soften parent change to Lispworks-only, as it causes some problems for Clozure

[clsql/s11.git] / ChangeLog

25 Feb 2008  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 4.0.4
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Remove stray form (thanks to Samuel Ward)

12 Dec 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Bind *in-subselect* when outputting
        selections (patch from unknown source).
        
11 Dec 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 4.0.3
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Unify base-table processing by extracting 
        the correct code from initialize-instance :around into the helper
        function set-view-table-slot. Call that function also in
        reinitialize-instance :around replacing erroneous code discovered
        by Josh Feinstein.
        
17 Nov 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * BUGS: Add note about benefit of using configure file to create
        Makefiles (suggestion from Joe Corneli)
        
22 Oct 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 4.0.2
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: Patch from Gabriele Favalessa based on
        Andrew Golding suggestion for more informative :error-id slot.
        
17 Sep 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 4.0.1
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Convert query to uffi cstring (thanks to
        Albert Krewinkel).
        * doc/Makefile, doc/html.xsl: Change output encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8
        
14 Sep 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 4.0.0: Major version increase to warn of potential
        backwards incompatibility.
        * NEWS: Document potentional backward incompatible changes
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Changes session SQL mode to ANSI immediately
        after connecting. This may break compatibility with some applications
        who are using non-ANSI features with MySQL. This change is required to
        properly support view-classes using a string as their :base-table
        attribute. This allows users to specify the case of table names. 
        This is feature is even more essential for MySQL itself since MySQL
        uses case-sensitive table names. Use connection-based database-create
        and database-destroy rather than trying to invoke command-line mysql 
        utility. Remove automatic upcasing of strings from list-indices. 
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: Use connection-based 
        database-create and database-destroy rather than trying to invoke
        command-line utilities.
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp: Use
        database-execute-command rather than execute-command for
        database-{create,destroy}. Connect to postgres database
        rather than template1 for those database creation/deletion.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Store the string value of :base-table if a 
        string is provided. Perform sql-escape at time of view-table name
        creation.
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Use "ej_join" as a string, rather than a 
        symbol, since "ej_join" is specified as :base-table. Clear the
        expression output-cache in case the code for generating sql output
        has changed.
        * test/test-oodml.lisp: whitespace fix
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: Use quoted string for primary key constraint if
        table name is specified as a string.
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Don't convert a string view-table name to database's 
        default case.
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Properly handle table and attribute identifiers
        when they are a string. Do not change case of symbols to match database
        default case.
        * sql/operations.lisp: Change multiword symbols to upper case.
        * sql/fddl.lisp: Quote base-table if a string to preserve case
        for drop-table and create-table.
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: Add tests of low-level string attribute
        identifiers.
        
20 Jul 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.6
        * db-oracle/oracle-loader.lisp: Rework use of ORACLE_HOME directory
        (problem noted on clsql-devel by icardo Boccato Alves)
        * sql/pool.lisp: Remove incorrect keyword
        * sql/database.lisp: Rework WITH-DATABASE to not make the database the
        default database (reported by Saurabh Nanda and Chaitanya Gupta)
        * doc/ref-connect.lisp: Update the documentation to WITH-DATABASE to
        emphasis that make-default has a default value of nil.
        * sql/transaction.lisp: Adjust commit/rollback messages for Microsoft
        SQL Server. (patch from Nathan Bird)
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Use finalize-inheritance hack on SBCL because
        of trouble with def-view-class compilations (patch from Nathan Bird)
        
15 Jul 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.5
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Revert previous change since libmysql is
        not dynamically loaded on Windows
        
22 Jun 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.4
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Do not bother loading libmysqlclient since
        that library is dymically linked to clsql-mysql library. Thus, the mysql
        library will be automatically loaded. This has only been tested on Linux,
        thus far.

29 May 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: Add :order-by for :fddl/big/1 as
        reported by Ricardo Boccato Alves

02 May 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/database.lisp: Add ability of WITH-DATABASE to return
        multiple values (patch from Liam Healy)
        
25 Apr 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.3
        * doc/connect.xml: variable description fix by Liam Healy
        * db-sqlite3/sqlite3-api.lisp, uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp:
        Apply patches from Marcus Pierce to reduce load-time warnings
        * sql/package.lisp: Export iso-timestring as requested by Kevin Blaisdell

23 Mar 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.2
        * sql/db-postgresql-socket-api.lisp: Change read-socket-sequence to
        disable wide characters for crypt salt sequence on SBCL, based
        on patch from Lars Nostdal.

26 Jan 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.1
        * sql/pool.lisp: Test pooled connection when popped from
        the pool to ensure the connection still works. Currently, implemented
        only for MySQL.

17 Jan 2007  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-mysql/Makefile: Add potential mysql directories

31 Dec 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Remove usused saved-initargs
        * clsql.asd: Also check ~/.clsql-init.lisp at load-time (usually used to
        push search libraries)
        
30 Dec 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.8.0: BACKWARD INCOMPATABLE CHANGE!
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-{api,loader,sql,package}.lisp:
        Apply patch from Edi Weitz to avoid conflict with new Lispworks 5
        POSTGRESQL package name. CLSQL's new package will be PGSQL, however
        on non-Lispworks platforms, the nickname POSTGRESQL will still be
        available. Applications directly using low-level POSTGRESQL package
        are recommended to use the new PGSQL name.
        * db-oracle/oracle-{api,sql}.lisp, sql/{expressions,loop-extension}.lisp,
        Apply patch from Edi Weitz to reduce compiler warnings.
        
28 Dec 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.9
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Commit patch from Edi Weitz to
        use *default-database* for SQL-OUTPUT if no database is
        explicitly passed to function.
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Change load order to first try
        plain name/type before attempting user-specified paths (patch
        from Edi Weitz)
        * uffi/ptrbits.c: New file to return number of bits in an pointer
        * uffi/Makefile: use intbits to name .so file based on bit size.
        Build both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries on 64-bit platform.
        
30 Nov 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.8
        * db-sqlite3/sqlite3-sql.lisp: Commit patch from Edi Weitz fixing
        error display

16 Oct 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.7
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: Remove 
        uffi:convert-foreign-to-native wrapper since using cstring for
        PQresultErrorField

16 Oct 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.6
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-api.lisp: Fix UFFI return type for
        PQresultErrorField foreign function.

16 Oct 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.5
        * doc/intro.xml: Update supported platforms.
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-{package,api,sql}.lisp: Apply
        changes from Andew Golding to use a more-specific error code
        from PostgreSQL than the generic fatal error code of the result set.

03 Oct 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/syntax.lisp: Commit patch from Marcus Pearce to improve
        readtable modifications

02 Oct 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/syntax.lisp: Check that original reader syntax functions
        stored before trying to restore them.
        
20 Sep 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/syntax.lisp: Apply patch from Marcus Pearce to correctly
        display sql reader syntax.

06 Sep 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp, db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Change from using *features*
        to decide on 64-bit platform and check size of most-positive-fixnum instead.
        Needed to support clisp amd64.

03 Sep 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.1
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Rework slot type's to be more AMOP
        compatibile. Add warning for a metaclass condition that should
        not occur.
        * sql/time.lisp: Fixed symbol case inconsistency causing problem
        in AllegroCL's modern lisp. First sign of bug noted by
        Joel Reymond on clsql-devel.
        * clsql.asd: Make time.lisp depend on utils.lisp

31 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Apply patch from Marcus Pearce to push 
        *library-file-dir* to CLSQL's library path.

30 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.7.0: New platforms supported: SBCL/Win32, CLISP/Win32, CLISP/Cygwin,
        CLISP/Linux x86, CLISP/Linux amd64, OpenMCL amd64. CLISP support requires the
        latest development versions of CLISP, cffi, and cffi-uffi-compat packages.
        * Makefile.common: Add OS detection
        * uffi/make.sh, db-mysql/make.sh: Remove files
        * uffi/Makefile, db-mysql/Makefile: Add support for cygwin compilation.
        Refactor to remove need to make.sh shell scripts. 
        * clsql.asd: Add support for loop extensions for clisp. Support clisp via cffi.
        * sql/loop-extension.lisp: Define loop-record-iteration-path in CLSQL-SYS 
        package rather than CL-USER. Add support for ansi-loop on clisp. 
        * sql/ansi-loop.lisp: New file to support iteration on clisp. 
        * db-mysql/mysql-api.lisp: Remove old mysql C API functions that no
        longer exist in the mysql client library.
        * doc/ref-fdml.lisp: Correct default field-type.
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Use database-output-as-type if value exists for boolean output.
        Fixed bug with noted with MySQL 5.0.24 and boolean values.
        
28 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.7
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Remove high debugging level declaration

14 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.6
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Fix assumption that postgres user id
        is always 1. Fixes problem noted with PostgreSQL 8.1.

12 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.5
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Add slot for has-table-pg_roles to
        lazily cache if pg_roles tables exist. Selectively use SQL from
        Joel's previous patch if pg_roles table exists. Should now work
        with both postgresql 7.4 and 8.x.
        
12 Aug 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.4
        * clsql.asd: Add support for c:\etc\clsql-init.lisp as possible
        local initialization file
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Remove former method of using pathnames
        as name candidates.
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Work-around Allegro/Windows FFI bug
        that generates incorrect integer return type
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Revert patch from Joel Reymont since
        it fails on versions of postgresql that lack the pg_role table
        
07 Jul 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.3
        * sql/transactions.lisp: Important typo fix from Alexey Antipov
        for database-start-transaction
        
04 Jul 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.6.2
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: Apply patch from Vladimir Sekissov
        to close connection when failing to connect to database.
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Apply patch from Joel Reymont
        to avoid dropping system views.
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Apply patch from Joel Reymont to avoid listify
        a nil value [patch sponsored by Flektor]
        * clsql-uffi.asd, uffi/make.sh: Patch from Richard Kreuter
        for netbsd compilation
        
15 May 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/ref-ooddl.xml: Add documentation for :db-reader and :db-writer
        slots for def-view-class macro [as reported missing by Thomas Fischbacher].
        
09 May 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.lisp:
        Apply patch from Marko Kocic adding the socket creation
        function needed for CLISP.

08 May 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version: 3.6.0 (requires UFFI v1.5.11 or greater)
        * db-oracle/metaclasses.lisp: Patch from James Bielman for
        checking slot constraints.
        * db-oracle/oracle-{api,sql}.lisp: Avoid dead pointers on loading
        saved openmcl images (based on patch from James Bielman)

06 May 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml: Documentation patch from Marcus Pearce for limit keyword
        
03 May 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.7
        * sql/time.lisp: Apply patch from Aleksandar Bakic to extended
        duration parsing and unparsing to include year and month.
        * clsql-uffi.asd, uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Apply patch from Nathan Bird
        improving library search on Windows platform.
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml, /doc/TODO, tests/test-fdml.lisp, tests/test-init.lisp:
        Apply patch from Marcus Pearce documenting and testing :limit and :offset for SELECT

20 Mar 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.6
        * clsql-postgresql-socket.asd, 
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-package.lisp: 
        Use the cl-md5 package on all platforms. Based on report 
        from Alan Caulkins.
        
09 Mar 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.5
        * uffi/make.sh, db-mysql/make.sh: Add GNU uname
        
28 Feb 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.4
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Apply patch from Friedrich Dominicus to
        fix accessor for new versions of SBCL
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Apply patch from James Bielman
        to improving parsing of time.
        * db-db2/db2-constants.lisp: Change NULL_HANDLE has suggested
        by Harold Lee.
        * db-oracle/oracle-dbi.lisp: Add support for SQL BIT type
        as noted by Russ Tyndall.
        
