Fixups for 7.0.1

Author: bmomjian

HISTORY

@@ -1,6 +1,42 @@
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Release 7.0.1
+
+This is basically a cleanup release for 7.0.1
+
+Migration to v7.0.1
+
+A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.0.
+
+Changes
+-------
+Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom)
+Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom)
+Fix plpgsql to handle datetime->timestamp and timespan->interval (Bruce)
+New configure --with-setproctitle switch to use setproctitle() (Marc, Bruce)
+Fix the off by one errors in ResultSet from 6.5.3, and more.
+jdbc ResultSet fixes (Joseph Shraibman)
+optimizer tunings (Tom)
+Fix create user for pgaccess
+Fix for UNLISTEN failure
+IRIX fixes (David Kaelbling)
+QNX fixes (Andreas Kardos)
+Reduce COPY IN lock level (Tom)
+Change libpqeasy to use PQconnectdb() style parameters (Bruce)
+Fix pg_dump to handle OID indexes (Tom)
+Fix small memory leak (Tom)
+Solaris fix for createdb/dropdb
+Fix for non-blocking connections (Alfred Perlstein)
+Fix improper recovery after RENAME TABLE failures (Tom)
+Copy pg_ident.conf.sample into /lib directory in install (Bruce)
+
+
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                                               Release 7.0
+                                Release Notes
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Release 7.0
 
@@ -35,7 +71,7 @@ Migration to v7.0
    data from any previous release. For those upgrading from 6.5.*, you
    can use pg_upgrade to upgrade to this release.
 
-Detailed Change List
+
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
 Prevent function calls with more than maximum number of arguments (Tom)
@@ -362,6 +398,10 @@ Fixes for Alpha compiles
 New multibyte encodings
 
 
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                                               Release 6.5.3
+                                Release Notes
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Release 6.5.3
 
@@ -372,11 +412,12 @@ Migration to v6.5.3
 
 A dump/restore is not required for those running 6.5.*.
 
-Detailed Change List
-
+Changes
+-------
 Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
 NT-specific patch
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Release 6.5.2
                                 Release Notes
@@ -391,8 +432,8 @@ Migration to v6.5.2
 
 A dump/restore is not required for those running 6.5.*.
 
-Detailed Change List
-
+Changes
+-------
 subselect+CASE fixes(Tom)
 Add SHLIB_LINK setting for solaris_i386 and solaris_sparc ports(Daren Sefcik)
 Fixes for CASE in WHERE join clauses(Tom)
@@ -418,6 +459,7 @@ Repair logic error in LIKE: should not return LIKE_ABORT
 Repair incorrect cleanup of heap memory allocation during transaction abort(Tom)
 Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release Notes                                                  Release 6.5.1
                                 Release Notes
@@ -432,8 +474,8 @@ Migration to v6.5.1
 
 A dump/restore is not required for those running 6.5.
 
-Detailed Change List
-
+Changes
+-------
 Add NT README file
 Portability fixes for linux_ppc, Irix, linux_alpha, OpenBSD, alpha
 Remove QUERY_LIMIT, use SELECT...LIMIT
@@ -458,6 +500,7 @@ Fixed glitches affecting GROUP BY in subselects(Tom)
 Fix some compiler warnings (Tomoaki Nishiyama)
 Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.5.2                                                    Release 6.5
                                 Release Notes
@@ -576,7 +619,6 @@ These inconveniences will disappear in the future when the ability to read
 dirty (uncommitted) data (regardless of isolation level) and true
 referential integrity will be implemented.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -755,10 +797,11 @@ Migration to v6.4.2
 
 A dump/restore is not required for those running 6.4.*.
 
-Detailed Change List
-
+Changes
+-------
 Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.5                                                    Release 6.4.1
                                 Release Notes
@@ -773,8 +816,8 @@ Migration to v6.4.1
 
 A dump/restore is not required for those running 6.4.
 
-Detailed Change List
-
+Changes
+-------
 Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers.  This is
         the default(Thomas)
 Fix for NOT in where clause causing crash(Bruce)
@@ -806,6 +849,7 @@ Add routines to help with single-byte (internal) character type(Thomas)
 Compilation of libpq for Win32 fixes(Magnus)
 Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.4.2                                                    Release 6.4
                                 Release Notes
@@ -856,7 +900,6 @@ Migration to v6.4
 A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those wishing to
 migrate data from any previous release of Postgres.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1051,6 +1094,7 @@ smarter perl configuration(Brook)
 configure uses supplied install-sh if no install script found(Tom)
 new Makefile.shlib for shared library configuration(Tom)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.4.1                                                  Release 6.3.2
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1077,7 +1121,6 @@ re-link any custom applications that use Postgres libraries.
 For upgrades from pre-v6.3 installations, refer to the installation and
 migration instructions for v6.3.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Changes
 -------
@@ -1100,6 +1143,7 @@ Remove DISTDIR(Bruce)
 Makefile dependency cleanup(Jeroen van Vianen)
 ASSERT fixes(Bruce)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.4                                                    Release 6.3.1
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1125,7 +1169,6 @@ applications that use Postgres libraries.
 For upgrades from pre-v6.3 installations, refer to the installation and
 migration instructions for v6.3.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Changes
 -------
@@ -1157,6 +1200,7 @@ Fix for text arrays containing quotes(Doug Gibson)
 Solaris compile fix(Albert Chin-A-Young)
 Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.3.2                                                    Release 6.3
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1245,7 +1289,6 @@ Migration to v6.3
 A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those wishing to
 migrate data from any previous release of Postgres.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1412,6 +1455,7 @@ Add string functions to regression suite(Thomas)
 Expand a few function names formerly truncated to 16 characters(Thomas)
 Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.3.1                                                  Release 6.2.1
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1449,10 +1493,9 @@ psql to update the existing system table:
 
 This will need to be done to every existing database, including template1.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
-Changes in this release
------------------------
+Changes
+-------
 Allow TIME and TYPE column names(Thomas)
 Allow larger range of true/false as boolean values(Thomas)
 Support output of "now" and "current"(Thomas)
@@ -1465,6 +1508,7 @@ Fix for specifying a column twice in ORDER/GROUP BY(Vadim)
 Documented new libpq function to return affected rows, PQcmdTuples(Bruce)
 Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.3                                                      Release 6.2
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1488,7 +1532,6 @@ Migration from v1.x to v6.2
 Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
 because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1599,6 +1642,7 @@ Massive commit to run PGINDENT on all *.c and *.h files(Bruce)
 Files moved to /src/tools directory(Bruce)
 SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Release 6.2.1                                                  Release 6.1.1
                                 Release Notes
@@ -1612,10 +1656,9 @@ This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from v6.1,
 but is required from any release prior to v6.1. Refer to the release notes
 for v6.1 for more details.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
-Changes in this release
------------------------
+Changes
+-------
 fix for SET with options (Thomas)
 allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
 new psql \connect option allows changing usernames without changing databases
@@ -1634,8 +1677,9 @@ Fix for Solaris assembler and include files(Yoshihiko Ichikawa)
 allow underscores in usernames(Bruce)
 pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release 6.2                                                      Release 6.1
+                                                                 Release 6.1
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1682,7 +1726,6 @@ the database in 6.1.
 Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
 because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1779,8 +1822,9 @@ c++ include file cleanup(Bruce)
 warn about buggy flex(Bruce)
 DG-UX, Ultrix, Irix, AIX portability fixes
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release 6.1.1                                                   Release v6.0
+                                                                Release v6.0
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1799,7 +1843,6 @@ Migration from pre-v1.09 to v6.0
 Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
 because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
 
-Detailed Change List
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1905,8 +1948,9 @@ Restructured object file generation/location(Bryan, Marc)
 Restructured port-specific file locations(Bryan, Marc)
 Unused/uninialized variables corrected
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release 6.1                                                    Release v1.09
+                                                                Release v1.09
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2001,8 +2045,9 @@ New Ports
  * added BSDI 2.1 port
  * added DGUX port
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release v1.09                                                  Release v1.01
+                                                                 Release v1.01
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2138,8 +2183,9 @@ Bug fixes:
  * psql now returns non-zero status on errors when using -c
  * applied public patches 1-14
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release v1.02                                                   Release v1.0
+                                                                 Release v1.0
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2187,8 +2233,9 @@ Bug fixes:
  *  btrees with multiple index never worked, now we tell you they don't
    work when you try to use them
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release v1.01                                           Postgres95 Beta 0.03
+                                                           Postgres95 Beta 0.03
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2302,8 +2349,9 @@ New utilities:
 New documentation:
  * the user manual has been revised and libpq documentation added.
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Release v1.0                                            Postgres95 Beta 0.02
+                                                          Postgres95 Beta 0.02
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2346,16 +2394,17 @@ The following bugs have been fixed in postgres95-beta-0.02:
  * wrong result using more than 1 aggregate in a SELECT
 
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Postgres95 Beta 0.03                                    Postgres95 Beta 0.01
+                                                          Postgres95 Beta 0.01
                                 Release Notes
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Postgres95 Beta 0.01
 
 Initial release.
 
+
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Postgres95 Beta 0.02                                          Timing Results
+                                                                Timing Results
                                 Release Notes
 Prev
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@@ -2421,7 +2470,3 @@ v6.1
   06:12  Pentium Pro 180, 32MB, EIDE, Linux 2.0.30, gcc 2.7.2 -O2 -m486
   12:06  P-100, 48MB, Linux 2.0.29, gcc
   39:58  Sparc IPC 32MB, Solaris 2.5, gcc 2.7.2.1 -O -g
-
-  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Prev                                Home
-Postgres95 Beta 0.01

README

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 PostgreSQL Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then
 as Postgres95).
 
-This directory contains the development version of 7.0 of the PostgreSQL
-database server.  The server is not ANSI SQL compliant, but it gets
-closer with every release.  After you unzip and untar the distribution
-file, look at file INSTALL for the installation notes and file HISTORY
-for the changes.
+This directory contains the development version of 7.0 of the
+PostgreSQL database server.  The server is not ANSI SQL compliant, but
+it gets closer with every release.  After you unzip and untar the
+distribution file, look at file INSTALL for the installation notes and
+file HISTORY for the changes.
 
 The latest version of this software may be obtained at
 ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/.  For more information look at our WWW

doc/bug.template

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ System Configuration
 
   Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) 	:
 
-  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.0):   PostgreSQL-7.0
+  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.0):   PostgreSQL-7.0.1
 
   Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)		:
 

doc/src/FAQ.html

@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ <H1>
 Linux-specific questions are answered in <A
 HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-linux.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-linux.html</A>.<P>
 
+HPUX-specific questions are answered in <A
+HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.html</A>.<P>
+
+Solaris-specific questions are answered in <A
+HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-solaris.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-solaris.html</A>.<P>
+
 Irix-specific questions are answered in <A
 HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-irix.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-irix.html</A>.<P>
 
-HPUX-specific questions are answered in <A
-HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.shtml">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.shtml</A>.<P>
-
 <HR><P>
 
 <H2><CENTER>General Questions</CENTER></H2>
@@ -42,7 +45,6 @@ <H2><CENTER>General Questions</CENTER></H2>
 <A HREF="#1.12">1.12</A>) How do I join the development team?<BR>
 <A HREF="#1.13">1.13</A>) How do I submit a bug report?<BR>
 <A HREF="#1.14">1.14</A>) How does PostgreSQL compare to other DBMS's?<BR>
-<A HREF="#1.15">1.15</A>) What are the maximum size limits?
 
 
 <H2><CENTER>User Client Questions</CENTER></H2>
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ <H2><CENTER>Operational Questions</CENTER></H2>
 various character types?<BR>
 <A HREF="#4.16.1">4.16.1</A>) How do I create a serial/auto-incrementing field?<BR>
 <A HREF="#4.16.2">4.16.2</A>) How do I get the value of a serial insert?<BR>
-<A HREF="#4.16.3">4.16.3</A>) Wouldn't use of currval() and nextval() lead to a race condition with other concurrent backend processes?<BR>
+<A HREF="#4.16.3">4.16.3</A>) Don't currval() and nextval() lead to a
+race condition with other concurrent backend processes?<BR>
 
 <A HREF="#4.17">4.17</A>) What is an oid?  What is a tid?<BR>
 <A HREF="#4.18">4.18</A>) What is the meaning of some of the terms
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ <H2><CENTER>Operational Questions</CENTER></H2>
 <H2><CENTER>Extending PostgreSQL</CENTER></H2>
 
 <A HREF="#5.1">5.1</A>) I wrote a user-defined function.  When I run
-it in <I>psql,</I> why does it dumps core?<BR>
+it in <I>psql,</I> why does it dump core?<BR>
 <A HREF="#5.2">5.2</A>) What does the message:
 <I>NOTICE:PortalHeapMemoryFree: 0x402251d0 not in alloc set!</I> mean?<BR>
 <A HREF="#5.3">5.3</A>) How can I contribute some nifty new types and functions
@@ -353,6 +356,10 @@ <H4><A NAME="1.8">1.8</A>) What documentation is available for PostgreSQL?</H4><
 in the distribution.
 <P>
 
+There is a PostgreSQL book availiable at <A
+HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html">
+http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html</A><P>
+
 <I>psql</I> has some nice \d commands to show information about types,
 operators, functions, aggregates, etc.<P>
 
@@ -367,6 +374,10 @@ <H4><A NAME="1.9">1.9</A>) How do I find out about known bugs or missing feature
 
