Re: [HACKERS] Upgrades for 6.4.1

Hannu Krosing <hannu@trust.ee>

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@trust.ee>

To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

Cc: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>, hackers@postgreSQL.org

Date: 1998-12-18T16:08:33Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > ENHANCEMENTS
> > > ------------
> > > * Add full ANSI SQL capabilities
> > >         * add OUTER joins, left and right (Thomas)
> > >         * add INTERSECTS, SUBTRACTS(Stephan)
> > >         * add temporary tables
> > >         * add sql3 recursive unions
> > >         * add the concept of dataspaces
> > >         * add DECIMAL, NUMERIC, DOUBLE PRECISION, BIT, BIT VARYING
> >
> > We've got DOUBLE PRECISION, DECIMAL, and NUMERIC (the latter two are
> > brain-damaged though)
> 
> Removed.

If it's brain-damaged should'nt it be justr Replaced instead of Removed 

> 
> >
> > >         * add CONSTRAINT
> >
> > Already here, from Vadim.
> Removed.
> 

AFAIK, CONSTRAINTS ar currently available only at table create time ?

So once you have (or have.nt) them, you must stay with it ;(

creating/dropping constraints should be made to work in ALTER TABLE as
well


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Hannu