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Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Support RN (roman-numeral format) in to_number().

On 22nd of January 2025, Tom Lane committed patch: Support RN (roman-numeral format) in to_number().   We’ve long had roman-numeral output support in to_char(), but lacked the reverse conversion. Here it is.   Author: Hunaid Sohail <hunaidpgml@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Reviewed-by: Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMWA6ybh4M1VQqpmnu2tfSwO+3gAPeA8YKnMHVADeB=XDEvT_A@mail.gmail.com

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add OLD/NEW support to RETURNING in DML queries.

On 16th of January 2025, Dean Rasheed committed patch: Add OLD/NEW support to RETURNING in DML queries.   This allows the RETURNING list of INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/MERGE queries to explicitly return old and new values by using the special aliases "old" and "new", which are automatically added to the query (if not already defined) while parsing its … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add OLD/NEW support to RETURNING in DML queries.”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting.

On 6th of January 2025, Nathan Bossart committed patch: Allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting.   This commit introduces a new parameter named autovacuum_worker_slots that controls how many autovacuum worker slots to reserve during server startup. Modifying this new parameter’s value does require a server restart, but it should typically be set to the upper bound … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting.”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Enable BUFFERS with EXPLAIN ANALYZE by default

On 11st of December 2024, David Rowley committed patch: Enable BUFFERS with EXPLAIN ANALYZE by default   The topic of turning EXPLAIN’s BUFFERS option on with the ANALYZE option has come up a few times over the past few years. In many ways, doing this seems like a good idea as it may be more … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Enable BUFFERS with EXPLAIN ANALYZE by default”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Support LIKE with nondeterministic collations

On 27th of November 2024, Peter Eisentraut committed patch: Support LIKE with nondeterministic collations   This allows for example using LIKE with case-insensitive collations. There was previously no internal implementation of this, so it was met with a not-supported error. This adds the internal implementation and removes the error. The implementation follows the specification of … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Support LIKE with nondeterministic collations”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – psql: Add more information about service name

On 18th of December 2024, Michael Paquier committed patch: psql: Add more information about service name   This commit adds support for the following items in psql, able to show a service name, when available: – Variable SERVICE. – Substitution %s in PROMPT{1,2,3}.   This relies on 4b99fed7541e, that has made the service name available … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – psql: Add more information about service name”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add UUID version 7 generation function.

On 11st of December 2024, Masahiko Sawada committed patch: Add UUID version 7 generation function.   This commit introduces the uuidv7() SQL function, which generates UUID version 7 as specified in RFC 9652. UUIDv7 combines a Unix timestamp in milliseconds and random bits, offering both uniqueness and sortability.   In our implementation, the 12-bit sub-millisecond … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add UUID version 7 generation function.”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add SQL function array_reverse()

On 1st of November 2024, Michael Paquier committed patch: Add SQL function array_reverse()   This function takes in input an array, and reverses the position of all its elements. This operation only affects the first dimension of the array, like array_shuffle().   The implementation structure is inspired by array_shuffle(), with a subroutine called array_reverse_n() that … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add SQL function array_reverse()”

Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add temporal FOREIGN KEY contraints

On 17th of September 2024, Peter Eisentraut committed patch: Add temporal FOREIGN KEY contraints   Add PERIOD clause to foreign key constraint definitions. This is supported for range and multirange types. Temporal foreign keys check for range containment instead of equality.   This feature matches the behavior of the SQL standard temporal foreign keys, but … Continue reading “Waiting for PostgreSQL 18 – Add temporal FOREIGN KEY contraints”