Nicholas, You are a novice user, aren't you? ;-)
> I am just a novice end user, but I would like to see: > SavePoints be able to use within functions. ( I think this involves > making procedures that execute outside of a transaction) Nope, supported in 8.0 for PL/pgSQL. Not sure about other languages. > Cross Database references. (Available through dblink, but it would > be better if it was supported natively) You'll have to argue this one. We don't have them on purpose. Generally when people want "cross-database queries" the problem is that they really should be using schema. > The ability to say create function foo () returns setof record(int, > int , int). I believe this is coming in the next release though. Well, we've had this for 3 versions as CREATE TYPE ... CREATE FUNCTION. INOUT parameters in 8.1 will give you the above, effectively. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq