Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2015-01-02 Thread Noah Misch
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 08:16:13PM -0700, David Johnston wrote: Slightly tangential but are the locking operations associated with the recent bugfix generated in both (all?) modes or only hot_standby? All modes. I thought it strange that transient locking operations were output with WAL

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-28 Thread Amit Langote
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:16 PM, David Johnston pol...@yahoo.com wrote: Slightly tangential but are the locking operations associated with the recent bugfix generated in both (all?) modes or only hot_standby? I thought it strange that transient locking operations were output with WAL though

[HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-28 Thread shamccoy
Hello. I've been doing some benchmarks on performance / size differences between actions when wal_level is set to either archive or hot_standby. I'm not seeing a ton of difference. I've read some posts about discussions as to whether this parameter should be simplified and remove or merge these

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread David Johnston
shamccoy wrote Hello. I've been doing some benchmarks on performance / size differences between actions when wal_level is set to either archive or hot_standby. I'm not seeing a ton of difference. I've read some posts about discussions as to whether this parameter should be simplified and

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread Josh Berkus
On 03/27/2014 03:06 PM, David Johnston wrote: As I think both can be used for PITR I don't believe there is much downside, technically or with resources, to using hot_standby instead of archive; but I do not imagine it having any practical benefit either. Actually, hot_standby does have to

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread Noah Misch
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:06:02PM -0700, David Johnston wrote: shamccoy wrote Hello. I've been doing some benchmarks on performance / size differences between actions when wal_level is set to either archive or hot_standby. I'm not seeing a ton of difference. I've read some posts about

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread David Johnston
Noah Misch-2 wrote On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:06:02PM -0700, David Johnston wrote: shamccoy wrote Hello. I've been doing some benchmarks on performance / size differences between actions when wal_level is set to either archive or hot_standby. I'm not seeing a ton of difference. I've

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread David Johnston
David Johnston wrote Noah Misch-2 wrote On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 03:06:02PM -0700, David Johnston wrote: shamccoy wrote Hello. I've been doing some benchmarks on performance / size differences between actions when wal_level is set to either archive or hot_standby. I'm not seeing a

Re: [HACKERS] History of WAL_LEVEL (archive vs hot_standby)

2014-03-27 Thread Kyotaro HORIGUCHI
Hi, Went looking for this in the docs... http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-LEVEL So I guess, no-restore/offline/online would be good names (and maybe wal_restore_mode instead of wal_level) if we started from scratch. Note that

[HACKERS] History for 8.3.6 tag is a little strange

2010-09-24 Thread Jeff Davis
Doing git log tags/REL8_3_6 I see two commits after the one labeled tag for 8.3.6. The other tags I checked all seem to match what I would expect. I'm not suggesting that anything be done, I just wanted to point this out in case something strange happened. Regards, Jeff Davis -- Sent

Re: [HACKERS] History for 8.3.6 tag is a little strange

2010-09-24 Thread Tom Lane
Jeff Davis pg...@j-davis.com writes: Doing git log tags/REL8_3_6 I see two commits after the one labeled tag for 8.3.6. The other tags I checked all seem to match what I would expect. I'm not suggesting that anything be done, I just wanted to point this out in case something strange

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY

2003-08-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Added to HISTORY: New pg_get_triggerdef(prettyprint) and pg_constraint_is_visible() functions --- Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: I think the new pg_get_triggerdef and pg_constraint_is_visible functions aren't

[HACKERS] HISTORY

2003-08-14 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I think the new pg_get_triggerdef and pg_constraint_is_visible functions aren't mentioned. Chris ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings

Re: [HACKERS] History

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rod Taylor wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. Allow SQL200X inheritance syntax LIKE subtable, INCLUDING DEFAULTS? (Rod) Yes, it includes defaults. OK, updated. Have COMMENT ON DATABASE on non-local database generate a warning (Tom) I think that was someone else's work ... Rod

[HACKERS] History

2003-08-14 Thread Rod Taylor
Allow SQL200X inheritance syntax LIKE subtable, INCLUDING DEFAULTS? (Rod) Yes, it includes defaults. Have COMMENT ON DATABASE on non-local database generate a warning (Tom) I think that was someone else's work ... Rod maybe? Name removed. Anyone know? I sent in a patch, but it was

