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Re: SQL:2011 application time

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
To: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Cc: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Jaime Casanova <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec>
Date: 2022-01-19T08:32:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Rename gist stratnum support function

  2. Remove support for temporal RESTRICT foreign keys

  3. Cache NO ACTION foreign keys separately from RESTRICT foreign keys

  4. Fix NO ACTION temporal foreign keys when the referenced endpoints change

  5. Improve whitespace in without_overlaps test

  6. Tests for logical replication with temporal keys

  7. Support for GiST in get_equal_strategy_number()

  8. Make the conditions in IsIndexUsableForReplicaIdentityFull() more explicit

  9. Replace get_equal_strategy_number_for_am() by get_equal_strategy_number()

  10. Improve internal logical replication error for missing equality strategy

  11. Simplify IsIndexUsableForReplicaIdentityFull()

  12. Fix ALTER TABLE / REPLICA IDENTITY for temporal tables

  13. doc: Update pg_constraint.conexclop docs for WITHOUT OVERLAPS

  14. doc: Add PERIOD to ALTER TABLE reference docs

  15. doc: Add WITHOUT OVERLAPS to ALTER TABLE reference docs

  16. Add temporal FOREIGN KEY contraints

  17. Add temporal PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE constraints

  18. Add stratnum GiST support function

  19. Avoid crashing when a JIT-inlined backend function throws an error.

  20. Revert temporal primary keys and foreign keys

  21. Fix ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING/UPDATE for temporal indexes

  22. Add test for REPLICA IDENTITY with a temporal key

  23. Use half-open interval notation in without_overlaps tests

  24. Use daterange and YMD in without_overlaps tests instead of tsrange.

  25. Rename pg_constraint.conwithoutoverlaps to conperiod

  26. Fix comment on gist_stratnum_btree

  27. Add missing TAP test name

  28. Improve error handling of HMAC computations

  29. Rename functions to avoid future conflicts

On 10.01.22 09:53, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> Of course, the main problem in this patch is that for most uses it
>>> requires btree_gist.  I think we should consider moving that into
>>> core, or at least the support for types that are most relevant to this
>>> functionality, specifically the date/time types.  Aside from user
>>> convenience, this would also allow writing more realistic test cases.
>>
>> I think this would be great too. How realistic do you think it is? I
>> figured since exclusion constraints are also pretty useless without
>> btree_gist, it wasn't asking too much to have people install the
>> extension, but still it'd be better if it were all built in.
> 
> IMO, if this temporal feature is to happen, btree_gist needs to be moved 
> into core first.  Having to install an extension in order to use an 
> in-core feature like this isn't going to be an acceptable experience.

I have started a separate thread about this question.