发布日期: 1997-01-29
对于想从此版本以前的 Postgres 迁移到此版本的任何企图都需要做一次完整的倾倒/恢复工作．
这种迁移需要从1.09把数据完全输出，然后在6.0里将数据全部恢复回去．
做这种迁移首先要升级到1.09版本，因为在1.02版本中已经改善了 COPY 的输出格式．
修补 --------- ALTER TABLE bug - running postgress process needs to re-read table definition Allow vacuum to be run on one table or entire database(Bruce) Array fixes Fix array over-runs of memory writes(Kurt) Fix elusive btree range/non-range bug(Dan) Fix for hash indexes on some types like time and date Fix for pg_log size explosion Fix permissions on lo_export()(Bruce) Fix unitialized reads of memory(Kurt) Fixed ALTER TABLE ... char(3) bug(Bruce) Fixed a few small memory leaks Fixed EXPLAIN handling of options and changed full_path option name Fixed output of group acl permissions Memory leaks (hunt and destroy with tools like Purify(Kurt) Minor improvements to rules system NOTIFY fixes New asserts for run-checking Overhauled parser/analyze code to properly report errors and increase speed Pg_dump -d now handles NULL's properly(Bruce) Prevent SELECT NULL from crashing server (Bruce) Properly report errors when INSERT ... SELECT columns did not match Properly report errors when insert column names were not correct Psql \g filename now works(Bruce) Psql fixed problem with multiple statements on one line with multiple outputs Removed duplicate system oid's SELECT * INTO TABLE . GROUP/ORDER BY gives unlink error if table exists(Bruce) Several fixes for queries that crashed the backend Starting quote in insert string errors(Bruce) Submitting an empty query now returns empty status, not just " " query(Bruce) 增强 ------------ Add EXPLAIN manual page(Bruce) Add UNIQUE index capability(Dan) Add hostname/user level access control rather than just hostname and user Add synonym of != for <>(Bruce) Allow "select oid,* from table" Allow BY,ORDER BY to specify columns by number, or by non-alias table.column(Bruce) Allow COPY from the frontend(Bryan) Allow GROUP BY to use alias column name(Bruce) Allow actual compression, not just reuse on the same page(Vadim) Allow installation-configuration option to auto-add all local users(Bryan) Allow libpq to distinguish between text value '' and null(Bruce) Allow non-postgres users with createdb privs to destroydb's Allow restriction on who can create C functions(Bryan) Allow restriction on who can do backend COPY(Bryan) Can shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log(Vadim & Erich) Change debug level 2 to print queries only, changed debug heading layout(Bruce) Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8(Bruce) European date format now set when postmaster is started Execute lowercase function names if not found with exact case Fixes for aggregate/GROUP processing, allow 'select sum(func(x),sum(x+y) from z' Gist now included in the distrubution(Marc) Idend authentication of local users(Bryan) Implement BETWEEN qualifier(Bruce) Implement IN qualifier(Bruce) Libpq has PQgetisnull()(Bruce) Libpq++ improvements New options to initdb(Bryan) Pg_dump allow dump of oid's(Bruce) Pg_dump create indexes after tables are loaded for speed(Bruce) Pg_dumpall dumps all databases, and the user table Pginterface additions for NULL values(Bruce) Prevent postmaster from being run as root Psql \h and \? is now readable(Bruce) Psql allow backslashed, semicolons anywhere on the line(Bruce) Psql changed command prompt for lines in query or in quotes(Bruce) Psql char(3) now displays as (bp)char in \d output(Bruce) Psql return code now more accurate(Bryan?) Psql updated help syntax(Bruce) Re-visit and fix vacuum(Vadim) Reduce size of regression diffs, remove timezone name difference(Bruce) Remove compile-time parameters to enable binary distributions(Bryan) Reverse meaning of HBA masks(Bryan) Secure Authentication of local users(Bryan) Speed up vacuum(Vadim) Vacuum now had VERBOSE option(Bruce) 源代码树修改 ------------------- All functions now have prototypes that are compared against the calls Allow asserts to be disabled easly from Makefile.global(Bruce) Change oid constants used in code to #define names Decoupled sparc and solaris defines(Kurt) Gcc -Wall compiles cleanly with warnings only from unfixable constructs Major include file reorganization/reduction(Marc) Make now stops on compile failure(Bryan) Makefile restructuring(Bryan, Marc) Merge bsdi_2_1 to bsdi(Bruce) Monitor program removed Name change from Postgres95 to PostgreSQL New config.h file(Marc, Bryan) PG_VERSION now set to 6.0 and used by postmaster Portability additions, including Ultrix, DG/UX, AIX, and Solaris Reduced the number of #define's, centeralized #define's Remove duplicate OIDS in system tables(Dan) Remove duplicate system catalog info or report mismatches(Dan) Removed many os-specific #define's Restructured object file generation/location(Bryan, Marc) Restructured port-specific file locations(Bryan, Marc) Unused/uninialized variables corrected