[HACKERS] HISTORY updated for 7.3beta2

2002-09-22 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated /HISTORY for 7.3beta2. Looking at the open items list, I think we are ready for beta2 now. --- P O S T G R E S Q L 7 . 3 O P E NI T E M S

[HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. -- Bruce Momjian|

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On 4 Sep 2002 at 3:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. Some minor stuff,

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
I assume you are not looking at the 7.3 release notes. It does take a while for anon to get the changes. --- Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On 4 Sep 2002 at 3:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated,

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. Please change: Add CREATE/DROP CONVERSION, allowing loadable

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Rod Taylor
Found this line without a name: Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints Is that item complete? pg_constraint follows (as such dump / restore will work) but the triggers themselves still break, don't they? On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 03:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Rod Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Found this line without a name: Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints Is that item complete? pg_constraint follows (as such dump / restore will work) but the triggers themselves still break, don't they? Yes, no. There's hackery

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Shridhar Daithankar dijo: On 4 Sep 2002 at 3:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. Some minor stuff, In the schema changes description: Schemas allow users to create objects in their own namespace so two people can have the

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread cbbrowne
Shridhar Daithankar dijo: On 4 Sep 2002 at 3:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. Some minor stuff, In the schema changes description: Schemas allow users to create objects in their own namespace so two people

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. Please change: Add CREATE/DROP

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rod Taylor wrote: Found this line without a name: Propagate column or table renaming to foreign key constraints Is that item complete? pg_constraint follows (as such dump / restore will work) but the triggers themselves still break, don't they? No idea. The item only talks about the

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Shridhar Daithankar dijo: On 4 Sep 2002 at 3:24, Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. Some minor stuff, In the schema changes description: Schemas allow users to create objects in their own

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, wording updated to add 'applications': Schemas allow users to create objects in their own namespace so two people or applications can have tables with the same name. There is also a public schema for shared tables. Table/index creation can be

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Joe Conway
Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. A few minor comments: 1. suggested

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joe Conway wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, the HISTORY file is updated, and 7.3 is branded and ready for beta1. I used the same HISTORY categories Peter made in 7.2. I liked them. Please review the HISTORY file. I am sure there are improvements that can be made. A few minor

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please review the HISTORY file. PostgreSQL now support ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN functionality. s/support/supports/ Functions can now return sets, with multiple rows and multiple columns. You

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't remember every seeing a function returning sets before. Can you give an example? http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.2/postgres/xfunc-sql.html#AEN26392 Also, the preceding subsection shows SQL functions returning rows. So these

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't remember every seeing a function returning sets before. Can you give an example? http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.2/postgres/xfunc-sql.html#AEN26392 Also, the preceding subsection shows SQL functions

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, now I remember, only SQL functions could return sets. How about this: PL/PgSQL and C functions can now return sets, with multiple rows and multiple columns. You specify these functions in the SELECT FROM clause,

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Joe Conway
Tom Lane wrote: C functions have always been able to return sets too; you don't honestly think that a SQL function can do something a C function can't, do you? The original dblink is an example. There are really two independent improvements here: one is the ability for plpgsql functions

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY updated, 7.3 branded

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joe Conway wrote: What about this: Functions returning multiple rows and/or multiple columns are now much easier to use than before. You can call such a table function in the SELECT FROM clause, treating its output like a table. Also, plpgsql functions can now return sets. Added. --

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-03 Thread Marc G. Fournier
S'alright, I can do the package together tomorrow morning to let you wrap up the loose ends :) On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: I am still working on the 7.3 HISTORY file. I have extracted the items, but I have to worksmith them and write an introduction. It is midnight here now.

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-03 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I haven't gotten to the release checklist yet. Let's delay a day. Or at least late in the day tomorrow. I have some loose ends to clean up yet as well, but I'm beat and am going to bed. But I assume we are

[HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
I am still working on the 7.3 HISTORY file. I have extracted the items, but I have to worksmith them and write an introduction. It is midnight here now. I don't think I can finish before ~3am and at that point, I am not sure I will know what I am writing. Basically, one day of feature freeze

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-02 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know of any other items holding up the packaging. Gotta brand the thing as 7.3beta1 not 7.3devel, no? regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know of any other items holding up the packaging. Gotta brand the thing as 7.3beta1 not 7.3devel, no? Yes, I haven't gotten to the release checklist yet. Let's delay a day. I have a 17k line log file down to 3.5k lines, but

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2002-09-02 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I haven't gotten to the release checklist yet. Let's delay a day. Or at least late in the day tomorrow. I have some loose ends to clean up yet as well, but I'm beat and am going to bed. But I assume we are now officially in feature freeze, right?

