Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 items

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 items
Date: 1998-08-25 17:31:31
Message-ID: 199808251731.NAA01138@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > > SERIAL type auto-creates sequence
> > This would be nice to have for 6.4. Someone mentioned you can create
> > the sequence before the table, so maybe we can jam it in. If it is not
> > 100% correct, we have a month to make it correct, right?
>
> postgres=> create table s (x text, i serial);
> NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence s_i_seq for SERIAL
> column s.i
> CREATE
> postgres=> insert into s values ('one');
> INSERT 894455 1
> postgres=> insert into s values ('two');
> INSERT 894456 1
> postgres=> insert into s values ('three');
> INSERT 894457 1
> postgres=> select * from s;
> x |i
> -----+-
> one |1
> two |2
> three|3
> (3 rows)

Great.

>
> > > > remove PARSEDEBUG defines if not longer needed
> > Remember, I suggested a way you could keep them with more eligant
> > defines. Any comments?
>
> Well, I think that at least most of them should come out of the code
> altogether. The more elegant solution probably leads to code clutter
> also, just a bit more readable since it indents with the rest of the
> code.

OK. I just redid parse_target.c, so I hope you can merge in your stuff.

>
> > > > double-quotes from pg_dump of field names
> > > I have some patches for this, but have not had time to test yet.
> > Cool. Let the beta testers test it!
>
> Hmm. So that would make them alpha testers, right? :) Might be OK for
> this one, if someone is willing to try it. I'd hate to make a change and
> then forget about it though. Tatsuo?

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