PostgreSQL TODO List

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Current maintainer:Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)

Last updated:Fri Jun17 21:45:55 EDT 2005

Last updated:Thu Jun23 17:28:04 EDT 2005

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.

This would require a new global table that is dumped to flat file for

use by the postmaster. We do a similar thing for pg_shadow currently.

* Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions

Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as

though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be

cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination

because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they

have run the query cancel cleanup routine.

* Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either

via an SQL function or SIGTERM

* Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf

By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from

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<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<ahref="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>

Last updated:Fri Jun17 21:45:55 EDT 2005

Last updated:Thu Jun23 17:28:04 EDT 2005

<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>

<ahref="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.

<p> This would require a new global table that is dumped to flat file for

use by the postmaster. We do a similar thing for pg_shadow currently.

</li><li>Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions

<p> Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as

though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be

cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination

because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they

have run the query cancel cleanup routine.

</li><li>Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either

via an SQL function or SIGTERM

</li><li>Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf

<p> By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from

thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it to its default.