16 Jan 2006  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.3
        * sql/time.lisp: Commit patch from Aleksandar Bakic
        to properly handle destructive flag
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.lisp: Apply patch
        from Steven Harris for socket files with SBCL.
        * sql/pool.lisp: Apply patch from Vladimir Sekissov so that
        new connections added to the pool do not become the *default-database*
        * sql/connect.lisp: Optionally set *default-database* for pooled
        connection when make-default is generalized true.
        
23 Dec 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.1
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Ensure table names are properly escaped
        before comparing -- fixes bug reported by Asbjørn Bjørnstad
        on CLSQL-Devel.

02 Dec 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: improved decoding of table attribute
          parameters [from Vladimir Sekissov]
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: check that metaclass is standard-db-class or
          it's subclass to prevent adding standard-db-object to supers if
          somebody in the path has it already when metaclass inherited from
          standard-db-class. [from Vladimir Sekissov]
        
26 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.5.0
        * tests/test-init.lisp, tests/test-fddl.lisp, tests/test-fdml.lisp, 
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp, db-odbc/odbc-ff-interface.lisp,
        * db-odbc/odbc-package.lisp, db-odbc/odbc-constants.lisp
        * db-odbc/odbc-dbi.lisp, db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp
        * sql/fddl.lisp, sql/generic-odbc.lisp, sql/db-interface.lisp
        * sql/transaction.lisp, sql/package.lisp, sql/time.lisp
        Commit patch from Dominic Robinson providing support for 
        Microsoft SQL Server
        * doc/csql.lisp: Fix typo in slot name
        
24 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.7
        * sql/time.lisp: Commit patch from Aleksandar Bakic for
        correct handling of decode-time usec value  
        * clsql-mysql.asd: Commit patch from Harald Hanche-Olsen to
        correct the name of the shared library file.
        
16 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * version 3.4.6
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Avoid calling change-class on
        effective-slot-definitions on sbcl to conform to sbcl 0.9.6.38
        changes.
        
15 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.5
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Patch from James Biel to add subselects

14 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.4 [ Requires UFFI 1.5.7+] 
        * db-oracle/oracle-{api,sql}.lisp: Patch from James Biel
        to fix lifetime of foreign strings for Oracle calls

13 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.3
        * db-oracle/oracle-{api,sql}.lisp: Patch from James Biel
        to improve performance
        
12 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.2
        * clsql-uffi.asd: Patch from James Biel improving loading
        * db-oracle/oracle-{api,sql}.lisp: Patch from James Biel
        to support 64-bit lisps
        
12 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4.1
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Escape numbers to SQL strings
        at expression level.
        
11 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.4: Add MySQL 5 support
        * db-mysql/mysql-client-info.lisp: Recognize MySQL 5
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Add support for views in MySQL 5
        * doc/mysql-macosx-notes.txt: New document from Martin Brooks
        
7 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * src/time.lisp: Apply patch from Aleksandar Bakic for ROLL
        function.
        * BUGS: Added report for update-object-joins by Aleksandar Bakic
        
4 Nov 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.3.4 [UFFI >= 1.5.5 needed]
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Apply patch from Yaroslav Kavenchuk
        to add missing #\' character.
        * clsql.asd: Add support for CLSQLINIT environmental variable,
        based on patch from Yaroslav Kavenchcuk. New version of UFFI
        required.
        
30 Oct 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.3.3
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Apply patch from Drew Crampsie to fix
        update-objects-joins when using the :target-slot attribute
        
26 Oct 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.3.2
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Avoid parenthesis on multiple group-by fields
        as noted by Harald Hanche-Olsen.
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: Add test for multiple field group-by
        
25 Oct 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.3.1
        * sql/time.lisp: Commit patch from Alan Shields to
        display escape string on wall-time display only when *print-escape*
        is true.
        
11 Oct 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Commit patch from Will to
        properly set db-reader slot in effective-slot-definition
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Commit patch from Alan Shields
        adding make-load-form for sql-relational-exp
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Commit patch from Aleksandar Bakic
        adding support for new NUMBER type
        
17 Sep 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.3.0
        * sql/time.lisp: Apply patch from Alan Shields adding DATE type.
        * doc/ref-ooddl.xml: Documentation of new type
        * notes/add-type-hints.txt: New file from Alan Shields
        * sql/fddl.lisp: Add owner keyword to drop-table as suggested
        by Francis Leboutte
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp: Fix database-probe
        as noted by Francis Leboutte. Similar fix applied to db-mysql and
        db-postgresql.
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Allow string table names for output as
        contributed by Francis Leboutte.
        * examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp: Support :postgresql-socket as noted 
        by Francis Leboutte
        
08 Sep 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.2.4
        * doc/into.xml: Change download from ftp to http protocol

08 Sep 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.2.3
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Correction for v3.2.2 changes by
        Edi Weitz

08 Sep 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.2.2
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Add check for zero increment as
        suggested by Edi Weitz. Add missing database-sequence-last function
        as noted and tested by Edi Weitz. Ensure that UFFI buffer is freed
        in handle-oci-error. Add unwind-protect to sql-stmt-exec. Free UFFI
        stmthp object when query cursor is freed with OCI.

22 Aug 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Commit patch from astor@pvv.ntnu.no to
        display search path when error occurs loading foreign library.
        
05 Jul 2005  Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.2.1
        * doc/appendix.xml: Incorporate Edi Weitz's notes into documentation
        with changes to support case-sensitive lisp implementations. Add
        paragraph on using /etc/clsql-init.lisp site initialization file.
        * clsql.asd: Load file /etc/clsql-init.lisp, if it
        exists, after package is loaded to set site-specific configuration
        
2005-06-24  Edi Weitz  <edi@agharta.de>
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Added new special variable
        *FOREIGN-LIBRARY-SEARCH-PATHS* and function PUSH-LIBRARY-PATH to
        manipulate it.
        * sql/package.lisp: Export these.
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Used new variable; changed order of
        libs.
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Changed order of libs.

09 Jun 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.2.0: REQUIRES UFFI VERSION 1.4.38 OR HIGHER
        * clsql-mysql.asd: Renamed clsql/mysql interface library from
        mysql to clsql_mysql
        * clsql-uffi.asd: Renamed clsql/uffi interface library from
        mysql to clsql_uffi
        * uffi/clsql_uffi.c: Renamed from uffi.c
        * db-mysql/clsql_mysql.c: Renamed from mysql.c
        * db-mysql/Makefile, db-mysql/Makefile.msvc, db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Rename shared library
        * uffi/Makefile, uffi/Makefile.msvc, uffi/uffi-loader.lisp: Rename shared library
        * db-*/*-loader.lisp: Commit big patch from Edi Weitz to remove
        absolute pathnames when searching for foreign libraries.
        foreign library loading.
        
07 Jun 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.16
        * db-mysql/mysql-api.lisp: Commit patch from Espen Wiborn
        to support UTF-8 on sbcl unicode.
        
18 May 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.15
        * sql/time.lisp: Fix bug in roll that caused failure in test suite

17 May 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.14
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Properly handle when db-writer is NIL

11 May 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Avoid using simple-string declaration when
        a non-simple string may be encountered. [issue noted by 
        will@cesmail.net] Add a simple-string declaration for a local
        string generated.
        
06 May 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Change db-writer and db-reader processing to accept
        a symbol as well as function to serve as a function designator
        [issue noted by will@cesmail.net]

05 May 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.13
        * sql/time.lisp: Fix error in submitted patch which caused error
        in timestrings with 19 or less characters.
        
27 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.12
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-api.lisp: Commit patch from Tim Howe
        to fix read-socket-sequence on non-sb-unicode sbcl.
        
26 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.12
        * sql/time.lisp: Commit patch from Daniel Lowe which adds support
        for fractional seconds which is required by PostgreSQL
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-loader.lisp: Add library path for Windows
        
25 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/csql.lisp: Update URL for "SQL for Web Dummies" [Sean Champ]
        
24 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.11
        * sql/syntax: Commit patch from Alan Shields to supress reader
        macros when *read-supress* is T.
        
13 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.10
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.lisp: Commit patch
        from Janis Dzerins to support unicode on SBCL
        * sql/syntax: Commit patch from Alan Shields to improve reporting
        of invalid syntax statements.
        
06 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.9
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Add port to connection specification
        based on patch from Dave Watson
        * doc/appendix.xml: Document MySQL port parameter to connection spec

03 Apr 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.8
        * sql/time.lisp: Patch from Keith James for parsing ISO-8601 timestamps
        
18 Mar 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Add missing database argument [Patch from
        Alan Caulkins]
        
03 Mar 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Improve database priority in 
        update-records-from-instance [Patch from Walter C. Pelissero]
        
17 Feb 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.7
        * sql/package.lisp: Export database-reconnect from clsql-sys

08 Feb 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Use explicit database in fault-join-target-slot
        [Patch from Walter Pelissero]
        
29 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-loader.lisp: Add additional
        directories to Fink on darwin [patch from Cyrus Harmon].
        
29 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.6
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Clear view instance cache when delete-instance-records
        is invoked [suggested by Alan Shutko].
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Improvements for loading with SBCL X86-64
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Don't change case of a :base-table string supplied
        to def-view-class [fix suggested by Fred Gilham].
        
25 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * tests/*.lisp: Change Vladamir to Vladimir per Cyrus Harmon's
        suggestion.
        * sql/utils.lisp: Fix unnecessary consing noted by Fred Gilham.
        * doc/*.xml: Fix spelling of Vladimir
        
24 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/bookinfo.xml, doc/csql.xml, doc/intro.xml: Update links
        now that LispWorks is an independant company [noted by
        Martin Thornquist]
        
22 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp, db-sqlite3/sqlite3-sql.lisp:
        Better support for 64 bit environments

05 Jan 2005 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.5
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Make t the default value of :set
        [noted by Cyrus Harmon]

28 Dec 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.4
        * uffi/clsql-uffi.lisp: Add support for unsigned integers
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Add support for detecting/marking
        unsigned integers. Apply patch from Yannick Gingras to
        implement database-sequence-last.
        
26 Dec 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/ref-fdml.lisp: Fix variable tag name to varname
        [noted by Eduardo Munoz]
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Handle library paths for 64-bit systems
        
06 Dec 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.2
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: Accept patch from Klaus Harbo for
        update-object-joins.
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Remove unnecssary (and runtime error
        causing) change-class invocation when running on CLISP.
        * db-mysql/mysql-api.lisp: Commit patch from Paul Werkowski
        to fix structure name.
        * sql/database.lisp: More specific error message with trying
        to use a database value of NIL.
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Accept a string for the table name
        in (sql-output sql-delete database) [suggested by Ed Symanzik].
        
11 Nov 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.1
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Commit patch from Chris Capel to
        ignore columns which have been dropped.
        * clsql-postgresql-socket.asd, db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-package.lisp:
        Use sb-md5 package on SBCL, recommended by Chris Capel
        
09 Nov 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.1.0 released: New SQLite3 backend by Aurelio Bignoli
        * doc/appendix.xml: Document SQLITE3 backend, patch by Aurelio Bignoli
        * sql/operations.lisp: Add lower and upper SQL functions [Daniel Lowe].
        
08 Nov 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Fix slot name [thanks to Daniel Lowe]

31 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * clsql-sqlite3, db-sqlite3/*: NEW BACKEND
        contributed by Aurelio Bignoli

23 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Commit patch from Walter Pelis
        to use an object's database for a select on its slot.
        
