drh | dce2cbe | 2000-05-31 02:27:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # Run this script to generated a changes.html output file |
| 3 | # |
| 4 | puts {<html> |
| 5 | <head> |
| 6 | <title>SQLite Change Log</title> |
| 7 | </head> |
| 8 | <body bgcolor="white"> |
| 9 | <h1 align="center">Recent Changes To SQLite</h1> |
| 10 | |
| 11 | <DL> |
| 12 | } |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | proc chng {date desc} { |
| 16 | puts "<DT><B>$date</B></DT>" |
| 17 | puts "<DD><P><UL>$desc</UL></P></DD>" |
| 18 | } |
| 19 | |
drh | 611ad21 | 2000-10-16 22:09:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | chng {2000 Oct 16 (1.0.11)} { |
drh | 4c50439 | 2000-10-16 22:06:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | <li>Added the <b>sqlite_interrupt()</b> interface.</li> |
| 22 | <li>In the shell, <b>sqlite_interrupt()</b> is invoked when the |
| 23 | user presses Control-C</li> |
drh | 1afad7c | 2000-10-16 22:11:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 24 | <li>Fixed some instances where <b>sqlite_exec()</b> was |
| 25 | returning the wrong error code.</li> |
drh | 4c50439 | 2000-10-16 22:06:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | } |
| 27 | |
drh | 611ad21 | 2000-10-16 22:09:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | chng {2000 Oct 11 (1.0.10)} { |
drh | 7c68d60 | 2000-10-11 19:28:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | <li>Added notes on how to compile for Windows95/98.</li> |
drh | 7c68d60 | 2000-10-11 19:28:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <li>Removed a few variables that were not being used. Etc.</li> |
| 31 | } |
| 32 | |
drh | a18c568 | 2000-10-08 22:20:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | chng {2000 Oct 8 (1.0.9)} { |
| 34 | <li>Added the <b>sqlite_..._printf()</b> interface routines.</li> |
| 35 | <li>Modified the <b>sqlite</b> shell program to use the new interface |
| 36 | routines.</li> |
| 37 | <li>Modified the <b>sqlite</b> shell program to print the schema for |
| 38 | the built-in SQLITE_MASTER table, if explicitly requested.</li> |
| 39 | } |
| 40 | |
drh | 9b0d0a8 | 2000-09-30 22:46:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | chng {2000 Sep 30 (1.0.8)} { |
| 42 | <li>Begin writing documentation on the TCL interface.</li> |
| 43 | } |
| 44 | |
drh | e371033 | 2000-09-29 13:30:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | chng {2000 Sep 29 (Not Released)} { |
| 46 | <li>Added the <b>sqlite_get_table()</b> API</li> |
drh | 98699b5 | 2000-10-09 12:57:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | <li>Updated the documentation for due to the above change.</li> |
drh | e371033 | 2000-09-29 13:30:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | <li>Modified the <b>sqlite</b> shell to make use of the new |
| 49 | sqlite_get_table() API in order to print a list of tables |
| 50 | in multiple columns, similar to the way "ls" prints filenames.</li> |
| 51 | <li>Modified the <b>sqlite</b> shell to print a semicolon at the |
| 52 | end of each CREATE statement in the output of the ".schema" command.</li> |
| 53 | } |
| 54 | |
drh | 6d31316 | 2000-09-21 13:01:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | chng {2000 Sep 21 (Not Released)} { |
| 56 | <li>Change the tclsqlite "eval" method to return a list of results if |
| 57 | no callback script is specified.</li> |
| 58 | <li>Change tclsqlite.c to use the Tcl_Obj interface</li> |
| 59 | <li>Add tclsqlite.c to the libsqlite.a library</li> |
| 60 | } |
| 61 | |
drh | a5c2ad0 | 2000-09-14 01:21:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | chng {2000 Sep 13 (Version 1.0.5)} { |
| 63 | <li>Changed the print format for floating point values from "%g" to "%.15g". |
| 64 | </li> |
| 65 | <li>Changed the comparison function so that numbers in exponential notation |
| 66 | (ex: 1.234e+05) sort in numerical order.</li> |
| 67 | } |
| 68 | |
drh | ff6e911 | 2000-08-28 16:21:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | chng {2000 Aug 28 (Version 1.0.4)} { |
| 70 | <li>Added functions <b>length()</b> and <b>substr()</b>.</li> |
| 71 | <li>Fix a bug in the <b>sqlite</b> shell program that was causing |
| 72 | a coredump when the output mode was "column" and the first row |
| 73 | of data contained a NULL.</li> |
| 74 | } |
| 75 | |
drh | 63e2741 | 2000-08-22 18:29:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | chng {2000 Aug 22 (Version 1.0.3)} { |
drh | 80afdca | 2000-08-22 13:27:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | <li>In the sqlite shell, print the "Database opened READ ONLY" message |
| 78 | to stderr instead of stdout.</li> |
drh | 4b1fb13 | 2000-08-22 13:43:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | <li>In the sqlite shell, now print the version number on initial startup.</li> |
| 80 | <li>Add the <b>sqlite_version[]</b> string constant to the library</li> |
drh | 63e2741 | 2000-08-22 18:29:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | <li>Makefile updates</li> |
| 82 | <li>Bug fix: incorrect VDBE code was being generated for the following |
| 83 | circumstance: a query on an indexed table containing a WHERE clause with |
| 84 | an IN operator that had a subquery on its right-hand side.</li> |
drh | 80afdca | 2000-08-22 13:27:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | } |
| 86 | |
drh | bbd4a75 | 2000-08-18 09:33:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | chng {2000 Aug 18 (Version 1.0.1)} { |
| 88 | <li>Fix a bug in the configure script.</li> |
drh | ea1fea5 | 2000-08-18 09:58:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | <li>Minor revisions to the website.</li> |
drh | bbd4a75 | 2000-08-18 09:33:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | } |
| 91 | |
drh | 303aaa7 | 2000-08-17 10:22:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | chng {2000 Aug 17 (Version 1.0)} { |
drh | 167a4b1 | 2000-08-17 09:49:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | <li>Change the <b>sqlite</b> program so that it can read |
| 94 | databases for which it lacks write permission. (It used to |
| 95 | refuse all access if it could not write.)</li> |
| 96 | } |
| 97 | |
drh | 30cab80 | 2000-08-09 17:17:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | chng {2000 Aug 9} { |
| 99 | <li>Treat carriage returns as white space.</li> |
| 100 | } |
| 101 | |
drh | a50da10 | 2000-08-08 20:19:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | chng {2000 Aug 8} { |
| 103 | <li>Added pattern matching to the ".table" command in the "sqlite" |
| 104 | command shell.</li> |
| 105 | } |
| 106 | |
drh | 2758db2 | 2000-08-04 13:52:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | chng {2000 Aug 4} { |
| 108 | <li>Documentation updates</li> |
| 109 | <li>Added "busy" and "timeout" methods to the Tcl interface</li> |
| 110 | } |
| 111 | |
drh | b97bedb | 2000-08-03 15:09:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | chng {2000 Aug 3} { |
| 113 | <li>File format version number was being stored in sqlite_master.tcl |
| 114 | multiple times. This was harmless, but unnecessary. It is now fixed.</li> |
| 115 | } |
| 116 | |
drh | 353f57e | 2000-08-02 12:26:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | chng {2000 Aug 2} { |
| 118 | <li>The file format for indices was changed slightly in order to work |
| 119 | around an inefficiency that can sometimes come up with GDBM when |
| 120 | there are large indices having many entries with the same key. |
| 121 | <font color="red">** Incompatible Change **</font></li> |
| 122 | } |
| 123 | |
drh | ed380d8 | 2000-08-01 09:56:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | chng {2000 Aug 1} { |
| 125 | <li>The parser's stack was overflowing on a very long UPDATE statement. |
| 126 | This is now fixed.</li> |
| 127 | } |
| 128 | |
drh | 1050f98 | 2000-07-31 11:59:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | chng {2000 July 31} { |
| 130 | <li>Finish the <a href="vdbe.html">VDBE tutorial</a>.</li> |
drh | 867f9ee | 2000-07-31 18:56:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | <li>Added documentation on compiling to WindowsNT.</li> |
drh | d075260 | 2000-07-31 14:10:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <li>Fix a configuration program for WindowsNT.</li> |
drh | 1050f98 | 2000-07-31 11:59:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | <li>Fix a configuration problem for HPUX.</li> |
| 134 | } |
| 135 | |
drh | e1b6a5b | 2000-07-29 13:06:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | chng {2000 July 29} { |
| 137 | <li>Better labels on column names of the result.</li> |
| 138 | } |
| 139 | |
drh | 2dfbbca | 2000-07-28 14:32:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | chng {2000 July 28} { |
| 141 | <li>Added the <b>sqlite_busy_handler()</b> |
| 142 | and <b>sqlite_busy_timeout()</b> interface.</li> |
| 143 | } |
| 144 | |
drh | 74c360e | 2000-06-23 19:16:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | chng {2000 June 23} { |
| 146 | <li>Begin writing the <a href="vdbe.html">VDBE tutorial</a>.</li> |
| 147 | } |
| 148 | |
drh | 1fd14a7 | 2000-06-21 14:00:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | chng {2000 June 21} { |
| 150 | <li>Clean up comments and variable names. Changes to documentation. |
| 151 | No functional changes to the code.</li> |
| 152 | } |
| 153 | |
drh | 6206d50 | 2000-06-19 19:09:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | chng {2000 June 19} { |
drh | 7ed1990 | 2000-06-19 19:10:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | <li>Column names in UPDATE statements were case sensitive. |
| 156 | This mistake has now been fixed.</li> |
drh | 6206d50 | 2000-06-19 19:09:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | } |
| 158 | |
drh | 0040077 | 2000-06-16 20:51:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | chng {2000 June 16} { |
