From 939ec9b8a4cdd0c9ed9d1d85390d44942cd2edf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:50:04 +0300 Subject: Update SQL features/conformance information to SQL:2011 --- doc/src/sgml/features.sgml | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml index 01d3ed91c57..6c22d698673 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ The formal name of the SQL standard is ISO/IEC 9075 Database Language SQL. A revised version of the standard is released - from time to time; the most recent update appearing in 2008. - The 2008 version is referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2008, or simply as SQL:2008. - The versions prior to that were SQL:2003, SQL:1999, and SQL-92. Each version + from time to time; the most recent update appearing in 2011. + The 2011 version is referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2011, or simply as SQL:2011. + The versions prior to that were SQL:2008, SQL:2003, SQL:1999, and SQL-92. Each version replaces the previous one, so claims of conformance to earlier versions have no official merit. PostgreSQL development aims for @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ - The SQL:2008 and SQL:2003 - standard versions are also split into a number + The standard versions beginning with SQL:2003 + are also split into a number of parts. Each is known by a shorthand name. Note that these parts are not consecutively numbered. @@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ - PostgreSQL supports most of the major features of SQL:2008. Out of + PostgreSQL supports most of the major features of SQL:2011. Out of 179 mandatory features required for full Core conformance, PostgreSQL conforms to at least 160. In addition, there is a long list of supported optional features. It might be worth noting that at the time of writing, no current version of any database management - system claims full conformance to Core SQL:2008. + system claims full conformance to Core SQL:2011. In the following two sections, we provide a list of those features that PostgreSQL supports, followed by a - list of the features defined in SQL:2008 which + list of the features defined in SQL:2011 which are not yet supported in PostgreSQL. Both of these lists are approximate: There might be minor details that are nonconforming for a feature that is listed as supported, and @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Unsupported Features - The following features defined in SQL:2008 are not + The following features defined in SQL:2011 are not implemented in this release of PostgreSQL. In a few cases, equivalent functionality is available. -- cgit v1.2.3