20 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * uffi/uffi.c, uffi/clsql-uffi.lisp: Commit patch from
        Aurelio Bignoli to fix negative 64-bit integers
        
07 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-mysql/mysql.c: Fix parameters in bind_param call

07 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * uffi/clsql-uffi.lisp: Add support for :blob result-type
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Add support for :blob
        result-type
        
04 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp, db-db2/db2-sql.lisp: Add
        missing quotes for types in code that is still in development
        (thanks to Joerg Hoehle)
        
03 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.8 released
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-*.lisp: Apply patch from
        Aurelio Bignoli with improvements
        
01 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * multiple: Apply patch from Joerg Hoehle with multiple
        improvements.
        
01 Oct 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.7 released
        * sql/oodml.lisp, sql/package.lisp, db-mysql/mysql-objects.lisp:
        Add support for mediumint.
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Rework CLISP MOP handling
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: Work-around to have CLISP finalize standard-db-class
        
28 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Support CLISP's attribute name
        for the type field in direct class slots
        
27 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.6 released
        * BUGS: New file. Document suspected SIGPIPE
        interaction between SBCL and libpq used in
        postgresql backend.
        * doc/ref-fdml.lisp: Document the :caching and :refresh
        keywords of the SELECT function.
        * doc/ref-ooddml.lisp: Document the new *default-caching*
        variable.
        * sql/package.lisp: Export *default-caching*
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Use *default-caching* to 
        control default caching behavior.
        
21 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.5 release
        * doc/appendix.xml: Add note about loading Oracle8 version
        * db-oracle/oracle-loader.lisp: Support Oracle8 based on
        data from David Young.

10 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/Makefile, doc/catalog-darwin.xml: Apply
        patch from Cyrus Harmon for building docs on Mac OS X
        * sql/package.lisp: Add new (pre-release) clisp MOP package     
        
09 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.4 Release
        * multiple: Remove superfluous quotes in UFFI def-type
        and def-foreign-type forms.
        
07 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.3 Release
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.lisp: Commit patch
        from Tagore Smith to call force-output after sending authentication
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Move ODBC v3 conversons
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: Load mysql or postgresql package when connecting
        to a database of that type so that functions that indicate capabilities of
        database are available.
        
02 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: More conversions to ODBC v3
        
02 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.2 Release
        * TODO: Add note about ODBC on Windows
        * db-odbc/odbc-loader.lisp: Add /winnt/system32/ to
        search directories
        * db-odbc/odbc-ff-interface.lisp: Change the return type 
        of SQLSetEnvAttr to :short
        
02 Sep 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp: added missing initarg for the COMPANYID
        slot of the employee View Class definition [reported by Franz Deuzer]. 

01 Sep 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.1 Release
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Add second join class to employee-address
        to test a class with two join slots.
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Fix find-all function for a class with multiple
        join slots
        * TODO: Remove need to test/fix multiple join classes
        
27 Aug 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-mysql/Makefile, db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: accept patch
        from Jon Buffington for file locations on Darwin.
        
17 Aug 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Improve messages when functions
        are passed a database object, but the method is not specialized
        for that database type.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Fix inline declaration (reported by
        Cyrus Harmon)
        
14 Aug 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * TODO: Add bug report about SQL generation with a table
        containing two join slots.
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Add optional size to VARCHAR type
        
3 Aug 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 3.0.0 Release
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Change declaration that
        caused error on openmcl
        * db-aodbc/aodbc-sql.lisp: Fix storage location
        of odbc connection. Specialize database-query since
        dbi's :types keyword is different than generic-odbc's
        :result-types keyword
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Add warnings for methods
        not specialized by a db backends
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: Fix case of symbols to support
        case-sensitive Allegro 
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Rework errbuf in handle-oci-error
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Note that odbc driver for postgresql
        doesn't properly handle table ownership
        * LATEST-TEST-RESULTS: update with version 3.0.0
        
1 Aug 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: conditionalise escaping of backslash in 
        generated SQL strings on backend. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: test for escaping of backslash. 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: minor tidying in FIND-ALL. 

26 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * NEWS: Initial 3.0 announcement draft
        * README: Expand acknowledgements of incorporated projects
        * CONTRIBUTORS: Further document Marcus Pearce contributions
        
23 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: add DATABASE-OUTPUT-SQL-AS-TYPE method specialisation
        to print floats with the exponent markers removed. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: add tests for updating records with floats. 

22 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: enable :OWNER :ALL in DATABASE-LIST-* for 
        CommonSQL compatibility. 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: skip test :FDDL/TABLE/6 on Oracle since 
        this column constraint syntax is not supported. 
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: change column indexed in test :FDDL/INDEXES/2
        from EMPLID to LAST_NAME since Oracle complains that EMPLID is already 
        indexed. 

17 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml: document CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES. 
        * tests/test-fdml.xml: add test for CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES. 
        * doc/ref-ooddl.xml: minor changes to syntax and examples entries 
        for uniformity. 
        * doc/ref-oodml.xml: add examples for OODML. 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: ensure SELECT passes on its REFRESH argument 
        to FIND-ALL. 
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: update docstrings. 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: change :db-constraints for emplid to 
        (:not-null :unique) as a temporary test for multiple column constraints 
        in DEF-VIEW-CLASS. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: add tests for *DB-AUTO-SYNC* and 
        return type of (SETF SLOT-VALUE-USING-CLASS). 
        * TODO, doc/TODO: remove items done. 
        * README: fix typo. 
        
16 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: on Lispworks, use weak valued hash tables for 
        object caching. 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Fix SQL generation for the symbol NIL. 

16 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: reactivate caching of generated SQL strings. 
        Move methods for DATABASE-OUTPUT-SQL, OUTPUT-SQL and SQL-HASH-KEY 
        here from sql/fdml.lisp. Rationalise behaviour of SQL-OUTPUT, 
        OUTPUT-SQL and DATABASE-OUTPUT-SQL. 
        * sql/fdml.lisp: remove disabled method ADD-STORAGE-CLASS. Move 
        methods for DATABASE-OUTPUT-SQL, OUTPUT-SQL and SQL-HASH-KEY to 
        sql/expressions.lisp. 
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: replace call to DATABASE-OUTPUT-SQL in 
        DATABASE-PKEY-CONSTRAINT with call to SQL-OUTPUT. 
        * sql/generics.lisp: add docstrings. 

15 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.16
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Remove OpenMCL specific
        code in favor of fixing UFFI with James Bielman's patch
        
14 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.15
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Apply patch for OpenMCL/OSX
        from James Bielman
        
14 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * README, INSTALL: update URLs. Minor updates to descriptions. 
        * tests/README: remove stuff about editing contexts. 

12 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-oracle/oracle-objects.lisp: Change *default-varchar-length* to 
        *default-string-length*
        
12 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp, tests/test-fdml.lisp: add tests for escaping 
        of single quotes. 
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: add tests for column and table constraints 
        in CREATE-TABLE. Add test for OWNER keyword parameter to 
        LIST-TABLES (assuming same underlying machinery in other FDDL 
        functions). 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: restrict above test to postgresql and oracle. 
        
12 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Fix condition as reported by Aurelio 
        Bignoli.

11 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp, sql/package.lisp, doc/ref-ooddl.lisp, db-mysql/mysql-objects.lisp: Add tinyint type
        
10 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.14
        * doc/*.xml: documentation additionals and fixes so
        that docbook passes xmllint.
        
9 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.13
        * sql/fdml.lisp: Apply patch from Kim Minh Kaplan 
        to change escaping of single quotes. Mild optimizations
        for escaped string output.
        * doc/ref-ooddl.lisp: documentation additions
        * doc/ref-oodml.lisp: Add purpose to functions
        * TODO: Add need to test single quote escaping
        
7 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/ref-ooddl.xml, doc-ref-oodml.xml: documentation additions
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: Added SMALLINT type
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Added INT2 as SMALLINT type
        * db-mysql/mysql-objects.lisp: Added SMALLINT type
        * sql/package.lisp: Export SMALLINT
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Add MYSQL's UNSIGNED and ZEROFILL as
        db-constraints
        
6 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: add AUTO-INCREMENT and UNIQUE to the 
        recognised column constraints for CREATE-TABLE and the :DB-CONSTRAINTS 
        View Class slot option. 
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: fix bug preventing the :DB-CONSTRAINTS View Class 
        slot option accepting a list of constraints [reported by Travis Cross]. 
        * doc/ref-fddl.xml: add some examples of specifying column and 
        table constraints to the documentation for CREATE-TABLE. 
        * TODO: add note about adding tests for table/column constraints. Add 
        optimisation note about using cached attribute types in insert/update
        operations. 
        
3 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * doc/appendix.xml: add notes about idiosyncrasies/unsupported 
        features and so on the documentation for each backend. 
        * doc/TODO: remove items done. 
        * doc/ref-transaction.xml: add note in introduction about 
        autocommit mode as a difference from CommonSQL. 
        * doc/ref-syntax.xml: add notes about SQL syntax state functions 
        being macros in CLSQL. Add note about SQL operators which are 
        CLSQL extensions. 

2 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * Version 2.11.12 released
        * doc/ref-recording.xml: document SQL I/O recording. 
        * doc/ref-prepared.xml: new file for documenting prepared statements. 
        * doc/clsql.xml: comment out include for large object and CLSQL-SYS 
        documentation. 
        * doc/ref-conditions.xml: complete documentation of condition system. 
        * doc/global-index.xml: add symbols from condition system and remove
        those from LOB and prepared statement APIs. 
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml: complete documentation of FDML.
        * doc/glossary.xml: add View Class. 
        * doc/TODO: remove items done. 
        * sql/conditions.lisp: make SQL-CONDITION a parent of SQL-ERROR. 
        * sql/package.lisp: remove FOR-EACH-ROW from exports list. Export 
        additional slot accessors for condition classes. 

1 Jul 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * doc/ref-ooddl.lisp: Add documentation
        * doc/ooddl.lisp: Move *DEFAULT-VARCHAR-LENGTH* from oodml.lisp
        and rename to *DEFAULT-STRING-LENGTH*. Add docstring.
        * doc/oodml.lisp: Rename references to new name of
        *DEFAULT-STRING-LENGTH*

1 Jul 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * doc/ref-transaction.xml: document transaction handling. 
        * sql/transaction.lisp: ensure that COMMIT, ROLLBACK and 
        START-TRANSACTION return NIL as per the CommonSQL spec. Modify 
        ADD-TRANSACTION-{ROLLBACK|COMMIT}-HOOK such that a database is 
        passed as a keyword argument defaulting to *DEFAULT-DATABASE*.
        Added docstrings. 

