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