENGTH() of CHAR() not count trailing spaces
145c143
< * Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 to use int2col index, int8,
> * -Allow SELECT * FROM tab WHERE int2col = 4 to use int2col index, int8,
179c177
< * Allow more ISOLATION LEVELS to be accepted, but issue a warning for them
> * -Allow more ISOLATION LEVELS to be accepted
186c184
< * Add GUC setting to make created tables default to WITHOUT OIDS
> * -Add GUC setting to make created tables default to WITHOUT OIDS
265d262
< * Allow fastpast to pass values in portable format
271c268
< * Move psql backslash database information into the backend, use nmumonic
> * Move psql backslash database information into the backend, use nmeumonic
275,283d271
< * JDBC
< o Comprehensive test suite. This may be available already.
< o JDBC-standard BLOB support
< o Error Codes (pending backend implementation)
< o Support both 'make' and 'ant'
< o Fix LargeObject API to handle OIDs as unsigned ints
< o Use cursors implicitly to avoid large results (see setCursorName())
< o Add LISTEN/NOTIFY support to the JDBC driver (Barry)
<
332c320
< * Have pg_dump -c clear the database using dependency information
> * -Have pg_dump -c clear the database using dependency information
367,368c355,356
< * Cache last known per-tuple offsets to speed long tuple access
< * Automatically place fixed-width, NOT NULL columns first in a table
> * Cache last known per-tuple offsets to speed long tuple access, adjusting
> for NULLs and TOAST values
467c455,456
< * Change representation of whole-tuple parameters to functions
> * -Change representation of whole-tuple parameters to functions
> * Support composite types as table columns
478,479d466
< * Allow the regression tests to start postmaster with -i so the tests
< can be run on systems that don't support unix-domain sockets
a variant of the function for the 'numeric' datatype; it would be possible
to add additional variants for other datatypes, but I haven't done so yet.
This commit includes regression tests and minimal documentation; if we
want developers to actually use this function in applications, we'll
probably need to document what it does more fully.
rather than allowing them only in a few special cases as before. In
particular you can now pass a ROW() construct to a function that accepts
a rowtype parameter. Internal generation of RowExprs fixes a number of
corner cases that used to not work very well, such as referencing the
whole-row result of a JOIN or subquery. This represents a further step in
the work I started a month or so back to make rowtype values into
first-class citizens.
o -ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN does not honor DEFAULT and non-CHECK CONSTRAINT
o -ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN column DEFAULT should fill existing
rows with DEFAULT value
o -Allow ALTER TABLE to modify column lengths and change to binary
compatible types
Remove:
o Allow columns to be reordered using ALTER ... POSITION i col1 [,col2];
have SELECT * and INSERT honor such ordering
* ALTER ... ADD COLUMN with defaults and NOT NULL constraints works per SQL
spec. A default is implemented by rewriting the table with the new value
stored in each row.
* ALTER COLUMN TYPE. You can change a column's datatype to anything you
want, so long as you can specify how to convert the old value. Rewrites
the table. (Possible future improvement: optimize no-op conversions such
as varchar(N) to varchar(N+1).)
* Multiple ALTER actions in a single ALTER TABLE command. You can perform
any number of column additions, type changes, and constraint additions with
only one pass over the table contents.
Basic documentation provided in ALTER TABLE ref page, but some more docs
work is needed.
Original patch from Rod Taylor, additional work from Tom Lane.
Regression tests and documentation have both been updated.
SQL2003 requires that both ceiling() and ceil() be present, so I have
documented both spellings. SQL2003 doesn't mention pow() as far as I
can see, so I decided to replace pow() with power() in the documentation:
there is little reason to encourage the continued usage of a function
that isn't compliant with the standard, given a standard-compliant
alternative.
RELEASE NOTES: should state that pow() is considered deprecated
(although I don't see the need to ever remove it.)
process directly. Some parameters can only be set at server start;
any changes to their entries in the configuration file will be ignored
until the server is restarted.
> >> have to accept a full table scan when locating records.
> >
> > It indexes them, but "is null" is not an indexable operator, so you
> > can't directly solve the above with a 3-column index. What you can do
> > instead is use a partial index, for instance
> >
> > create index i on CUSTOMER.WCCustOrderStatusLog (WCOrderStatusID)
> > where Acknowledged is null and Processing is null;
>
> That's a very nifty trick and exactly the sort of answer I was after!
Add CREATE INDEX doc mention of using partial indexes for IS NULL
indexing; idea from Tom.
reference DEALLOCATE in any way. It points to EXECUTE, but not to
DEALLOCATE. Suggested fix:
... This also means that a single prepared statement cannot be used by
multiple simultaneous database clients; however, each client can create
their own prepared statement to use. The prepared statement can be
manually cleaned up using the DEALLOCATE command.
