On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:03:59PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > >Not that there's anything wrong with a performance-oriented release > > >... but if you think that 8.2 is short on features, you'd better get > > >ready to be disappointed by every future release. > > > > > > > It's a pity that some expectations have been raised about features that > > we haven't seen patches for, e.g. MERGE and/or some form of UPSERT, and > > recursive queries. I am not pointing fingers, but I do think we need > > some way in which the community can ensure that certain goals are met, > > or at least try to help if things fall in a ditch, rather than just > > relying on hackers scratching whatever itch they happen to get in > > splendid isolation and then trying to merge the results. > > What we do is when people claim items, we monitor them to be sure they > get them done for the current release, or at least give it their best > try. There is not much more we can do.
Do we? There seems to be improvements to be had here. For example, someone at OSCon (Josh D maybe) was saying that we'll have MERGE/UPSERT in 8.2, but apparently we won't. At best, people will lay claim to TODO items, and the the nebulous group concious will vaguely remember that someone's working on it; sometimes remembering who, sometimes even pushing to get it in for the next release. But there's plenty of room there for things to get forgotten about (ie: MERGE/UPSERT, which would have been a nice big feature to add to the list in 8.2). BTW, while I'm thinking about it, I believe INSERT ... RETURNING is in, no? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