30 Jun 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk>
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml: document the FDML. 
        * doc/ref-fddl.xml: move documentation for TRUNCATE-DATABASE here. 
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: moved *default-varchar-length* to here from 
        oodml.lisp and renamed to *default-string-length*
        
23 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Add keyword :transactions to def-view-from-class
        to allow specifying transactionless table creation
        * doc/ref-oodml.lisp: Add new keyword to signature of 
        DEF-VIEW-FROM-CLASS     
        
18 Jun 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * Version 2.11.11
        * sql/expressions.lisp: when removing duplicate table identifiers 
        in the FROM clause of a query, check both table name and alias 
        are equivalent. 
        * sql/fdml.lisp: remove DESCRIBE-TABLE. 
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: remove generics DESCRIBE-TABLE and 
        DATABASE-DESCRIBE-TABLE. 
        * sql/package.lisp: remove DESCRIBE-TABLE, DATABASE-DESCRIBE-TABLE 
        and LIST-TABLE-INDEXES. 
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: add reader conditional #+nil for 
        DATABASE-DESCRIBE-TABLE and comment about its uses for 
        re-implementing LIST-ATTRIBUTE-TYPES with a single SQL query 
        returning type info for all attributes. 
        Fix DATABASE-SEQUENCE-LAST. 
        * sql/fddl.lisp: remove LIST-TABLE-INDEXES and redefine 
        LIST-INDEXES with additional keyword parameter :ON. 
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: replace LIST-TABLE-INDEXES in :fddl/index/3 
        with LIST-INDEXES (with :ON parameter). 
        * doc/global-index.xml: remove DESCRIBE-TABLE and LIST-TABLE-INDEXES. 
        * doc/ref-connect.xml: minor tidying. 
        * doc/ref-fddl.xml: document the FDDL. 
        * doc/TODO: removed items done. Moved note about transaction handling 
        from TODO to here. 
        * TODO: move note about transaction handling to doc/TODO. Added 
        optimization note about LIST-ATTRIBUTE-TYPES and LIST-INDEXES. 
        
13 Jun 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * Version 2.11.10
        * sql/syntax.lisp: updated docstrings. 
        * sql/package.lisp: exported DATABASE-NAME-FROM-SPEC from CLSQL 
        package.
        * sql/database.lisp: add docstrings for CREATE-DATABASE, 
        DESTROY-DATABASE, TRUNCATE-DATABASE and LIST-DATABASES. Replace 
        CLSQL-GENERIC-ERROR signalled in RECONNECT with SQL-CONNECTION-ERROR. 
        * doc/ref-syntax.xml, doc/global-index.xml: minor tidying. 
        * doc/ref-connect.xml: document connection/initialisation. 
        * doc/ref-fdml.xml: move TRUNCATE-DATABASE reference entry here. 
        * doc/TODO: remove items done. 
        * Makefile: add db-oracle to to SUBDIRS. 

13 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Add new serialization functions:
        WRITE-INSTANCE-TO-STREAM and READ-INSTANCE-FROM-STREAM
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Avoid duplicate FROM names when selecting
        from a table that has more than one primary index.
        * sql/conditions.lisp: Fix printing of closed-database error
        
13 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.9
        * sql/conditions.lisp: Set initial slot value for message in SQL-WARNING
        * sql/transactions.lisp: Correctly set slots of SQL-WARNING

12 Jun 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk>
        * sql/package.lisp: export DATABASE-TYPE from CLSQL and subclasses 
        of SQL-EXPRESSION from CLSQL-SYS. 
        * sql/syntax.lisp: make error signalled in SQL-OPERATION an 
        SQL-USER-ERROR. Make SQL-OPERATOR return just one value. 
        * doc/Makefile: added Mandrake linux. 
        * doc/catalog-redhat.xml, doc/catalog-mandrake.xml: new files. 
        * doc/appendix.xml: fixed little typo (adsf). 
        * doc/glossary.xml: removed closed-database and note about 
        sql-expression, added some entries. 
        * doc/ref-syntax.xml: documented the symbolic SQL syntax. 

10 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.8
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Remove load of unnecessary zlib library
        * multiple: Add generalized-boolean type as requested by
        Edi Weitz
        * TODO: Added need for test of generalized-boolean
        
9 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.7 released
        * uffi/clsql-uffi-loader.lisp: Apply patch from Edi Weitz
        for loading with clc-register-user-package. Remove personal
        directory from path lisp.
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Similar changes
        
8 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.6 released
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Commit patch from Edi Weitz
        to fix symbol writing/reading
        * TODO: Add need for symbol slot test
        
7 Jun 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * sql/package.lisp: remove duplicate export of 
        *CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES-DEFAULT*. 
        * doc/ref-*.xml, doc/global-index.xml: new files documenting 
        the CommonSQL compatible api. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: modified the test :fdml/transaction/3 to 
        reflect changes in return values of WITH-TRANSACTION. 

04 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * tests/README: Fix filename [reported by Bill Clementson]
        * sql/transactions.lisp: Apply return value patch from
        Edi Weitz for WITH-TRANSACTION
        * tests/README: Remove ptester package requirement (as noted
        by Bill Clementson)
        
03 Jun 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.5 released
        * examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp: Remove obsolete :nulls-ok attribute,
        Select connection-spec based on connection type. Bugs reported by
        Bill Clementson.
        * uffi/uffi.dll, uffi/uffi.lib: Recompile with Visual Studio 2003
        * db-mysql/mysql-loader.lisp: Update check for zlibwapi library
        name on Windows, add \bin\ directory to search path
        
31 May 2004 Marcus Pearce <m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk> 
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: DB-TYPE replaced with DATABASE-TYPE in 
        DATABASE-CONNECT. 
        * sql/operations.lisp: substr now generates SUBSTR for use on 
        Oracle; added a new operator SUBSTRING for use elsewhere. minus 
        now generates MINUS for use on Oracle. Nvl signals an error if 
        not called with exactly 2 arguments. Add concat function for use 
        instead of the || operator on MySQL and Oracle. 
        * sql/syntax.lisp: changed internal symbol for the || operator to 
        CONCAT-OP. 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: removed redundant and unused functions 
        GENERATE-SQL (cf. SQL-OUTPUT) and DATABASE-CONSTRAINT-DESCRIPTION
        (cf. MAKE-CONSTRAINTS-DESCRIPTION). 
        * sql/generics.lisp: removed generic function for 
        DATABASE-CONSTRAINT-DESCRIPTION (see above). 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: modified/added tests according to changes
        in sql/operations.lisp. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: changed SUBSTR to SUBSTRING in test 
        :fdml/select/21.  
        * sql/package.lisp: added the operators SQL-SUBSTRING, SQL-CONCAT-OP 
        and SQL-USERENV to the shared exports list. Removed 
        ROLLBACK-TRANSACTION, COMMIT-TRANSACTION, DATABASE-START-TRANSACTION, 
        DATABASE-ABORT-TRANSACTION, DATABASE-COMMIT-TRANSACTION, 
        TRANSACTION-LEVEL, TRANSACTION,  RECORD-SQL-COMMAND and 
        RECORD-SQL-RESULT from shared exports list. 
        
30 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * db-postgresql/postgresl-sql.lisp: Avoid computing
        result-types lisp when nil result-types. Return only
        one value when field-types nil.
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Simple queries now
        working with prepared statements.
        
30 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.4: MySQL 4.1 now passes all tests
        * sql/package.lisp: Add API for prepared statments.
        * sql/fdml.lisp: Change implicit flatp processing
        for string map-query for greater CommonSQL conformance.
        Add high-high API for prepared statements.
        * tests/test-basic.lisp: Add test for map-query and
        single argument.
        * sql/transactions.lisp: Change name/semantics of
        autocommit to set-autocommit.
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: Add support for
        prepared statements. 
        * tests/test-internal.lisp: New file
        * sql/odbc-api.lisp: Update to using ODBC V3 protocol
        * clsql-mysql.asd, clsql-uffi.asd: Remove check and Common Lisp
        Controller invocation.
        * db-mysql/mysql-api.lisp: Add support for MySQL 4.1 field structure
        * sql/expressions.lisp: Avoid emitting double parenthesis when a
        function contains a subselect. 
        
27 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.3
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: Commit patch from Edi Weitz fixing return
        type (setf slot-value-using-class)
        * TODO: add not that need a test case for the above fix
        * db-sqlite: Remove clisp support since clisp can not run CLSQL
        with its MOP usage
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: By default, use OCIEnvCreate as 
        introduced in Oracle8. Leave older code selectable by a reader macro
        for Oracle7 and prior. Avoid use of OCIServerAttach since CLSQL
        uses OCILogon and does not the more complex session management.
        
26 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Commit universal-time typo patch from Edi Weitz
        * test/test-init.lisp: Add universal-time slot to person.
        * test/test-fddl.lisp: Add tests of universal-time slot
        * test/test-ooddl.lisp: Test universal-time slot in an object
        * TODO: Remove need for universal-time test     
        * debian/rules, debian/control: Add cl-sql-oracle binary package
        * doc/appendix.xml: Add Oracle backend information
        * db-oracle/oracle-objects.lisp: Add database-get-type-specifier for
        universal-time. Convert BIGINT CLSQL type to CHAR SQL type
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Fix condition name to sql-connection-error
        * doc/ref-clsql.xml: Renamed from ref_clsql.xml. Change the documentation
        for map-query to reflect changed in arguments to be CommonSQL compatible.
        Updated old clsql conditions to new CommonSQL compatible conditions.
        
25 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * sql/oodml.lisp: (string n) now produces a CHAR field. Add new VARCHAR
        type. Added *default-varchar-length* rather than previous hard-coded
        varchar length. Remove 'simple-string and 'simple-base-string since they
        are subtypes of 'string.
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Use *default-varchar-length* rather than
        local hard-coded value.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Convert specified type VARCHAR and (VARCHAR n) to Lisp
        type string. Convert specified-type (CHAR n) to string. Convert specified-type
        CHAR to lisp type character.
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp: (string n) => (CHAR n)
        * sql/operations.lisp: Add userenv
        * doc/TODO: Add AUTOCOMMIT. Remove need for large table and bigint
        slot tests
        * sql/oracle-sql.lisp: Add 64-bit bigint direct conversion
        * uffi/clsql-uffi.lisp: Handle signed 64-bit integers
        * test/test-init.lisp: Add large table with bigint slot
        
25 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.1 released: Much simpler Oracle client library loading.
        Now uses ORACLE_HOME environmental variable as well as tests default
        path for Oracle Instant Client. 
        
25 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.11.0 released: Full Oracle support. All tests pass
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Add declaration so that SBCL runs efficiently.
        * tests/test-init.lisp: capitalize odbc backend name in banner
        * CONTRIBUTORS: Add note about Marcus' excellent work
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Removed old stub function     
        * clsql.asd: Use module names in current package rather than keyword package
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Don't trim trailing spaces. Prevent interrupts
        in setting sequence position. Make autocommits more efficient.
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Skip 2 tests on Oracle which have unsupported syntax 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: Get rid of undocumented raw-string type. CommonSQL
        strings are raw (non-trimmed trailing whitespace). Add database-get-type-specifier
        and read-sql-value for NUMBER and CHAR.
        * sql/base-classes.lisp: Add autocommit slot
        * sql/transaction.lisp: Added autocommit processing, mild cleaning.
        * doc/intro.xml: Add Oracle
        
24 May 2004: Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp: replace 
        CLSQL-SIMPLE-WARNING with SQL-WARNING. 
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: replace CLSQL-SIMPLE-WARNING with 
        SQL-WARNING. 
        * db-aodbc/aodbc-sql.lisp: replace CLSQL-ERROR with SQL-ERROR. 
        * clsql.asd: reworked module structure in package definition and 
        file names to better reflect component functionality. 
        * sql/package.lisp: added SQL-FATAL-ERROR and SQL-TIMEOUT-ERROR to 
        exports list. Removed duplicate and obsolete exports. Exported 
        remaining SQL operations: SQL-SOME, SQL-<>, SQL-BETWEEN, SQL-DISTINCT, 
        SQL-NVL and SQL-FUNCTION. Organised exports by functionality/file and 
        according to whether they are specified by CommonSQL or CLSQL 
        extensions. 
        * sql/transaction.lisp: replace CLSQL-SIMPLE-WARNING with 
        SQL-WARNING. 
        * sql/generics.lisp: moved generics for QUERY and EXECUTE-COMMAND 
        here from basic-sql.lisp. 
        * sql/expressions.lisp: NEW FILE: renamed from classes.lisp (deleted). 
        * sql/fddl.lisp: NEW FILE: renamed from table.lisp (deleted). 
        * sql/fdml.lisp: NEW FILE: merger of basic-sql.lisp and sql.lisp
        (both deleted). 
        * sql/ooddl.lisp: NEW FILE: ooddl from objects.lisp (deleted). 
        * sql/oodml.lisp: NEW FILE: oodml from objects.lisp (deleted). 
        
23 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.10.22 released
        * sql/kmr-mop.lisp, sql/objects.lisp: Since SBCL is the only implementation that
        has reversed class slots, change the default for ordered-class-slots so that slots
        are now in the same order an in the def-view-class.
        * sql/sql.lisp: Honor case of string table identifier to INSERT-RECORDS
        * test/test-fddl.lisp: Add two tests for mixed case names
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Add missing database qualifier. Return NUMBER (double)
        for computed fields, this will require some adjustment to the test suite which
        in many cases expects integers.
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Accomodate that Oracle returns doubles for computed columns
        
22 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg <kevin@rosenberg.net>
        * Version 2.10.21 released
        * sql/sequences.lisp: Move generic sequence functions here from db-sqlite,
        db-odbc, and db-aodbc.
        * sql/*.lisp: Add db-type parameter to generic functions READ-SQL-VALUE,
        DATABASE-GET-TYPE-SPECIFIER, and OUTPUT-SQL-VALUE-AS-TYPE. Update methods to use these.
        * sql/generic-postgresql.lisp, sql/generic-odbc.lisp: New files
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp, db-aodbc/aodbc-sql.lisp: Move common code to 
        sql/generic-odbc.lisp
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp, db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp: 
        Move common code to  sql/generic-postgresql.lisp
        * sql/classes.lisp: honor case of string tables when outputting queries 
        * sql/objects.lisp: Add database type to default database-get-type-specifier method
        * sql/sql.lisp:  Add database type to default database-abort-transaction method
        * db-mysql/mysql-objects.lisp: New file
        * sql/objects.lisp: Move MySQL specific code to mysql-objects.lisp
        * sql/utils.lisp: Add GETENV function which will be used to get ORACLE_HOME
        from environment
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: String table names are now case sensitive, so convert to
        default db case for FDML/SELECT/25

22 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg
        * Version 2.10.20 released: Oracle backend now fails 6 out of 200 tests
        * TODO: Added 2 variances from CommonSQL. Add tests for owner phrases
        and string identifiers with non-default case
        * sql/table.lisp: Don't convert string table name to a symbol.
        * sql/classes.lisp: Honor case of string identifiers
        * sql/sql.lisp: Ensure recyclebin is purged for Oracle in 
        TRUNCATE-DATABASE
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Add sequence functions, fix use of
        of owner phrases. Obtain server and client versions.
        * db-oracle/oracle-objects.lisp: Fix type specifiers
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: Allow :varchar2 and :number as data types
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Properly get username from Oracle connection-spec
        
22 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/generics.lisp: reworked docstrings. Remove generics for 
        ADD-TO-RELATION and REMOVE-FROM-RELATION. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: reworked docstrings. Changed UPDATE-OBJECT-JOINS 
        to UPDATE-OBJECTS-JOINS for CommonSQL compatibility. 
        * sql/package.lisp: Changed UPDATE-OBJECT-JOINS to UPDATE-OBJECTS-JOINS 
        for CommonSQL compatibility. Remove ADD-TO-RELATION and 
        REMOVE-FROM-RELATION. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: Changed UPDATE-OBJECT-JOINS to 
        UPDATE-OBJECTS-JOINS for CommonSQL compatibility. 
        * doc/TODO: added notes about extra slot options to DEF-VIEW-CLASS. 
        * sql/conditions.lisp: add documentation for conditions. Add 
        SQL-TIMEOUT-ERROR and SQL-FATAL-ERROR for CommonSQL compatibility. 

21 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/basic-sql.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * sql/transactions.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * sql/sql.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * sql/initialize.lisp: reworked docstrings. INITIALIZE-DATABASE-TYPE 
        sets *DEFAULT-DATABASE-TYPE* for CommonSQL compatibility. 
        * sql/database.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * doc/TODO: added notes about START-TRANSACTION and IN-TRANSACTION-P 
        and FDML extensions and database extensions. 

20 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql: Use clsql-specific error conditions. Use owner keyword.
        * db-oracle/make9.sh: add makefile for building with Oracle 9 client
        libraries
        * sql/table.lisp: Add logic for dealing with Oracle 10g vs. previous
        Oracle versions with the PURGE option required for drop table. This needs
        to be converted to a generic function and moved to db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp

20 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/classes.lisp: remove unused PARAMS slot in SQL-IDENT-ATTRIBUTE. 
        * sql/syntax.lisp: remove unused PARAMS keyword arg to SQL-EXPRESSION. 
        * sql/table.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: moved *default-update-objects-max-len* here from 
        table.lisp. 
        * doc/TODO: notes about :if-does-not-exist arg to DROP-TABLE, 
        DROP-VIEW and DROP-INDEX and the use of the :transactions and 
        :constraints keyword args to CREATE-TABLE. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: the DESCRIPTION argument to CREATE-TABLE is now 
        CommonSQL compatible with respect to column constraints. 

20 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * sql/oracle-sql.lisp: Now compiles and runs on SBCL.
        Requires UFFI 1.5.0 or higher
        
20 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.19
        * sql/conditions.lisp: Fix cerror
        
19 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.18 released: New condition hierarchy to be compatible
        with CommonSQL -- not backward compatible with previous CLSQL.
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Add more default methods
        * sql/objects.lisp: Add explicit table name to order-by parameters
        in find-all when only one table to avoid selecting a duplicate row.
        Fix error in FIND-ALL when using :order-by such as (([foo] :asc))
        as previous logic was adding two fields (foo asc) to SELECT query.
        Make :result-types :auto be the default for object selections.
        Properly handle caching key when using multiple order-by with asc/desc
        directions.
        * db-oracle/*.lisp: Much improvements, now passes 90% of test suite
        
19 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/recording.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * sql/syntax.lisp: reworked docstrings. 
        * doc/TODO: added notes about extensions to SQL-RECORDING-P and the 
        SQL syntax state functions being macros. 

19 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * sql/package.lisp: Export initialize-database-type and
        *initialize-database-types* from CLSQL package.
        * sql/conditions.lisp: Add new CommonSQL compatible conditions,
        remove old CLSQL conditions.
        * sql/loop-extensions.lisp: Make errors of type sql-user-error
        * */*.lisp: Convert to from old to new conditions
        
18 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * sql/table.lisp: Add PURGE to drop command for oracle 10g backend.
        To handle this difference, will need to add a new database-drop-table
        generic function.
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql.lisp: Move server-version and
        major-version-number to database object to allow multiple connections
        to Oracle servers of different versions.
        
18 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * TODO: moved notes about backends to doc/TODO. 
        * doc/TODO: added notes about backends and select extensions. 
        * sql/base-classes.lisp: remove obsolete schema slot in database 
        class. 
        
16 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * db-oracle/oracle-api: Add OCIServerVersion
        * db-oracle/oracle-sql: Query and store server version on connect
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Add new db-type-has-bigint? generic
        function to handle OCI's lack of bigint support
        * test/test-basic.lisp: Separate bigint testing
        * test/test-utils.lisp: Add oracle to specs and list of backends
        * doc/TODO: New file
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Added FDML/SELECT/34 to test
        run-time instantiation of variables in reader macros.
        * TODO: Remove item already complete. Add note about
        condition variances
        
16 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/syntax.lisp: added condition to the reader macro to treat [*] 
        as a column identifier (rather than an operation) for CommonSQL 
        compatibility. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: add tests for ORDER-BY and SET-OPERATION 
        keword args to SELECT, [*] as column identifier, new MAP-QUERY 
        behaviour and the ANY and ALL operators in subqueries. 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: add set-operation and subquery tests to 
        appropriate skip lists. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: remove redundant and non CommonSQL compatible 
        ORDER-BY-DESCENDING keyword argument for SELECT. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: remove redundant and non CommonSQL compatible 
        ORDER-BY-DESCENDING keyword argument for SELECT. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: add test for ORDER-BY keyword to SELECT 
        with object queries. 

15 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * sql/db-interface.lisp: Add new db-type-has-union? 
        since Mysql 3.23 does not support unions.
        * sql/test-init.lisp: Don't try union tests on database
        backends which do not support it.
        * db-oracle/*.lisp: initial port to UFFI
        * sql/objects.lisp: implement UPDATE-OBJECT-JOINS,
        implement REFRESH for SELECT.
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: Add tests for deferred retrieval,
        caching, refresh, and update-object-joins
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Add deferred-employee-address class
        
15 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/operations.lisp: make MINUS operator a synonym for EXCEPT. Add 
        COALESCE operator and make NVL a synonym for this. Make ANY, SOME, 
        ALL and EXISTS generate function expressions so they output the 
        correct SQL. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: SELECT now generates appropriate SQL when 
        passed the SET-OPERATION and ALL keyword arguments. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: the ORDER-BY keyword argument to SELECT now 
        accepts ordering constraints as pairs of the form (column direction) 
        where direction may be :ASC or :DESC. 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: added tests for MINUS and COALESCE/NVL. 
        Correct tests for ANY, SOME, ALL and EXISTS. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: added test for COALESCE. 
        * sql/sql.lisp: MAP-QUERY now applies FUNCTION to QUERY-EXPRESSION 
        using funcall unless QUERY-EXPRESSION returns one column and its 
        FLATP slot is not nil in which case apply is used. 
        * tests/test-basic.lisp: modified calls to MAP-QUERY to reflect the 
        changes. 
        * TODO: remove items done. 
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: no need to reverse results in 
        DATABASE-LIST-ATTRIBUTES. 
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp: no need to reverse
        results in DATABASE-LIST-ATTRIBUTES.    
        
15 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/classes.lisp: SELECT now accepts table identifiers as strings 
        for CommonSQL compliance. Add support for qualified sql identifiers 
        with aliased table names. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: added tests for table identifiers as strings 
        in SELECT and for aliased definitions. 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: added tests for alias definitions. 
        
15 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/sql.lisp: PRINT-QUERY now calls QUERY with result-types and 
        field-names set to nil. 
        * sql/sql.lisp: PRINT-QUERY now computes column sizes correctly 
        with null attribute values. 
        * sql/operations.lisp: modify SQL concatenation operator to accept 
        unescaped || symbol.  
        * sql/syntax.lisp: modify sql reader macro function to accept 
        unescaped sql concatenation operator. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: unescape sql concatenation operator. 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: unescape sql concatenation operator. 
        * TODO: remove items done. Add notes about SQLITE/MYSQL backends. 
        Note to add test for universal-time. Note about difference from 
        CommonSQL in transaction handling. 