James Robinson
o -Allow dump/load of CSV format
This adds new keywords to COPY and \copy:
CSV - enable CSV mode (comma separated variable)
QUOTE - specify quote character
ESCAPE - specify escape character
FORCE - force quoting of specified column
LITERAL - suppress null comparison for columns
Doc changes included. Regression updates coming from Andrew.
"millennium" date part implementation in postgresql, both in the code
and the documentation, so that it conforms to the official definition.
If you do not agree with the official definition, please send your
complaint to "pope@vatican.org". I'm not responsible for them;-)
With the previous version, the centuries and millenniums had a wrong
number and started the wrong year. Moreover century number 0, which does
not exist in reality, lasted 200 years. Also, millennium number 0 lasted
2000 years.
If you want postgresql to have it's own definition of "century" and
"millennium" that does not conform to the one of the society, just give
them another name. I would suggest "pgCENTURY" and "pgMILLENNIUM";-)
IMO, if someone may use the options, it means that postgresql is used for
historical data, so it make sense to have an historical definition. Also,
I just want to divide the year by 100 or 1000, I can do that quite easily.
BACKWARD INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE
Fabien Coelho - coelho@cri.ensmp.fr
< * Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
> * Allow locale to be set at database creation
> * Allow locale on a per-column basis, default to ASCII
> * Optimize locale to have minimal performance impact when not used (Peter E)
105d106
< * Optimize locale to have minimal performance impact when not used (Peter E)
111d111
< * Allow locale to be set at database creation
> >>with allowed values of "all, mod, ddl, none" with default "none".
OK, here is a patch that implements #1. Here is sample output:
test=> set client_min_messages = 'log';
SET
test=> set log_statement = 'mod';
SET
test=> select 1;
?column?
----------
1
(1 row)
test=> update test set x=1;
LOG: statement: update test set x=1;
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
test=> update test set x=1;
LOG: statement: update test set x=1;
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
test=> copy test from '/tmp/x';
LOG: statement: copy test from '/tmp/x';
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
test=> copy test to '/tmp/x';
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
test=> prepare xx as select 1;
PREPARE
test=> prepare xx as update x set y=1;
LOG: statement: prepare xx as update x set y=1;
ERROR: relation "x" does not exist
test=> explain analyze select 1;;
QUERY PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Result (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=0.006..0.007 rows=1 loops=1)
Total runtime: 0.046 ms
(2 rows)
test=> explain analyze update test set x=1;
LOG: statement: explain analyze update test set x=1;
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
test=> explain update test set x=1;
ERROR: relation "test" does not exist
It checks PREPARE and EXECUTE ANALYZE too. The log_statement values are
'none', 'mod', 'ddl', and 'all'. For 'all', it prints before the query
is parsed, and for ddl/mod, it does it right after parsing using the
node tag (or command tag for CREATE/ALTER/DROP), so any non-parse errors
will print after the log line.
results with tuples as ordinary varlena Datums. This commit does not
in itself do much for us, except eliminate the horrid memory leak
associated with evaluation of whole-row variables. However, it lays the
groundwork for allowing composite types as table columns, and perhaps
some other useful features as well. Per my proposal of a few days ago.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. In keeping with the recent discussion that there should be more
said about views, stored procedures, and triggers, in the tutorial, I
have added a bit of verbiage to that end.
2. Some formatting changes to the datetime discussion, as well as
addition of a citation of a relevant book on calendars.
Christopher Browne
said about views, stored procedures, and triggers, in the tutorial, I
have added a bit of verbiage to that end.
2. Some formatting changes to the datetime discussion, as well as
addition of a citation of a relevant book on calendars.
Christopher Browne
is measured in kilobytes and checked against actual physical execution
stack depth, as per my proposal of 30-Dec. This gives us a fairly
bulletproof defense against crashing due to runaway recursive functions.
remove separate implementation of ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS in favor
of doing a regular DROP. Also, cause CREATE TABLE to account completely
correctly for the inheritance status of the OID column. This fixes
problems with dropping OID columns that have dependencies, as noted by
Christopher Kings-Lynne, as well as making sure that you can't drop an
OID column that was inherited from a parent.
listen_addresses parameter, as per recent discussion. The default behavior
is now to listen on localhost, which eliminates the need for the -i
postmaster switch in many scenarios.
Andrew Dunstan
types. Update the regression tests and the documentation to reflect
this. Remove the UNSAFE_FLOATS #ifdef.
This is only half the story: we still unconditionally reject
floating point operations that result in +/- infinity. See
recent thread on -hackers for more information.
