From 037165ca95d854e04c0c28cfa85f1515bd852892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 14:56:58 +0200 Subject: Update SQL features/conformance information to SQL:2016 --- doc/src/sgml/features.sgml | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml index d6fa2c0c724..e54d8a6da78 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/features.sgml @@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ The formal name of the SQL standard is ISO/IEC 9075 Database Language SQL. A revised version of the standard is released - from time to time; the most recent update appearing in 2011. - The 2011 version is referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2011, or simply as SQL:2011. - The versions prior to that were SQL:2008, SQL:2006, SQL:2003, SQL:1999, - and SQL-92. Each version + from time to time; the most recent update appearing in 2016. + The 2016 version is referred to as ISO/IEC 9075:2016, or simply as SQL:2016. + The versions prior to that were SQL:2011, SQL:2008, SQL:2006, SQL:2003, + SQL:1999, and SQL-92. Each version replaces the previous one, so claims of conformance to earlier versions have no official merit. PostgreSQL development aims for @@ -79,18 +79,18 @@ - PostgreSQL supports most of the major features of SQL:2011. Out of + PostgreSQL supports most of the major features of SQL:2016. Out of 179 mandatory features required for full Core conformance, PostgreSQL conforms to at least 160. In addition, there is a long list of supported optional features. It might be worth noting that at the time of writing, no current version of any database management - system claims full conformance to Core SQL:2011. + system claims full conformance to Core SQL:2016. In the following two sections, we provide a list of those features that PostgreSQL supports, followed by a - list of the features defined in SQL:2011 which + list of the features defined in SQL:2016 which are not yet supported in PostgreSQL. Both of these lists are approximate: There might be minor details that are nonconforming for a feature that is listed as supported, and @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Unsupported Features - The following features defined in SQL:2011 are not + The following features defined in SQL:2016 are not implemented in this release of PostgreSQL. In a few cases, equivalent functionality is available. -- cgit v1.2.3