| 160 | <li>Added the concatenate string operator (||)</li> |
| 161 | } |
| 162 | |
drh | 61fc2c6 | 2000-06-12 12:29:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | chng {2000 June 12} { |
drh | e91cd0c | 2000-06-12 12:36:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | <li>Added the fcnt() function to the SQL interpreter. The fcnt() function |
| 165 | returns the number of database "Fetch" operations that have occurred. |
| 166 | This function is designed for use in test scripts to verify that |
| 167 | queries are efficient and appropriately optimized. Fcnt() has no other |
| 168 | useful purpose, as far as I know.</li> |
| 169 | <li>Added a bunch more tests that take advantage of the new fcnt() function. |
drh | 61fc2c6 | 2000-06-12 12:29:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | The new tests did not uncover any new problems.</li> |
drh | 6de4f4c | 2000-06-12 12:20:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | } |
| 172 | |
drh | dcc7c74 | 2000-06-09 03:51:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 173 | chng {2000 June 8} { |
| 174 | <li>Added lots of new test cases</li> |
| 175 | <li>Fix a few bugs discovered while adding test cases</li> |
| 176 | <li>Begin adding lots of new documentation</li> |
| 177 | } |
| 178 | |
drh | 49c8780 | 2000-06-06 18:24:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | chng {2000 June 6} { |
drh | 37f0b25 | 2000-06-09 03:52:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | <li>Added compound select operators: <B>UNION</b>, <b>UNION ALL</B>, |
drh | f500577 | 2000-06-06 22:19:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | <b>INTERSECT</b>, and <b>EXCEPT</b></li> |
drh | 49c8780 | 2000-06-06 18:24:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | <li>Added support for using <b>(SELECT ...)</b> within expressions</li> |
| 183 | <li>Added support for <b>IN</b> and <b>BETWEEN</b> operators</li> |
| 184 | <li>Added support for <b>GROUP BY</b> and <b>HAVING</b></li> |
| 185 | <li>NULL values are now reported ot the callback as a NULL pointer |
| 186 | rather than an empty string.</li> |
| 187 | } |
| 188 | |
drh | 32aa77e | 2000-06-03 19:28:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | chng {2000 June 3} { |
| 190 | <li>Added support for default values on columns of a table.</li> |
| 191 | <li>Improved test coverage. Fixed a few obscure bugs found by the |
| 192 | improved tests.</li> |
| 193 | } |
| 194 | |
drh | bed8690 | 2000-06-02 13:27:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | chng {2000 June 2} { |
| 196 | <li>All database files to be modified by an UPDATE, INSERT or DELETE are |
| 197 | now locked before any changes are made to any files. |
| 198 | This makes it safe (I think) to access |
| 199 | the same database simultaneously from multiple processes.</li> |
| 200 | <li>The code appears stable so we are now calling it "beta".</li> |
| 201 | } |
| 202 | |
| 203 | chng {2000 June 1} { |
| 204 | <li>Better support for file locking so that two or more processes |
| 205 | (or threads) |
| 206 | can access the same database simultaneously. More work needed in |
| 207 | this area, though.</li> |
| 208 | } |
| 209 | |
drh | 7203e28 | 2000-05-31 15:35:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 210 | chng {2000 May 31} { |
drh | bf66fff | 2000-05-31 15:43:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | <li>Added support for aggregate functions (Ex: <b>COUNT(*)</b>, <b>MIN(...)</b>) |
drh | cce7d17 | 2000-05-31 15:34:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | to the SELECT statement.</li> |
drh | 56d48ad | 2000-05-31 21:06:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | <li>Added support for <B>SELECT DISTINCT ...</B></li> |
drh | cce7d17 | 2000-05-31 15:34:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | } |
| 215 | |
drh | dce2cbe | 2000-05-31 02:27:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 216 | chng {2000 May 30} { |
| 217 | <li>Added the <b>LIKE</b> operator.</li> |
| 218 | <li>Added a <b>GLOB</b> operator: similar to <B>LIKE</B> |
| 219 | but it uses Unix shell globbing wildcards instead of the '%' |
| 220 | and '_' wildcards of SQL.</li> |
| 221 | <li>Added the <B>COPY</b> command patterned after |
| 222 | <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> so that SQLite |
| 223 | can now read the output of the <b>pg_dump</b> database dump utility |
| 224 | of PostgreSQL.</li> |
| 225 | <li>Added a <B>VACUUM</B> command that that calls the |
| 226 | <b>gdbm_reorganize()</b> function on the underlying database |
| 227 | files.</li> |
| 228 | <li>And many, many bug fixes...</li> |
| 229 | } |
| 230 | |
| 231 | chng {2000 May 29} { |
| 232 | <li>Initial Public Release of Alpha code</li> |
| 233 | } |
| 234 | |
| 235 | puts { |
| 236 | </DL> |
| 237 | <p><hr /></p> |
| 238 | <p><a href="index.html"><img src="/goback.jpg" border=0 /> |
| 239 | Back to the SQLite Home Page</a> |
| 240 | </p> |
| 241 | |
| 242 | </body></html>} |