PostgreSQL TODO List

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Current maintainer:Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)

Last updated:Wed Aug 910:55:32 EDT 2006

Last updated:Wed Aug 912:35:39 EDT 2006

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at

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

of result sets using new statement protocol

Features We Do _Not_ Want

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* All backends running as threads in a single process (not want)

This eliminates the process protection we get from the current setup.

Thread creation is usually the same overhead as process creation on

modern systems, so it seems unwise to use a pure threaded model.

* Optimizer hints (not want)

Optimizer hints are used to work around problems in the optimizer. We

would rather have the problems reported and fixed.

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php

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<h1><aname="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>

<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<ahref="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>

Last updated: Wed Aug 910:55:32 EDT 2006

Last updated: Wed Aug 912:35:39 EDT 2006

<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>.

of result sets using new statement protocol

<h1><aname="section_23">Features We Do _Not_ Want</a></h1>

<li>All backends running as threads in a single process (not want)

<p> This eliminates the process protection we get from the current setup.

Thread creation is usually the same overhead as process creation on

modern systems, so it seems unwise to use a pure threaded model.

</li><li>Optimizer hints (not want)

<p> Optimizer hints are used to work around problems in the optimizer. We

would rather have the problems reported and fixed.

<ahref="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php">http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00506.php</a>

<h2><aname="section_22_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2>

<h2><aname="section_23_1">Developers who have claimed items are:</a></h2>

<li>Alvaro is Alvaro Herrera &lt;<ahref="mailto:alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl">alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl</a>&gt;

</li><li>Andrew is Andrew Dunstan &lt;<ahref="mailto:andrew@dunslane.net">andrew@dunslane.net</a>&gt;