From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 9.4 release notes |
Date: | 2014-05-14 14:07:21 |
Message-ID: | 20140514140721.GA31386@momjian.us |
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:33:15AM +0100, Dean Rasheed wrote:
> On 4 May 2014 13:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > I have completed the initial version of the 9.4 release notes. You can
> > view them here:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-9-4.html
> >
> > I will be adding additional markup in the next few days.
> >
> > Feedback expected and welcomed. I expect to be modifying this until we
> > release 9.4 final. I have marked items where I need help with question
> > marks.
> >
>
> In a few places, I think "updateable" should be spelled "updatable"
> for consistency with the rest of the documentation (although I think
> both spellings are actually correct).
>
>
> ===
> Allow the updating of views where only some columns are
> auto-updateable (Dean Rasheed)
>
> Previously the presence of a non-auto-updateable column prevented all
> columns from being auto-updated. Deletes are now supported on suitable
> views even if no auto-updateable columns are present.
> ===
>
> I think that puts too much emphasis on deletes, and could be
> misinterpreted. How about something like this:
>
> Allow views to be automatically updatable even if they contain some
> non-updatable columns (Dean Rasheed)
>
> Previously the presence of non-updatable columns such as expressions,
> literals and functions prevented automatic updates. Now INSERTs,
> UPDATEs and DELETEs are supported, provided that they do not attempt
> to assign new values to any of the non-updatable columns.
Agreed. Adjusted attached patch applied. I was never happy with the
previous awkward auto-update wording.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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