These two items are complete in 8.2, IIRC Allow constraint_exclusion to work for UNIONs like it does for inheritance, allow it to work for UPDATE and DELETE statements, and allow it to be used for all statements with little performance impact
Fix memory leak from exceptions http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2006-06/msg00305.php This item was rejected by Tom, since a workaround exists Add estimated_count(*) to return an estimate of COUNT(*) This would use the planner ANALYZE statistics to return an estimated count. http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg00943.php -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq