Another beta before 0.80. I'm still looking for feedback on the docs. Special thanks to Kineticode for funding some of the development done for this release.
0.79_02 October 17, 2003 ENHANCEMENTS: - Added support for table attributes like MySQL's "TYPE = ..." or Postgres's "WITH OIDS". - Added support for functional indexes in Postgres, like "LOWER(some_col)". Funded by Kineticode, LLC for Bricolage 2.0. - Added column/table constraint/check reverse engineering for Postgres. Funded by Kineticode, LLC for Bricolage 2.0. - The SQL generated for Postgres schemas now includes foreign key constraints. - Added a new method to Alzabo::Runtime::Schema, prefetch_none(). - Added a new method to Alzabo::Table, has_index(). - Documented Alzabo::Runtime::UniqueRowCache. - The definitions of the is_character and is_blob column methods have been clarified. Note that these definitions have changed from the previous, undefined behavior. - When a 1..1 or 1..n foreign key is added to a table, a unique index is created on the columns involved in the foreign key, unless those columns are part of the tables primary key. BUG FIXES: - Fixed a problem in the Makefile.PL which would cause it to fail even if you had Module::Build installed. Reported by Ken Williams. - Fixed (really, this time, I hope) a problem where the user-provided connection parameters were not respected in the 01-driver.t tests. Reported by Ken Williams. - FK reverse engineering for Postgres sometimes got the cardinality of the relationship wrong, making it 1..1 when it should be 1..n. This should be much improved in this release, though it may still have bugs. - Removed references to the old caching code in various spots. - Fixed handling case_sensitive parameter to Alzabo::Column->has_attribute(). BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBILITIES: - When you load a runtime schema, it now calls "$self->prefetch_all_but_blobs" in order to turn on pre-fetching by default, since for the vast majority of users, this is a huge performance improvement. The new prefetch_none() method can be used to turn off all prefetching. - The is_character column method now returns true for any text type column, regardless of size. - The is_blob column method now returns true only for columns that are defined to hold binary data. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