 <H4><A NAME="1.10">1.10</A>) How can I learn SQL?</H4><P>
 
+The PostgreSQL book at <A
+HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html">
+http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html</A> teaches SQL.
+
 There is a nice tutorial at <A
 HREF="http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm">
 http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm</A> and at <A
@@ -378,8 +389,8 @@ <H4><A NAME="1.10">1.10</A>) How can I learn SQL?</H4><P>
 http://members.tripod.com/er4ebus/sql/index.htm </A><P>
 
 Many of our users like <I>The Practical SQL Handbook</I>, Bowman et al.,
-Addison Wesley.  Others like <I>Lan Times Guide to SQL</I>, Groff et al.,
-Osborne McGraw-Hill.<P>
+Addison Wesley.  Others like <I>The Complete Reference SQL</I>, Groff et al.,
+McGraw-Hill.<P>
 
 
 <H4><A NAME="1.11">1.11</A>) Is PostgreSQL Y2K compliant?</H4><P>
@@ -484,20 +495,6 @@ <H4><A NAME="1.14">1.14</A>) How does PostgreSQL compare to other
 in our BSD-style license stated above.<BR><BR>
 </DL>
 
-<H4><A NAME="1.15">1.15</A>) What are the maximum size limits?</H4><P>
-
-These are the limits:
-
-<PRE>
-Maximum size for a database? 	         unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table?                unlimited on all operating systems
-Maximum size for a row?                  8k, configurable to 32k
-Maximum number of rows in a table?	 unlimited
-Maximum number of columns table?         unlimited
-Maximun number of indexes on a table?	 unlimited
-</PRE>
-The row length limit will be removed in 7.1.<P>
-
 <HR>
 
 <H2><CENTER>User Client Questions</CENTER></H2>
@@ -580,9 +577,8 @@ <H4><A NAME="3.1">3.1</A>) Why does initdb fail?</H4><P>
 
 <UL>
 <LI> check that you don't have any of the previous version's binaries in
-your path   (If you see the message <CODE>WARN:heap_modifytuple: repl is
-\  9</CODE>, this is the problem.)
-<Li> check to see that you have the proper paths set
+your path   
+<LI> check to see that you have the proper paths set
 <LI> check that the <I>postgres</I> user owns the proper files
 </UL><P>
 
@@ -848,15 +844,23 @@ <H4><A NAME="4.5">4.5</A>) How do you remove a column from a
 <H4><A NAME="4.6">4.6</A>) What is the maximum size for a
 row, table, database?</H4><P>
 
-Rows are limited to 8K bytes, but this can be changed by editing
-<I>include/config.h</I> and changing <SMALL>BLCKSZ.</SMALL> To use attributes
-larger than 8K, you can also use the large object interface.<P>
+These are the limits:
 
-Rows do not cross 8k boundaries so a 5k row will require 8k of
-storage.<P>
+<PRE>
+Maximum size for a database? 	         unlimited (60GB databases exist)
+Maximum size for a table?                unlimited on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a row?                  8k, configurable to 32k
+Maximum number of rows in a table?	 unlimited
+Maximum number of columns table?         unlimited
+Maximun number of indexes on a table?	 unlimited
+</PRE>
+
+To change the maximum row size, edit <I>include/config.h</I> and change
+<SMALL>BLCKSZ.</SMALL> To use attributes larger than 8K, you can also
+use the large object interface.<P>
+
+Row length limit will be removed in 7.1.<P>
 
-Table and database sizes are unlimited.  There are many databases that
-are tens of gigabytes, and probably some that are hundreds.
 
 <H4><A NAME="4.7">4.7</A>)How much database disk space is required to
 store data from a typical flat file?<BR></H4><P>
@@ -1056,7 +1060,8 @@ <H4><A NAME="4.16.2">4.16.2</A>) How do I get the back the generated SERIAL valu
 </PRE>
 Finally, you could use the <A HREF="#4.17">oid</A> returned from the INSERT statement to lookup the default value, though this is probably the least portable approach.  In perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the oid value is made available via $sth->{pg_oid_status} after $sth->execute().
 
-<H4><A NAME="4.16.3">4.16.3</A>) Wouldn't use of currval() and nextval() lead to a race condition with other concurrent backend processes?</H4><P>
+<H4><A NAME="4.16.3">4.16.3</A>) Don't currval() and nextval() lead to a race condition with other
+concurrent backend processes?</H4><P>
 
 No.  That has been handled by the backends.
 
@@ -1232,4 +1237,3 @@ <H4><A NAME="5.5">5.5</A>) I have changed a source file.  Why does the
 </BODY>
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doc/src/sgml/release.sgml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-(2000-05-08)
+(2000-06-01)
 PostgreSQL has a Web site at http://www.postgresql.org/ which carries details
 on the latest release, upcoming features, and other information to make your
 work or play with PostgreSQL more productive.