13 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Add deferred-employee-address
        class
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: Add deferred retrieval testgs
        
12 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.17
        * LATEST-TEST-RESULTS: Run on all platforms, add AMD64
        * sql/sql.lisp: Add FOR-EACH-ROW macro from clsql-classic/sql.lisp
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-uffi-api.lisp: Fix row-pointer type
        * *: Fix minor style warnings
        * clsql-classic: Remove system and subdirectory
        * clsql-base: Remove system and subdirectory and
        fold into clsql system
        * doc/intro.xml: Remove reference to old clsql-base. Add x86_64
        as supported platform.
        
12 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.16: CLSQL now fully supports AllegroCL AMD64
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: work around return-type bug [spr28889] in
        Allegro 7.0beta AMD64
        * db-odbc/*.lisp: Add a layer of indirection to foreign-type
        of ODBC longs since this type can vary on 64-bit platforms depending
        upon the compilation options of unixODBC.
        * db-mysql/mysql-api.lisp: Fix int vs. long slots in foreign
        structures found by testing with AllegroCL 7.0b AMD64.
        * db-*/*-loader.lisp: Load 64-bit libraries on 64-bit platorms
        * sql/objects.lisp: Simple implementation of UPDATE-OBJECT-JOINS.
        Initial caching support for SELECT
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: Avoid using cache when testing select.
        * sql/kmr-mop.lisp: Explicitly check slot order and
        store as a cl:*feature*
        * sql/recording.lisp: Remove additional types to
        increase CommonSQL conformance.
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Change a :column attribute
        to test symbols as value
        * sql/relations.lisp: Remove functions since they don't support
        many to many relationships.
        * examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp, doc/csql.lisp: Remove use
        of add-to-relations function and replace with explicit field settings.
        * base/classes.lisp: Remove obsolute query-stream. Add record-caches slot.
        
9 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.15
        * LATEST-TEST-RESULTS: results with current version
        * sql/kmr-mop.lisp: Make CMUCL reader macros specific for cmu18
        since cmu19 has opposite order of class slots.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Fix (setf slot-value-using-class) for Lispworks
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: Renumber SELECT tests to avoid overwriting
        a previous test
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Check test-database-underlying-type for
        ODBC/MySQL tests
        
8 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/operations.lisp: complete remaining operations for the sql 
        syntax: SUBSTR, SOME, ORDER-BY, GROUP-BY, NULL, DISTINCT, EXCEPT, 
        UNION, INTERSECT, BETWEEN. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: add new classes: SQL-BETWEEN-EXPRESSION, 
        SQL-QUERY-MODIFIER-EXPRESSION and SQL-SET-EXPRESSION. 
        * tests/test-syntax.lisp: add tests for new operations. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: add tests for queries based on new operations. 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: add select/20 to tests skipped for sqlite and 
        select/20, query/5, query/7 and query/8 to tests skipped by mysql. 
        * TODO: removed entries done. 

8 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * tests/benchmarks.lisp: Add immediate vs. deferred
        join test.
        
8 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.13: Now works on openmcl 0.14.2 
        * sql/objects.lisp: Add :retrieval :immediate for
        object selections
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Add non-index fields for testing 
        join class employee-addresss
        * test/test-oodml.lisp: Add tests for retrieval immediate
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Handle differences in direct-slot-definition 
        values which are now listifed by openmcl 14.2.
        * sql/objects.lisp: more framework for supporing immediate retrieval 

7 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * docs/intro.xml: Upload location of a README file
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Work-around openmcl's CHANGE-CLASS
        changing the type-specifier. Use a lisp type of (OR NULL FOO)
        for a specified-type of FOO unless :db-constraints :not-null.
        No need to specialize finalize-inheritance for openmcl.
        * tests/test-*.lisp: Rename fields so that joins occur on
        fields with different names. This ensures that join code is
        selecting the proper name.
        * test/test-init.lisp: Add :base-table for employee-address
        view class for testing.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Use view-table rather than name of table
        in a number of places to fix errors noted with using :base-table.

6 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * sql/objects.lisp: replace *update-records-on-make-instance* with 
        *db-auto-sync* which also controls both automatic creation of 
        new records on creation of new instance and updating of record 
        fields on setting of instance slots (as suggested by Edi Weitz). 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: replace *update-records-on-make-instance* 
        with *db-auto-sync*. 
        * sql/package.lisp: replace *update-records-on-make-instance* 
        with *db-auto-sync*. 
        * TODO: replace *update-records-on-make-instance* with *db-auto-sync*. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: remove redundant rebindings of *db-initializing* 
        and *default-database* in FIND-ALL. 
        * sql/package.lisp: import time functions from CLSQL-BASE. 
        * tests/test-time.lisp: replace CLSQl-BASE package qualifier with CLSQL. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: replace CLSQl-BASE package qualifier with CLSQL. 
        * tests/test-init.lisp: replace CLSQl-BASE package qualifier with CLSQL. 
        * tests/test-ooddl.lisp: replace CLSQl-BASE package qualifier with 
        CLSQL. 

4 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * sql/classes.lisp: Add SQL-OBJECT-QUERY type. Have [select 'class]
        now return a sql-object-query type rather than directly performing a query.
        This improves CommonSQL conformance.
        * sql/sql.lisp: Add new QUERY method for SQL-OBJECT-QUERY. Move
        from basic/basic-sql.lisp the DO-QUERY and MAP-QUERY since they now
        depend on sql-object-query-type.
        * sql/loop-extensions.lisp: Move from base package
        * classic/package.lisp: remove references to map-query and do-query

4 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * TODO: New section on optimizations, especially optimizing JOINs.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Have :target-slot return of list of lists rather
        than a list of cons pairs to be conformant with CommonSQL.
        Make :target-slot much more efficient by using a SQL inner join
        statement and just requiring one SQL query. Add :retrieval :deferrred
        to target-slot joins. Add placeholder for update-objects-join.
        * sql/classes.lisp: Add :inner-join and :on slots to sql-query class
        and process them for query output-sql. 

4 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.11
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: Avoid multiple evaluation
        of query-expression in DO-QUERY
        * sql/objects.lisp: Make SELECT a normal function.
        SELECT now accepts type-modified database identifiers, such as
        [foo :string] which means that the values in column foo are returned 
        as Lisp strings. Add new *update-records-on-make-instance* special
        variable controlling automatic creation of new instances. Add missing
        RESULT-TYPES keyword to FIND-ALL. Add :target-slot support.
        * sql/packages.lisp: Export *update-records-on-make-instance* 
        * test/test-oodml.lisp: Add tests for :target-slot and many-to-many
        selections.
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Add tests for type-modified
        database identifiers.
        * test/test-init.lisp: Stop using add-relation since implementing
        many-to-many joins. Use *update-records-on-make-instance* 
        to automatically store records on instance creation. Add many-to-many
        employee-address view-class.
        
4 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.10
        * base/loop.lisp: Add object iteration. Use :result-type
        :auto for result-set. Remove 
        duplicate (and non-correct) code for non-list variables by
        simply making an atom variable into a list. 
        * sql/package.lisp: Remove unnecessary clsql-sys package
        and replace it with clsql.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Properly store specified-type from
        direct-slot-definition and then store translated type in
        effective-slot-definition
        * sql/classes.lisp: Don't output type in sql-output
        for SQL-IDENT-ATTRIBUTE. This is in preparation for supporting
        [foo :integer] as fields in SELECT.
        * sql/query.lisp: Set default for :result-types to :auto in
        FDML QUERY.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Use specified-type when invocating 
        database-get-type-specifier. def-view-class macro now returns
        the class instance.
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: Make :AUTO the default value for
        :RESULT-TYPES for MAP-QUERY and DO-QUERY.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Add bigint type
        * test/tests-basic.lisp: Add tests for :result-types for
        MAP-QUERY and DO-QUERY
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Add test for result-types in LOOP
        and also using single symbol rather than a list for variables.
        Add test that default :result-types is auto for FDML QUERY.
        * test/test-syntax.lisp: Don't expect TYPE in the SQL-OUTPUT
        of SQL-IDENT-ATTRIBUTE.
        * test/test-oodml.lisp: Enable OO loop iteration test,
        modify it so it doesn't depend on boolean where.
        
4 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * Version 2.10.9
        * sql/objects.lisp: added derived type specifier for universal time. 
        * sql/package.lisp: added #:universal-time to clsql-sys exports. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: added test for translation of boolean slots 
        in SELECT with object queries. 
        
3 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Fix changing nil to "NIL" 
        for odbc/postgresql backend.
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: Fix ATTRIBUTE-TYPE so that
        it can handle NIL values from the ODBC driver
        * tests/benchmarks.lisp: New file with initial
        benchmark suite
        * sql/relations.lisp: fix to add subclassing support,
        minor optimizations [Edi Weitz]
        
3 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.8        
        * base/conditions.lisp: Add *backend-warning-behavior*
        special variable.
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-sql.lisp:
        Honor value of *backend-warning-behavior*
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: Remove test of raw boolean value
        since different backends handle this differently. Add
        test for :column attribute.
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: Add tests for boolean slot value
        and for :void-value attribute
        * tests/test-init.lisp: Use *backend-warning-behavior*
        to suppress warnings from postgresql about implicitly
        creating primary key in tables. Add new address table.
        
3 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.7
        * db-odbc/odbc-dbi.lisp: Convert TINYINT to integers when
        result-types is :auto
        * sql/objects.lisp: Properly handled writing/reading Boolean
        values from SQL database when retrieving objects.
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Add another test for boolean results
        * test/utils.lisp: Fix incorrect declaration
        
2 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * Version 2.10.6
        * sql/generics.lisp: add generic function for SELECT. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: make SELECT a method specialisation. 
        * sql/classes.lisp: MAKE-QUERY now calls SELECT if the selections 
        referred to are View Classes. 
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: in DO-QUERY and MAP-QUERY, if the 
        query-expression arg evaluates to a list, then we have an object 
        query. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: add tests for DO-QUERY and MAP-QUERY with 
        object queries. 
        * TODO: remove items done and add a todo for SELECT. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: SELECT takes a :field-names arg to pass on to 
        QUERY. 
        * sql/sql.lisp: add :field-names arg to QUERY. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: minor rework to use :field-names arg to 
        SELECT. 

2 May 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk)
        * sql/objects.lisp: fix bug in FIND-ALL when SELECT called with 2 
        or more View Classes. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: make the :flatp argument to SELECT work with 
        object queries. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: make SELECT accept a :result-types argument 
        (defaults to :auto) which is passed on to QUERY.  
        * sql/objects.lisp: SELECT returns field-names as a second value. 
        * tests/test-ooddl.lisp: add flatp arg to SELECT calls as appropriate. 
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: add flatp/result-types arguments to calls 
        to SELECT and take only first value as appropriate.
        * tests/test-fdml.lisp: add two new tests for query result coercion 
        and the field-names returned as a second value from SELECT. 
        * tests/test-oodml.lisp: add flatp arg to SELECT calls as appropriate. 
        
1 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.6-pre1
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Add void-value slot
        * doc/csql.xml: Update def-view-class documentation
        * test/test-init.lisp: Change old :db-type to :db-kind.
        Remove old :nulls-ok attributes.
        * sql/objects.lisp: Add new universal-time and bigint
        types. Optimize reading of integers using parse-integer
        rather than read-from-string.
        * */*.lisp: Merge clsql-base-sys and clsql-base packages
        into clsql-base package
        * classic/sql.lisp: Move large object support into base, leaving
        classic without any functionality that is provided in the clsql
        system.
        * classic/package.lisp: Rename clsql-classic-sys package to
        its former nickname of clsql-classic
        
1 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.5: SQLite backend now passes all result-types tests
        * clsql-sqlite.asd: Depend on clsql-uffi system
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Use clsql-uffi:convert-raw-field
        for efficiency and code reuse. 
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-api-uffi.lisp: Change (* :char) to (* :unsigned-char)
        for better cross-implementation compatibility.

