Thread: 6.3p1 CHANGES

6.3p1 CHANGES

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Here are the changes.  I have updated the HISTORY and TODO files in the
distribution.  I assume we don't want to update all the stuff like the
bug template to reflect 6.3p1, do we?

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CHANGES IN THE 6.3p1 PATCH
--------------------------
ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
large object fix for pg_dump and tclsh(alvin@camberlo.demon.co.uk)
LIKE fix for multiple adjacent underscores
fix for redefining builtin functions(Thomas)
ultrix4 cleanup
upgrade to pg_access 0.83
updated CLUSTER manual page
multi-byte character set support, see doc/README.mb(Tatsuo)
configure --with-pgport fix
pg_ident fix
big-endian fix for backend communications(Tatsuo)
SUBSTR() and substring() fix(Thomas)
several jdbc fixes(Peter)
libpgtcl improvements, see libptcl/README(Randy Kunkee)
Fix for "Datasize = 0" error(Vadim)
Prevent \do from wrapping(Bruce)
Remove duplicate Russian character set entries
Sunos4 cleanup
Allow optional TABLE keyword in LOCK and SELECT INTO(Thomas)
CREATE SEQUENCE options to allow a negative integer(Thomas)
Add "PASSWORD" as an allowed column identifier(Thomas)
Add checks for UNION target fields(Bruce)
Fix Alpha port(Dwayne Bailey)
Fix for text arrays containing quotes(Doug Gibson)
Solaris compile fix(Albert Chin-A-Young)
Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)

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Re: [HACKERS] 6.3p1 CHANGES

From
t-ishii@sra.co.jp (Tatsuo Ishii)
Date:
At 0:34 AM 98.3.21 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>Here are the changes.  I have updated the HISTORY and TODO files in the
>distribution.  I assume we don't want to update all the stuff like the
>bug template to reflect 6.3p1, do we?
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>CHANGES IN THE 6.3p1 PATCH
>--------------------------
>ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
>pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
>large object fix for pg_dump and tclsh(alvin@camberlo.demon.co.uk)
>LIKE fix for multiple adjacent underscores
>fix for redefining builtin functions(Thomas)
>ultrix4 cleanup
>upgrade to pg_access 0.83
>updated CLUSTER manual page
>multi-byte character set support, see doc/README.mb(Tatsuo)
>configure --with-pgport fix
>pg_ident fix
>big-endian fix for backend communications(Tatsuo)

This was done by Kataoka not by me. Could you change above?

Tatsuo Ishii
t-ishii@sra.co.jp


Re: [HACKERS] 6.3p1 CHANGES

From
"Thomas G. Lockhart"
Date:
The SUBSTRING() fix was due to Jan W.
The LIKE fix also fixed having a function call as the target of
BETWEEN/AND...

                  - Tom
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>
> CHANGES IN THE 6.3p1 PATCH
> --------------------------
> ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
> pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
> large object fix for pg_dump and tclsh(alvin@camberlo.demon.co.uk)
> LIKE fix for multiple adjacent underscores
> fix for redefining builtin functions(Thomas)
> ultrix4 cleanup
> upgrade to pg_access 0.83
> updated CLUSTER manual page
> multi-byte character set support, see doc/README.mb(Tatsuo)
> configure --with-pgport fix
> pg_ident fix
> big-endian fix for backend communications(Tatsuo)
> SUBSTR() and substring() fix(Thomas)
> several jdbc fixes(Peter)
> libpgtcl improvements, see libptcl/README(Randy Kunkee)
> Fix for "Datasize = 0" error(Vadim)
> Prevent \do from wrapping(Bruce)
> Remove duplicate Russian character set entries
> Sunos4 cleanup
> Allow optional TABLE keyword in LOCK and SELECT INTO(Thomas)
> CREATE SEQUENCE options to allow a negative integer(Thomas)
> Add "PASSWORD" as an allowed column identifier(Thomas)
> Add checks for UNION target fields(Bruce)
> Fix Alpha port(Dwayne Bailey)
> Fix for text arrays containing quotes(Doug Gibson)
> Solaris compile fix(Albert Chin-A-Young)
> Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian                          |  830 Blythe Avenue
> maillist@candle.pha.pa.us              |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
>   +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  (610) 353-9879(w)
>   +  Christ can be your backup.        |  (610) 853-3000(h)

Re: [HACKERS] 6.3p1 CHANGES

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
> >pg_ident fix
> >big-endian fix for backend communications(Tatsuo)
>
> This was done by Kataoka not by me. Could you change above?

Done.

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Re: [HACKERS] 6.3p1 CHANGES

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
>
> The SUBSTRING() fix was due to Jan W.
> The LIKE fix also fixed having a function call as the target of
> BETWEEN/AND...
>

done.


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