Here are the changes for 7.4. I am looking for any improvements. This will be adjusted as we move through beta.
Almost anything with my name on it (but certainly all the array and polymorphic function stuff) could have Tom's too, since he reviewed, polished, and applied it.
Server Configuration> Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries
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You might want to move this one up to Performance. Also, it might better be "...to preload and preinitialize libraries..."
Add pg_settings table to see server settings (Joe)This should be more like:
Add new columns to pg_settings view: context, vartype, source , min_val, max_val (Joe)
> Data Types and Functions >
Allow WHERE qualifications of the form 'col IN/ANY/SOME/ALL (array) (?) (Joe)This should be
Allow WHERE qualifications of the form 'expr <oper> ANY/SOME/ALL (array-expr)' (Tom) (Joe)
Allow SQL functions to return arrays and take them as params (Joe)
I think you must be referring to polymorphism here. Maybe: Allow polymorphic SQL functions (Tom) (Joe)
Also: Allow user defined aggregates to use polymorphic functions (Tom) (Joe) Allow polymorphic user defined aggregates (Tom) (Joe)
Server-side Languages
Allow polymorphic PL/pgSQL functions (Tom) (Joe) Improved compiled function caching mechanism in PL/pgSQL with full support for polymorphism (Tom) (Joe) Add new $0 parameter in PL/pgSQL representing the function's actual return type (Tom) (Joe)
Contrib
Add hashes to tablefuncs (Joe)
More like: Add hashed based crosstab function to tablefuncs (Joe)
And:
Add optional serial column for ordering siblings to connectby() in tablefuncs (Nabil Sayegh) (Joe)
Fix second argument to metaphone() in fullystrmatchFix bug in metaphone() in fuzzystrmatch
Joe
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