1 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.4
        * sql/tables.lisp: Fix typo in CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES
        [Marcus Pearce]
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: Fix foreign-string vs. cstring
        bug on SBCL in result-field-names function as reported by Marcus Pearce
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Fix  in database-store-next-row
        manifest in SBCL testing
        
1 May 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.3
        * sql/database.lisp: Conform more to CommonSQL output
        for STATUS command [Marcus Pearce]
        * sql/sqlite-sql.lisp: Rework to use result-types
        * sql/sqlite-api-clisp.lisp: Add compatibility layer
        with sqlite-api-uffi.lisp so that sqlite-sql.lisp can
        be cleaned up of most clisp reader conditionals
        * sql/test-init.lisp: Now run field type tests on sqlite
        backend
        
30 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.2
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: Set default value of :result-types 
        to :auto for more CommonSQL conformance. 
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Add tests for numeric value of fields
        

30 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.10.1: New API function: CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES.
        * base/basic-sql.lisp, db-*/*-sql.lisp: More CommonSQL conformance.
        Return field names as second value for QUERY. This can be overridden
        for efficiency with the new keyword :FIELD-NAMES set to NIL
        in the QUERY invocation.
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Add tests for new field-name feature
        * sql/metaclass.lisp: Remove old Lispworks cruft
        and replace it with invocation of new code in kmr-mop.lisp
        which actually works with Lispworks 4.2
        * doc/ref_clsql.xml: Document new :FIELD-NAMES keyword to
        QUERY function
        * base/db-interface.lisp: Document the multiple values
        returned by DATABASE-ATTRIBUTE-TYPE so matches the
        undocumented CommonSQL behavior. 
        * sql/table.lisp: Add *CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES-DEFAULT* and
        *DEFAULT-UPDATE-OBJECTS-MAX-LEN* variables and export them.
        LIST-ATTRIBUTE-TYPES now conforms to CommonSQL spec.
        Implement CACHE-TABLE-QUERIES.
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: Fix attribute-type function
        * test/test-fddl.lisp: Add tests for attribute type     
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Mild optimization in accessing
        field structures.
        * base/classes.lisp: Add attribute-cache slot to database clas
        * base/initialize.lisp: initialize-database-type now automatically
        loads database-type backend as needed.
        * base/test-init.lisp: Utilize new initialize-database-type functionality.
        * TODO: remove items done
        
30 Apr 2004 Marcus Pearce (m.t.pearce@city.ac.uk) 
        * Version 2.9.6
        * sql/objects.lisp: remove create/drop-sequence-from-class. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: add INSTANCE-REFRESHED generic function. 
        * sql/objects.lisp: improved CommonSQL compatibility for
        UPDATE-RECORD-FROM-SLOT, UPDATE-RECORD-FROM-SLOTS,
        UPDATE-RECORDS-FROM-INSTANCE and DELETE-INSTANCE-RECORDS. 
        * sql/generics.lisp: move generics from objects.lisp to here. 
        
29 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.6-pre1
        * db-mysql/mysql-client-info.lisp: Add client version 4.1
        detection
        * sql/sql.lisp: Make *default-database* the default for
        TRUNCATE-DATABASE
        
28 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.5
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Fix bug in transaction capability
        detection
        * sql/objects.lisp: Commit patch from Slawek Zak to allow specifying 
        :metaclass in DEF-VIEW-CLASS invocation. This allows defining classes 
        on a metaclass specialized from standard-db-class.

        
24 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.4: Multiple changes to support Allegro's "modern"
        lisp which uses a lowercase reader and has case-sensitive symbols
        * sql/classes.lisp: Fix make-load-form bug for sql-ident-table
        exposed by case-sensitive mlisp. 

22 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.3: All tests now pass on all platforms!
        * LATEST-TEST-RESULTS: New file with summary of test results
        * sql/generics.lisp: New file for generic function definitions.
        * test/test-init.lisp: Display names of skipped tests.
        Use unwind-protect to ensure disconnect
        * sql/objects.lisp: Change database-type to database-underlying-type
        so that actual database engine is properly identified
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Have default *time-conversion-function*
        return an ISO timestring for compatibility with other drivers.
        Workaround bug in MyODBC for LIST-TABLE-INDEXES
        * test/test-fdml.lisp: Accomodate that odbc-postgresql driver
        returns floating-point values for floor and truncate operations 
        * db-aodbc/aodbc-sql.lisp: Implement DATABASE-LIST-VIEWS
        * tests/test-basic.lisp: Port to regression tester
        * test/test-init.lisp: Output to *report-stream*
        * docs/appendix.xml: Document ODBC and SQLite backends.
        * sql/classes.lisp: Make output-sql require a database parameter.
        This allows SQL generation to have the proper case to support
        the differences in case handling between CommonSQL API,
        Postgresql, MySQL, Oracle.
        
21 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.2: Improvments in database capability introspection
        and querying. Support transactions in MySQL where available.
        All tests now pass on MySQL and SQLite in addition to postgresql
        and postgresql-socket. ODBC fails only with OODDL/TIME/1 and OODDL/TIME/2.
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: Add DATABASE-LIST-VIEWS. Better support
        DATABASE-LIST-SEQUENCES.
        * clsql-uffi.asd, clsql-mysql.asd: Improve shared library loading
        * Database_capabilies: add HAS-VIEWS, HAS-CREATE/DESTROY-DB,
        HAS-BOOLEAN-WHERE, TRANSACTION-CAPABLE
        * tests/*.lisp: Check database capabilities and remove tests which
        the database backend does not support
        * sql/table.lisp: Add :TRANSACTIONS keyword to create table which
        controls whether InnoDB tables will be created when supported on
        the underlying MySQL server.
        
20 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.9.0: New API function: LIST-TABLE-INDEXES,
        supported by all database backends (except AODBC since
        AODBC doesn't support index querying)
        * db-obdc/odbc-sql.lisp: Support DATABASE-LIST-INDEXES
        * db-odbc/odbc-api.lisp: Add %TABLE-STATISTICS function
        to support index queries
        * db-aodbc/aodbc-sql.lisp: Filter driver manager
        "information_schema" tables from LIST-TABLES
        * tests/test-basic.lisp: Remove table after testing
        * tests/test-fddl.lisp: Test LIST-TABLE-INDEXES
        * base/db-interface.lisp: Add DATABASE-UNDERLYING-TYPE
        which gets the underlying type of database -- required
        when dealing with ODBC databases and want to query
        database capabilities. Added DB-USE-COLUMN-ON-DROP-TABLES?
        as first database-backend specific feature. Is T on
        :mysql, NIL on other backends. Change DROP-TABLE to
        query this.
        
19 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.8.2: Build changes for FreeBSD [Slawek Zak]

19 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.8.1
        * db-odbc/odbc-sql.lisp: Add DATABASE-LIST function 
        * db-odbc/odbc-dbi.lisp: Add LIST-ALL-DATA-SOURCES function 

19 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.8.0: New API function: LIST-DATABASES
        * base/utils.lisp: Fix command-output on CMUCL/SBCL
        * db-*/*-sql.lisp: Add new database-list function
        * base/database.lisp: Add new LIST-DATABASES command
        
18 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.9
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Fix sequence functions.
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-api-uffi.lisp: Print error string
        correctly.
        
18 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.7
        * doc/csql.xml, examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp: Patch for db-kind
        from Eduardo Munoz.
        
17 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.6
        * base/objects.lisp, base/classes.lisp: Patch
        for db-kind from Eduardo Munoz
        
16 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.5
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: Fix FLATP in QUERY

16 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.3: Implement RECONNECT

15 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.2: Fix ODBC on Lispworks Windows

15 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.1: Fix for new ODBC backend.
        clsql-odbc now works on SBCL, CMUCL, OpenMCL
        in addition to AllegroCL and Lispworks.

15 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.7.0: New backend: ODBC. Tests as
        well as AODBC backend on Allegro,Lispworks.
        SBCL and CMUCL don't work quite yet.  Requires UFFI v1.4.11+
        * db-odbc/*.lisp: Add ODBC3 function SQLSetEnvAttr
        to explicitly set ODBC2 support. Add BIGINT support.
        Add result-types support. Added SQLTables.
        Fix array type in fetch-all-rows. Make width
        changable by database or query.
        * base/utils.lisp: Add process functions
        * base/package.lisp: Export utils to CLSQL-BASE-SYS
        * db-aodbc: Implement sequence functions,
        database-list-tables, database-list-attributes
        * tests/utils.lisp: Add support for ODBC backend,
        rework READ-SPECS to use +all-db-types+
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Use WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS
        for SEQUENCE-NEXT
        
13 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.13. Requires UFFI version 1.4.9
        * db-odbc/*.lisp: Further porting.
        Pre-alpha code! But, basic query is now working.

13 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.12
        * base/transactions.lisp: Add quote for macro
        expansion of WITH-TRANSACTIONS [Time Howe]
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Support memory database
        in database-probe [Ng Pheng Siong]
        * db-odbc/*.lisp: Initial port to UFFI of SQL-ODBC.
        The DBI layer is not finished.
        
12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.11
        * sql/objects.lisp: add :root-class functionality for
        list-classes and add duration type support [Marcus Pearce]
        * db-odbc: Add mid-level [DBI] layer

12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.10
        * db-aodbc: Add methods for generic functions, some are
        not yet implemented.
        * clsql-odbc.asd, db-odbc/*.lisp: Initial start of ODBC
        support

12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.9
        * base/package.lisp: Add missing symbols [Marcus Pearce]

12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.8
        * test/test-fddl.lisp: Cleanup fix [Marcus Pearce]
        * utils/time.lisp: Multiple fixes [Marcus Pearce]
        * sql/sql.lisp: Fix for truncate-database [Marcus Pearce]
        
12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.7
        * sql/*.lisp: Remove schema versioning cruft
        [Marcus Pearce]
        * Makefile: Add classic subdirectory
        
12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.6
        * sql/sql.lisp: Fix TRUNCATE command, bug reported
        by Marcus Pearce
        * sql/sql.lisp: Remove EXPLAIN function. Postgresql/Oracle
        specific and easy for an application to directly support.
        Idea from Marcus Pearce.
        * base/basic-sql.lisp: Remove DESCRIBE-TABLE top-level 
        API as duplicates LIST-ATTRIBUTE-TYPES [Marcus Pearce].
        Keep low-level interface for future optimization
        supporting LIST-ATTRIBUTE-TYPES command.
        * Makefile: Add to db-sqlite and test directories.
        Include them in top-level Makefile
        
12 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.5
        * sql/relations.lisp: Add missing file
        * utils/time.lisp: Fixes/extensions [Marcus Pearce]
        * test/test-time.lips: New file [Marcus Pearce]
        
10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.4
        * test/test-init.lisp: Properly handle object
        creation. Close database after use.
        * sql/sql.lisp: Make DESCRIBE-TABLE a generic
        function so can have methods specialized on
        table being a string or an sql-table object.
        * base/pool.lisp: Really fix CMUCL locking
        
10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.3
        * test/test-init.lisp: Signal correctly
        if any errors occurred in any test suite
        * base/loop-extensions.lisp: Fix error
        introduced for Lispworks
        * base/pool.lisp: Fix locking for CMUCL
        * base/objects.lisp: Remove schema-version cruft
        
