diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index ab6e4d76ecdcc1e89ffbe882413fcdd6b7bc1d1a..4ecae93cb969b908bb376b2a000e183a82324dca 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -c + PostgreSQL TODO List ==================== Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) -Last updated: Sat Sep 2 08:31:04 EDT 2006 +Last updated: Sat Sep 2 16:31:46 EDT 2006 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -543,10 +543,10 @@ SQL Commands * UPDATE o -Allow an alias to be provided for the target table in UPDATE/DELETE (Neil) - o Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (...) for updating multiple - columns + o -Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (val, ...) for updating + multiple columns + o Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (SELECT...) - A subselect can also be used as the value source. http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-07/msg01306.php diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index cbe6780e0aae2572e60eaf009f4741c10c5f060a..53c70179d4e35249f8544a7d4c41f09ad938b43c 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> -<title>c</title> +<title>PostgreSQL TODO List</title> <meta name="generator" content="HTML::TextToHTML v2.25"/> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF"> -<p>c<br/> -PostgreSQL TODO List -</p><hr/> -Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/> -Last updated: Sat Sep 2 08:31:04 EDT 2006 - +<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1> +<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/> +Last updated: Sat Sep 2 16:31:46 EDT 2006 +</p> <p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/> <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>. </p> @@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ Last updated: Sat Sep 2 08:31:04 EDT 2006 you would like to work on an item, please read the Developer's FAQ<br/> first. </p> -<h1><a name="section_1">Administration</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_2">Administration</a></h1> <ul> <li>-<em>Make postmater and postgres options distinct so the postmaster -o</em> @@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ first. </li><li>Allow the PITR process to be debugged and data examined </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_2">Monitoring</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_3">Monitoring</a></h1> <ul> <li>Allow server log information to be output as INSERT statements @@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ first. </li><li>-<em>Allow server logs to be remotely read and removed using SQL commands</em> </li><li>-<em>Allow protocol-level BIND parameter values to be logged, if text mode</em> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_3">Data Types</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_4">Data Types</a></h1> <ul> <li>Improve the MONEY data type @@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ first. </li></ul> </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_4">Functions</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_5">Functions</a></h1> <ul> <li>Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed @@ -341,7 +339,7 @@ first. </li><li>Add SPI_gettypmod() to return the typemod for a TupleDesc </li><li>Allow inlining of set-returning functions </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_5">Multi-Language Support</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_6">Multi-Language Support</a></h1> <ul> <li>Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar), @@ -372,7 +370,7 @@ first. <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-11/msg00173.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-11/msg00173.php</a> </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_6">Views / Rules</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_7">Views / Rules</a></h1> <ul> <li>Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99 @@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ first. are added after the view is created. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_7">SQL Commands</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_8">SQL Commands</a></h1> <ul> <li>-<em>Change LIMIT/OFFSET and FETCH/MOVE to use int8</em> @@ -498,10 +496,10 @@ first. <ul> <li>-<em>Allow an alias to be provided for the target table in</em> UPDATE/DELETE (Neil) - </li><li>Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (...) for updating multiple - columns -<p> A subselect can also be used as the value source. - <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-07/msg01306.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-07/msg01306.php</a> + </li><li>-<em>Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (val, ...) for updating</em> + multiple columns + </li><li>Allow UPDATE tab SET ROW (col, ...) = (SELECT...) +<p> <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-07/msg01306.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-07/msg01306.php</a> </p> </li></ul> </li><li>ALTER @@ -679,7 +677,7 @@ first. </li></ul> </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_8">Clients</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_9">Clients</a></h1> <ul> <li>-<em>Have initdb set the input DateStyle (MDY or DMY) based on locale</em> @@ -788,7 +786,7 @@ first. </p> </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_9">Triggers</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_10">Triggers</a></h1> <ul> <li>Add deferred trigger queue file <p> Right now all deferred trigger information is stored in backend @@ -816,7 +814,7 @@ first. to fire triggers. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_10">Dependency Checking</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_11">Dependency Checking</a></h1> <ul> <li>Flush cached query plans when the dependent objects change, @@ -833,7 +831,7 @@ first. invalidate its own query plan. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_11">Exotic Features</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_12">Exotic Features</a></h1> <ul> <li>Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ISO syntax to supported @@ -860,7 +858,7 @@ first. <p> <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00818.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00818.php</a> </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_12">Indexes</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_13">Indexes</a></h1> <ul> <li>Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary @@ -927,7 +925,7 @@ first. </li><li>Allow multi-column hash indexes </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_13">Fsync</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_14">Fsync</a></h1> <ul> <li>Improve commit_delay handling to reduce fsync() @@ -939,7 +937,7 @@ first. </li><li>%Add an option to sync() before fsync()'ing checkpoint files </li><li>Add program to test if fsync has a delay compared to non-fsync </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_14">Cache Usage</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_15">Cache Usage</a></h1> <ul> <li>Allow free-behind capability for large sequential scans, perhaps using @@ -993,7 +991,7 @@ first. <p> <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-10/msg01419.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-10/msg01419.php</a> </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_15">Vacuum</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_16">Vacuum</a></h1> <ul> <li>Improve speed with indexes @@ -1051,12 +1049,12 @@ first. </li><li>Turn on by default </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_16">Locking</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_17">Locking</a></h1> <ul> <li>Fix priority ordering of read and write light-weight locks (Neil) </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_17">Startup Time Improvements</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_18">Startup Time Improvements</a></h1> <ul> <li>Experiment with multi-threaded backend for backend creation [<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgtodo?thread">thread</a>] @@ -1079,7 +1077,7 @@ first. existing backends is one of the difficulties with a backend approach. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_18">Write-Ahead Log</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_19">Write-Ahead Log</a></h1> <ul> <li>Eliminate need to write full pages to WAL before page modification [<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgtodo?wal">wal</a>] @@ -1143,7 +1141,7 @@ first. of indexes on TOAST tables. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_19">Optimizer / Executor</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_20">Optimizer / Executor</a></h1> <ul> <li>Improve selectivity functions for geometric operators @@ -1168,7 +1166,7 @@ first. <p> This might replace GEQO, <a href="http://sixdemonbag.org/Djinni">http://sixdemonbag.org/Djinni</a>. </p> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_20">Miscellaneous Performance</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_21">Miscellaneous Performance</a></h1> <ul> <li>Do async I/O for faster random read-ahead of data @@ -1211,7 +1209,7 @@ first. </p> </li><li>Research storing disk pages with no alignment/padding </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_21">Source Code</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_22">Source Code</a></h1> <ul> <li>Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree @@ -1293,7 +1291,7 @@ first. of result sets using new statement protocol </li></ul> </li></ul> -<h1><a name="section_22">Features We Do _Not_ Want</a></h1> +<h1><a name="section_23">Features We Do _Not_ Want</a></h1> <ul> <li>All backends running as threads in a single process (not wanted) @@ -1314,7 +1312,7 @@ first. </li></ul> <hr/> -<h2><a name="section_22_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2> +<h2><a name="section_23_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2> <ul> <li>Alvaro is Alvaro Herrera <<a href="mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl">alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl</a>> </li><li>Andrew is Andrew Dunstan <<a href="mailto:andrew@dunslane.net">andrew@dunslane.net</a>>