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Waiting for 8.4 – psql vs. tabs + wrapped output

Today I will describe 2 new patches which modify psql:

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MySQL’s timestamp in PostgreSQL

MySQL has this nifty/annoying feature/bug of special data type “TIMESTAMP". It is like a DATETIME, but it gets automatically updated whenever you modify the row.

I'll try to add the same feature to PostgreSQL.

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“ERROR: operator does not exist: integer = text” how to fix it?

PostgreSQL 8.3 brought us many great new features. Among them were concurrent autovacuum, enums, tsearch in core.

On of the changes though made a lot of people dislike 8.3. It was removal of implicit casts.

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Waiting for 8.4 – pg_conf_load_time, time-related generate_series and enum values in \dT+

3 new functionalities from 3 people:

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Waiting for 8.4 – RETURN QUERY EXECUTE and cursor_tuple_fraction

Today another two new additions to PostgreSQL – as You can see may commit-fest seems to work pretty good 🙂

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Waiting for 8.4 – \o and \d+ in psql

Today, we have 2 new changes in psql. One of them is not actually new feature, but I decided to write about it anyway, because of its implications.

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What does “success” mean to You?

Friend from my previous job asked this question: “What does success mean to You"?

One of the answers that I remember he got was:

“Get “brand recognition" of my name, and get a job with monthly salary of 40,000 PLN."

(I'm not sure if “brand recognition" is correct phrase – I mean that he wanted his name/person to be well known among people working in the same area as he is.

40,000 PLN – to give some perspective, is a bit over 10% of value of new Jaguar XK convertible (not XKR).

I would like to ask You, to tell me what does “success" mean to You. What would You have to achieve to feel successful.

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