Waiting for PostgreSQL 17 – Allow \watch queries to stop on minimum rows returned

On 29th of August 2023, Daniel Gustafsson committed patch:

Allow \watch queries to stop on minimum rows returned
 
When running a repeat query with \watch in psql, it can be
helpful to be able to stop the watch process when the query
no longer returns the expected amount of rows.  An example
would be to watch for the presence of a certain event in
pg_stat_activity and stopping when the event is no longer
present, or to watch an index creation and stop when the
index is created.
 
This adds a min_rows=MIN parameter to \watch which can be
set to a non-negative integer, and the watch query will
stop executing when it returns less than MIN rows.
 
Author: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKAnmmKStATuddYxP71L+p0DHtp9Rvjze3XRoy0Dyw67VQ45UA@mail.gmail.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 17 – Generate new LOG for “trust” connections under log_connections

On 26th of August 2023, Michael Paquier committed patch:

Generate new LOG for "trust" connections under log_connections
 
Adding an extra LOG for connections that have not set an authn ID, like
when the "trust" authentication method is used, is useful for audit
purposes.
 
A couple of TAP tests for SSL and authentication need to be tweaked to
adapt to this new LOG generated, as some scenarios expected no logs but
they now get a hit.
 
Reported-by: Shaun Thomas
Author: Jacob Champion
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas, Michael Paquier
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAFdbL1N7-GF-ZXKaB3XuGA+CkSmnjFvqb8hgjMnDfd+uhL2u-A@mail.gmail.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 17 – Add to_bin() and to_oct().

On 23rd of August 2023, Nathan Bossart committed patch:

Add to_bin() and to_oct().
 
This commit introduces functions for converting numbers to their
equivalent binary and octal representations.  Also, the base
conversion code for these functions and to_hex() has been moved to
a common helper function.
 
Co-authored-by: Eric Radman
Reviewed-by: Ian Barwick, Dag Lem, Vignesh C, Tom Lane, Peter Eisentraut, Kirk Wolak, Vik Fearing, John Naylor, Dean Rasheed
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/Y6IyTQQ/TsD5wnsH%40vm3.eradman.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Add array_sample() and array_shuffle() functions.

On 7th of April 2023, Tom Lane committed patch:

Add array_sample() and array_shuffle() functions.
 
These are useful in Monte Carlo applications.
 
Martin Kalcher, reviewed/adjusted by Daniel Gustafsson and myself
 
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9d160a44-7675-51e8-60cf-6d64b76db831@aboutsource.net

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Add pg_stat_io view, providing more detailed IO statistics

On 11st of February 2023, Andres Freund committed patch:

Add pg_stat_io view, providing more detailed IO statistics
 
Builds on 28e626bde00 and f30d62c2fc6. See the former for motivation.
 
Rows of the view show IO operations for a particular backend type, IO target
object, IO context combination (e.g. a client backend's operations on
permanent relations in shared buffers) and each column in the view is the
total number of IO Operations done (e.g. writes). So a cell in the view would
be, for example, the number of blocks of relation data written from shared
buffers by client backends since the last stats reset.
 
In anticipation of tracking WAL IO and non-block-oriented IO (such as
temporary file IO), the "op_bytes" column specifies the unit of the "reads",
"writes", and "extends" columns for a given row.
 
Rows for combinations of IO operation, backend type, target object and context
that never occur, are ommitted entirely. For example, checkpointer will never
operate on temporary relations.
 
Similarly, if an IO operation never occurs for such a combination, the IO
operation's cell will be null, to distinguish from 0 observed IO
operations. For example, bgwriter should not perform reads.
 
Note that some of the cells in the view are redundant with fields in
pg_stat_bgwriter (e.g. buffers_backend). For now, these have been kept for
backwards compatibility.
 
Bumps catversion.
 
Author: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Author: Samay Sharma <smilingsamay@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Reviewed-by: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20200124195226.lth52iydq2n2uilq@alap3.anarazel.de

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Allow underscores in integer and numeric constants.

On 4th of February 2023, Dean Rasheed committed patch:

Allow underscores in integer and numeric constants.
 
This allows underscores to be used in integer and numeric literals,
and their corresponding type input functions, for visual grouping.
For example:
 
    1_500_000_000
    3.14159_26535_89793
    0xffff_ffff
    0b_1001_0001
 
A single underscore is allowed between any 2 digits, or immediately
after the base prefix indicator of non-decimal integers, per SQL:202x
draft.
 
Peter Eisentraut and Dean Rasheed
 
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/84aae844-dc55-a4be-86d9-4f0fa405cc97%40enterprisedb.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Invent random_normal() to provide normally-distributed random numbers.

On 9th of January 2023, Tom Lane committed patch:

Invent random_normal() to provide normally-distributed random numbers.
 
There is already a version of this in contrib/tablefunc, but it
seems sufficiently widely useful to justify having it in core.
 
Paul Ramsey
 
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACowWR0DqHAvOKUCNxTrASFkWsDLqKMd6WiXvVvaWg4pV1BMnQ@mail.gmail.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Non-decimal integer literals

On 14th of December 2022, Peter Eisentraut committed patch:

Non-decimal integer literals 
 
Add support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary integer literals:
 
    0x42F
    0o273
    0b100101
 
per SQL:202x draft.
 
This adds support in the lexer as well as in the integer type input
functions.
 
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhihong Yu <zyu@yugabyte.com>
Reviewed-by: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/b239564c-cad0-b23e-c57e-166d883cb97d@enterprisedb.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Add grantable MAINTAIN privilege and pg_maintain role.

On 14th of December 2022, Jeff Davis committed patch:

Add grantable MAINTAIN privilege and pg_maintain role.
 
Allows VACUUM, ANALYZE, REINDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER,
and LOCK TABLE.
 
Effectively reverts 4441fc704d. Instead of creating separate
privileges for VACUUM, ANALYZE, and other maintenance commands, group
them together under a single MAINTAIN privilege.
 
Author: Nathan Bossart
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20221212210136.GA449764@nathanxps13
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/45224.1670476523@sss.pgh.pa.us

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