10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.2: New CLSQL API functions:
        DESCRIBE-TABLE AND TRUNCATE-DATABASE
        Currently, this are only supported on :postgresql
        and :postgresql-socket
        * base/database.lisp: automatically load ASDF system
        in CONNECT if not already loaded
        * base/tests.lisp: disconnect database after testing 
        * base/*.lisp: Remove CLOSED-DATABASE type in favor
        of storing open/closed status in slot of database
        * base/pool.lisp: Support locks for CMUCL, OpenMCL, SBCL
        * db-postgresql/postgresql-sql.lisp: add DATABASE-RECONNECT,
        DATABASE-DESCRIBE-TABLE
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-sql.lisp: Add missing slots in database
        * base/conditions: Remove duplicate condition
        * db-*/*-sql.lisp: Fill new database slot DATABASE-TYPE
        * base/recording.lisp: Add new :QUERY type for recording
        
10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.1: documentation fixes, merged
        classic-tests into tests

10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.6.0 released: New API functions
        CREATE-DATABASE, DESTORY-DATABASE, PROBE-DATABASE
        * doc/ref_clsql.xml: Document new functions
        * base/database.lisp: New API functions
        * base/conditions.lisp: Added CLSQL-ACCESS-ERROR
        * base/utils.lisp: Fix use of position-char.
        Add COMMAND-OUTPUT used by backends for running
        external programs. Fix parsing of SQL*NET-compatible
        connection-specs.
        * base/loop-extension.lisp: Simplify package use
        for Lispworks and Allegro
        * db-*/*-sql.lisp: Added DATABASE-CREATE,
        DATABASE-DESTORY, PROBE-DATABASE methods
        * tests/test-init.lisp, clasic-tests/tests.lisp:
        Use destroy-database and create-database to ensure 
        testing with empty database
        * tests/test-connection.lisp: Add tests for
        parsing of string connection-specs
        * examples/run-tests.sh: New file for running
        test suite on all installed CL implementations
        * examples/clsql-tutorial.lisp: moved from
        doc directory
        * examples/dot.clsql-tests.config: New file
        giving an example test configuration
        * test/README: Add notes about rtest/ptester
        downloads and link to sample test configuration file.
        
10 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.5.1 released:
        * tests/*.lisp: Rework so tests are run
        on multiple backends automatically based
        on the contents of ~/.clsql-tests.config.
        Reuse helper functions from classic-tests.
        * base/database.lisp: Support connection-spec
        as string for CONNECT
        * classic-tests/tests.lisp: Automatically
        load database backends as needed. 
        
09 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.5.0 released:
        All tests for CLSQL and CLSQL-CLASSIC pass
        on all platforms.
        * base/loop-extension.lisp: Add Lispworks
        loop-extension. Improve type specifying on
        other platforms.
        
09 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.4.2 released:
        loop extension now supported on Allegro, all
        CLSQL-TESTS pass on Allegro.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Some optimization
        of compute-slots, be selective when
        ordered-class-slots needs to be called
        instead of class-slots
        * TODO: add URL with documentation on
        extending Lispworks LOOP form
        
09 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.4.1 released: CLSQL-TESt suite passes
        all tests for postgresql and CMUCL, SBCL, OpenMCL.
        Allegro and Lispworks pass all tests except for
        FDML/LOOP/1 since the loop extension have not yet
        been ported to those implementions.
        * sql/metaclasses.lisp: Added new slot to standard-db-class
        to hold user-specified type. OpenMCL adjustments to compensate
        for its type-predicate function. Since AllegroCL, Lispworks,
        and OpenMCL have different slot orders, added compute-slots
        and ordered-class-slots functions so their slot order matches
        SBCL/CMUCL.

08 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.4.0 released: All tests for clsql-classic now finish
        correctly on Allegro, Lispworks, CMUCL, SBCL, OpenMCL for
        mysql, postgresql, postgresql-sockets, and sqlite backends.
        * db-mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Fix array dereferencing
        * classic-tests/tests.lisp: Fix package name of
        number-to-sql-string. 
        * clsql.asd/clsql-tests.asd: Add support for asdf:test-op
        * db-sqlite/sqlite-api-{uffi,sql}.lisp: Multiple UFFI fixes,
        now passes tests on all support UFFI platforms.
        * db-postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.list: Ported to 
        SBCL and OpenMCL
        * multiple: Finish renaming of :types keyword to :result-types for
        greater CommonSQL compatibility, including documentation
        * sql/basic-cmds.lisp: Remove obsolete file
        
08 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Version 2.3.3 released
        * Fixes for sequences on mysql and sqlite [Marcus Pearce]
        * Fixes for uffi sqlite backend [Aurelio Bignoli / Kevin Rosenberg]
        * Fix for schema table [Marcus Pearce]
        * Add loop extension support for SBCL and OpenMCL [Marcus Pearce]
        * Fixes to test suite [Marcus Pearce]

06 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * db-*/*-sql.lisp: Ensure that expr in
        database-query-result-set is a string
        * Documentation integration
        
06 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * With for Marcus Pearce's excellent work, I've merged
        his clsql-usql port into clsql. The original clsql
        interface is available in the clsql-classic package.

02 Apr 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Integrate patch from Marcus Pearce <ek735@soi.city.ac.uk>
        adding further support for providing backend for UncommonSQL

10 Mar 2004 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Integrate patch from Aurelio Bignoli for SQLite backend

11 Nov 2003 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Converted documentation to XML format
        * Made package installable with asdf-install

23 Jul 2003 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Add for-each-row macro

12 Dec 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * uffi/clsql-uffi.lisp: return NIL for numeric fields that are NULL
        
16 Oct 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Add support for SBCL, OpenMCL, and SCL
        * Add *load-truename* to search path for clsql's
        compiled libraries.

01 Sep 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Rework use of file types in .asd files

17 Aug 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Add .asd definition files for ASDF users

31 Jul 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Restructure directories for Common Lisp Controller v3 compatibility

25 Jul 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Also change case of logical host in loader files
        * Rework handling of logical pathnames
        
05 Jul 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Change case of logical host
        
14 May 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * clsql-base.system: Added base package that can be used without
        high-level SQL commands. Used for adding support for UncommonSQL.
        * *.system: Reworked logical pathnames to be more consistent with
        Common Lisp Controller.
        * debian/*: Completed initial Debian support
        
10 May 2002 Marc Battyani (marc.battyani@fractalconcept.com)
        * sql/classes.cl:
        * sql/transactions.cl:
        Added transaction support. Functions/macros added:
        with-transaction, commit-transaction, rollback-transaction,
        add-transaction-commit-hook, add-transaction-rollback-hook

04 May 2002 Marc Battyani (marc.battyani@fractalconcept.com)
        * sql/sql.cl:
        * sql/pool.cl:
        * sql/functional.cl:
        Added pool support in connect/disconnect and with-database.
        Removed with-db-from-pool as with-database can now works with the connections pool

01 May 2002 Marc Battyani (marc.battyani@fractalconcept.com)
        * sql/sql.cl:
        * sql/pool.cl:
        * sql/classes.cl:
        * sql/package.cl:
        Completed connection pool.
        Added with-db-from-pool macro.
        
27 Apr 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Multiple files:
        Added initial support for connection pool
        * sql/transactions.cl
        Took transaction code from UncommonSQL and integrated
        into CLSQL code. See file for disclaimer about why this
        was added.

23 Apr 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * interfaces/postgresql/postgresql-sql.cl:
        Fix keyword typo in database-read-large-object
        * interfaces/mysql/mysql-loader.cl
        Fix loading on Win32
        * test-suite/tester-clsql.cl
        Fix type coercion of double-float
        * doc/*
        Added debian docbook catalog, made it the default
        
19 Apr 2002 Marc Battyani (marc.battyani@fractalconcept.com)
        * interface/postgresql/postgresql-api.cl:
        * interface/postgresql/postgresql-sql.cl:
        * sql/sql.cl:
        * sql/db-interface.cl:
        Added large objects support for postgresql.

07 Apr 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * src/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.cl:
        Fixed find-foreign-function call, eliminated crypt warning
        * Makefiles:
        Multiple improvements
        * sql/usql.cl:
        Moved functionality from low-level interfaces to this file
        via generic functions
        * test-suite/tester.cl:
        Added test with acl-compat-tester, moved others to old-tests
        directory.
        
06 Apr 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * src/usql.cl:
        Reinstated commented out sections
        * interfaces/postgresql/postgresql-loader.cl:
        * interfaces/mysql/mysql-loader.cl:
        Updated find-forieign-library support.
        * interfaces/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-package.cl:
        Fixed require form for Lispworks (Thanks Marc Battyani!)
        * interfaces/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.cl:
        Fixed eval of def-function for crypt library.
                
31 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Added interface to support USQL high-level rouines
        
29 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Separated db-interface and conditions from sql/sql.cl
        * Improved foreign library loading testing
        * interfaces/postgresql/postgresql-api.cl
        Added PQisBusy function
        * interfaces/clsql-uffi/clsql-uffi.cl
        Fixed sign error for 64-bit processing
        
27 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * interfaces/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.cl:
        Fixes to read-double-from-socket. Added 64-bit integer support.
        * test-suite/xptest-clsql.cl
        Added testint for 64-bit integers
        * Additons to installation docs
        
26 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * interfaces/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.cl:
        Implemented direct socket reading for field type :double
        * Added usage information for :types to documentation
        * interfaces/mysql/mysql-sql.cl: Fixed type specifiers in atoi,
        atol, atof calls
        * interfaces/clsql-uffi: Created new directory. Split common
        interface routines that use UFFI into this package. Required
        especially to support direct reading of 64-bit integers into
        bignums and bypassing temporary strings.
        * test-clsql.cl: Updated to test postgresql-socket's
        read-double-from-socket function.
        * test-suite/xptest-clsql.cl
        Started work on test suite

25 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * interfaces/mysql/mysql-api.cl: Added mysql-fetch-fields,
        mysql-fetch-field-direct Got :auto types working
        * interfaces/postgresql/postgresql-api.cl
        * interfaces/postgresql-socket/postgresql-socket-api.cl
        Added pgsql-field-types enum. Got :auto types working.
        * multiple-files
        Renamed :field-types to :types.
        
24 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * Added field-types parameter to query, database-query,
        database-query-result-set, map-query. Haven't added code
        to utilize field types, yet.
        * Changed postgresql-socket result set from cons to a structure
        * Updated test-clsql.cl to use automated testing with a config
        file
        * Changed return types of field accessors from cstring to
        (* :unsigned-char).  This prepares for being able to use specified
        type conversions when taking field data into lisp.
        * Added field-type processing for most interfaces. Not done yet.
        
23 Mar 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * doc/ref.sgml: Updated MAP-QUERY example to use
        *read-default-float-format* (John Foderaro)
        * Extensive work to foreign library loaders and .system files to
        check for successful loading of foreign libraries.
        * Modified test-clsql.cl to allow more modularity and
        automated testing in future release.
        * mysql/mysql-sql.lisp: Added field types
        
01 Jan 2002 Kevin Rosenberg (kevin@rosenberg.net)
        * mysql/mysql-sql.lisp:
        - Added support for Allegro CL and Lispworks using UFFI layer
        - Changed database-connect to use mysql-real-connect. This way,
          can avoid using double (unwind-protect)
        - Changed database-connect to have MySQL library allocate space
          for MYSQL structure. This will make the code more robust in
          the event that MySQL library changes the size of the mysql-mysql
          structure.