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Appendix B: Document history

The exact file history is recorded in the manual module in our CVS tree; see http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=9028

Revision History
0.1 8 Apr 2005 PV First edition.
0.2 15 Apr 2005 PV Mentioned that Fb 2.0 legalises “A = NULL” comparisons.
Changed text in “Testing if something is NULL”.
Slightly altered “Dealing with NULLs” section.
1.0 24 Jan 2007 PV This is a major update, with so much new material added that the document has grown to around 4 times its former size. In addition, much of the existing text has been reorganised and thoroughly reworked. It's not feasible to give a summary of all the changes here. Consider this a new guide with 15–25% old material. The most important additions are:
  • NULL literals
  • IS [NOT] DISTINCT FROM
  • Internal functions and directives
  • Predicates: IN, ANY, SOME, ALL, EXISTS, SINGULAR
  • Searches (WHERE)
  • Sorts (ORDER BY)
  • GROUP BY and HAVING
  • CASE, WHILE and FOR
  • Keys and indices
  • CHECK constraints
  • SELECT DISTINCT
  • Converting values to NULL with NULLIF
  • Altering populated tables
  • Bugs list
  • Alphabetical index
1.0.1 26 Jan 2007 PV Making non-nullable columns nullable again: Provisory fix of error regarding removal of NOT NULL constraints.
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