Tom Lane found a long-standing bug ([HACKERS] lookup_rowtype_tupdesc considered harmful) which could cause crashes in some unusual corner cases. A lively discussion continues on the subject of what to do about this.
OSCON2006 Call For Papers: OSCON is looking for people with good database talks designed to appeal to non-DBAs. Complete implementations, case studies and new OSS applications especially welcome. Contact josh@postgreSQL.org with questions, and/or register at: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2006/create/e_sess/
The PostgreSQL Tenth Anniversary and Mini-Conference is imminent. Mark your calendars. Place: Toronto, Canada Date: July 8-9, 2006
PgWorksheet 1.8 released. http://pgworksheet.projects.postgresql.org/
Navicat PostgreSQL Manager 7.1.8 for Windows released http://pgsql.navicat.com/
PgBrowse 1.6 and 1.7 released http://homepage.mac.com/levanj/TclTk
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