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<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Sat Jan 6 14:41:18 EST 2007
+Last updated: Sat Jan 6 14:59:54 EST 2007
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
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<h1><a name="section_12">Indexes</a></h1>
<ul>
- <li>Allow inherited tables to inherit index, UNIQUE constraint, and primary
- key, foreign key
- </li><li>UNIQUE INDEX on base column not honored on INSERTs/UPDATEs from
- inherited table: INSERT INTO inherit_table (unique_index_col) VALUES
- (dup) should fail
-<p> The main difficulty with this item is the problem of creating an index
- that can span more than one table.
-</p>
- </li><li>Allow SELECT ... FOR UPDATE on inherited tables
- </li><li>Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
+ <li>Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
</li><li>Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modify the column
<p> Uniqueness (index) checks are done when updating a column even if the
column is not modified by the UPDATE.
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several rows as a single index entry
<p> This is difficult because it requires datatype-specific knowledge.
</p>
+ </li><li>Inheritance
+ <ul>
+ <li>Allow inherited tables to inherit indexes, UNIQUE constraints,
+ and primary/foreign keys
+ </li><li>Honor UNIQUE INDEX on base column in INSERTs/UPDATEs
+ on inherited table, e.g. INSERT INTO inherit_table
+ (unique_index_col) VALUES (dup) should fail
+<p> The main difficulty with this item is the problem of
+ creating an index that can span multiple tables.
+</p>
+ </li><li>Allow SELECT ... FOR UPDATE on inherited tables
+ </li></ul>
</li><li>GIST
<ul>
<li>Add more GIST index support for geometric data types