[HACKERS] HISTORY file

2001-10-27 Thread Peter Eisentraut
I find the HISTORY file to be distressingly poor to peruse. Reasons: A large proportion of the items don't convey any useful information. Examples: | PLpgSQL fix for SELECT... FOR UPDATE (Tom) What did this fix? Does SELECT FOR UDPATE now work whereas it didn't use to? = SELECT ... FOR

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2001-10-27 Thread Stephan Szabo
| Fix for inherited CHECK constraints (Stephan Szabo) ditto If this is what I think it is, I think the actual fix was the following (although I don't know what a particularly good wording is) ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT now properly adds check constraints to children of the specified

[HACKERS] HISTORY updated

2001-10-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated the HISTORY file to be current as of today. Marc, it may be nice to repackage beta1 with that one file changed, but my guess is that we will have a beta2 soon enough. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610)

[HACKERS] HISTORY (ecpg enhancements not yet mentioned)

2001-10-22 Thread Christof Petig
Hi Bruce, you might add that I did the following useful enhancement to ECPG: - EXECUTE ... INTO ...implemented - multiple row descriptor support (e.g. CARDINALITY) I don't feel that my humble contribution of a few lines is important but the improvement made really is important (n times

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY (ecpg enhancements not yet mentioned)

2001-10-22 Thread Bruce Momjian
Added. I will update the HISTORY file today or tomorrow to add newer changes than 2001-09-13. --- Hi Bruce, you might add that I did the following useful enhancement to ECPG: - EXECUTE ... INTO ...implemented

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY

2001-10-12 Thread Bruce Momjian
Could you not include characters other than ASCII in the HISTORY file, please. Python fix fetchone() (Gerhard H舐ing) Fixed. Thanks. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard

[HACKERS] HISTORY for 7.2

2001-10-03 Thread Oleg Bartunov
Bruce, I notice HISTORY in CVS doesn't mentioned any development we did with GiST. Should we write some info ? Major things we did: 1. Null-safe interface to GiST 2. Support of multi-key GiST indices TODO Adding concurrency for GiST Regards, Oleg

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY for 7.2

2001-10-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Bruce, I notice HISTORY in CVS doesn't mentioned any development we did with GiST. Should we write some info ? Major things we did: 1. Null-safe interface to GiST 2. Support of multi-key GiST indices I had generic GIST improvements. Updated to: Allow GIST to handle NULLs and multi-key

[HACKERS] HISTORY

2001-10-02 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Could you not include characters other than ASCII in the HISTORY file, please. Python fix fetchone() (Gerhard H舐ing) -- Tatsuo Ishii ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY file

2001-10-01 Thread Bruce Momjian
May be it's cosmetic, but: - Migration to 7.1 right is Migration to 7.2 Fixed. Be missing: - information that some parts of interface are translated to Swedish, Russian, French, Germany nad Czech. (IMHO right place for information about Peter's NLS support is

[HACKERS] HISTORY file

2001-10-01 Thread Karel Zak
May be it's cosmetic, but: - Migration to 7.1 right is Migration to 7.2 Be missing: - information that some parts of interface are translated to Swedish, Russian, French, Germany nad Czech. (IMHO right place for information about Peter's NLS support is Major changes in this

[HACKERS] HISTORY

2001-02-15 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Bruce, could you update following in HISTORY: Allow automatic conversion to Unicode (Tatsuo) to: Allow automatic conversion to/from Unicode (Tatsuo, Eiji) Eiji Tokuya [EMAIL PROTECTED] has contributed a better conversion map for SJIS. -- Tatsuo Ishii

Re: [HACKERS] HISTORY

2001-02-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Done. Bruce, could you update following in HISTORY: Allow automatic conversion to Unicode (Tatsuo) to: Allow automatic conversion to/from Unicode (Tatsuo, Eiji) Eiji Tokuya [EMAIL PROTECTED] has contributed a better conversion map for SJIS. -- Tatsuo Ishii -- Bruce Momjian