Re: [HACKERS] 8.5 release timetable, again

2009-08-24 Thread Rick Vernam
On Monday 24 August 2009 3:51:31 pm Bruce Momjian wrote: > > folks were expecting it in 8.4. > > That is a slightly alarmist. Who are we going to lose these users to? the insane asylum? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: ht

Re: [HACKERS] LIMIT NULL

2009-02-04 Thread Rick Vernam
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 8:41:55 am Svenne Krap wrote: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >> Me neither. I wonder how many other long term users (I have used pgsql > >> for more than a decade - 6.2 was my first version if memory serves) > >> and have never caught that nuance either. > >> > >> Maybe tha

Re: [HACKERS] LIMIT NULL

2009-02-03 Thread Rick Vernam
On Tuesday 03 February 2009 3:06:27 pm Tom Lane wrote: > Rick Vernam writes: > > If looking for information about limits, I would go here: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/queries-limit.html > > and consider it to be an authoritative source. > > The referen

Re: [HACKERS] LIMIT NULL

2009-02-03 Thread Rick Vernam
On Tuesday 03 February 2009 10:42:30 am David E. Wheeler wrote: > On Feb 3, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > We have one page per main SQL verb (e.g. SELECT or CREATE TABLE). I > > don't think we want to break it up more than that. One page for each > > clause would be a nightmare to mai

Re: [HACKERS] 8.4 release planning

2009-01-26 Thread Rick Vernam
On Monday 26 January 2009 6:31:48 pm Ron Mayer wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: [...snip...] > > The second problem is that we're not sure it's really the right thing, > > because we have no one who is competent to review the design from a > > security standpoint. But unless we get past the first problem

Re: [HACKERS] 8.4 release planning

2009-01-26 Thread Rick Vernam
On Monday 26 January 2009 2:12:02 pm Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: > > So, some feedback to make this decision more difficult: > > > > Users: care about HS more than anything else in the world. > > I don't think this is correct. There are certainly a lot of users who > would like an in-co

Re: [HACKERS] Core team statement on replication in PostgreSQL

2008-05-29 Thread Rick Vernam
On Thursday 29 May 2008 09:54:03 am Marko Kreen wrote: > On 5/29/08, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Postgres core team met at PGCon to discuss a few issues, the largest > >  of which is the need for simple, built-in replication for PostgreSQL. > >  Historically the project policy has b

[HACKERS] select statement details

2008-01-20 Thread Rick Vernam
I'm trying to determine if a select statement: 1 - causes execution of a Volatile function - or - 2 - causes execution of a nextval function (same/similar as #1 above?) from within tcop / postgres.c ?? Things like QueryIsReadOnly imply that select nextval('some_sequence') are read-only ..