On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:49:15PM +0100, Kaare Rasmussen wrote: > I'm not sure, but as far as I remember, it will be a short release > cycle for 8.3 in order to finish some big items that couldn't be > ready in time for 8.2. > > But which items are more or less expected for 8.3? I recall > - Hierarchical Queries > - On disk bitmap index
These two are happening > - Clustered/replication solutions This one's stalled because no two replication solutions appear to need anything in the core. Instead, lots of things are going on outside the core in the clustering/replication/HA arena. > being discussed. What are on people's minds? Other things coming down the pike are: * SQL/XML support per SQL:2003 * SQL/PSM support per SQL:2003 Hrm. While two things isn't much of a pattern, it's suggestive. Personally, I'd like to see MERGE, windowing functions, and better integration of (INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE) ... RETURNING. Cheers, D (SQL/MED, anybody?) -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend