From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart) |
Cc: | hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] 6.3 patches |
Date: | 1998-01-11 12:46:44 |
Message-ID: | 199801111246.HAA18415@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Some more items from my list which have been added since v6.2.1:
>
> SQL92 binary and hex input and string type coersion
> allow casting of non-constants using both SQL92 and Postgres syntax
> parser support for PRIMARY, FOREIGN KEY
> backend support for PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE (create index)
> more parser support for DEFAULT, CHECK clauses
> add 'doy' as argument to datetime_part()
> functions datetime_time(), time(datetime)
> functions int4_datetime(), int4_timespan()
> add unixdate package to contrib area
> constant CURRENT_USER as GetPgUserName()
> support SQL3 syntax TRUE, FALSE
> implement IS TRUE, IS FALSE, IS NOT TRUE, IS NOT FALSE
> provide timezone support in libpq and backend
> support SQL92 "delimited identifiers" (libpq, scan.l, psql)
> PGTZ environment variable for frontend
> fix session initialization from front-end environment variables
> use PGDATESTYLE to initialize backend at startup
> add GERMAN date style
> allow alternate locations for databases
> add hash functions for datetime, timespan
> fix hash function declarations for float8 and int4
> convert text to/from int4, int2
>
> Also, we've added UNIONs (didn't see it on Bruce's list).
I was just highlighting fixes to things currently on the TODO list under
reliability.
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Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
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