r9245: New section on optimizations, especially optimizing JOINs

[clsql.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index eaadf078ffe3ef8ba9e3ccda8d70b5f9e4dc8de7..fee5fe3e7ab461357f01334fd37a8dd7aac38b77 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ TESTS TO ADD
 * Large object testing
 * Test bigint type
 * :db-constraint tests
-
-POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS
-
-* port Oracle backend to UFFI
-* large object support 
-* add support for prepared statements
+* *update-records-on-make-instance*
 
 COMMONSQL SPEC
 
@@ -29,7 +24,6 @@ COMMONSQL SPEC
  >> The object-oriented sql interface
 
     DEF-VIEW-CLASS
-      o get :target-slot working 
       o implement :retrieval :immediate 
 
  >> Symbolic SQL syntax 
@@ -50,6 +44,20 @@ COMMONSQL SPEC
 
       o variables (e.g., table identifiers) should be instantiated at runtime 
 
+OPTIMIZATIONS
+
+* Revisit result-type list creation,perhaps caching
+* Use an inner join for :target-slot in SELECTS rather than multiple
+  queries. For example, in the test suite:
+    SELECT address.addressid,address.street_number,... FROM address
+      INNER JOIN employee_address ON employe_address.address_id=address.address_id
+      AND emplid=<id>
+
+POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS
+
+* port Oracle backend to UFFI
+* large object support 
+* add support for prepared statements
 
 
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