Ruby extension library to access PostgreSQL.
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Mon Jan  6 2003 version 0.7.1
	
	* async_exec: remove check of PQisBusy.
	  patch supplied byd <m_seki@mva.biglobe.ne.jp>
	
Wed Oct 16 2002 version 0.7.0
	
	* rename README.jp -> README.ja.

Thu Oct 10 2002
	
	* get_notify: bug fix Deletes of unnecessary "free(notify);"
	  debian bug report.
	
Wed Oct  9 2002
	
	* query: add pgresult_clear.
	  patch supplied by "Shirai,Kaoru" <shirai@p1jp.com>

Sat Sep 28 2002
	
	* PGconn: add methods escape, quote, escape_bytes. 
	  patch supplied by MoonWolf <moonwolf@moonwolf.com>

Tue Aug 20 2002 

	* extconf.rb add dir_config('postgres')
 	  patch supplied by Nate Haggard <nate@wordplace.com>
	
Mon Jun  3 2002 version 0.7.0-pre2
	
	* not to use fe_getauthname().
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>
	
Thu May 30 2002 version 0.7.0-pre1
	
	* Fix to insert_table so that nil values in Ruby are inserted
	  back into the database as nulls.
	  patch supplied by Jeremy Henty <jeremy@chaos.org.uk>

	* Fix to insert_table to protect characters that Postgres would
	  otherwise interpret specially.
	  patch supplied by Jeremy Henty <jeremy@chaos.org.uk>
	
Wed Apr 24 2002
	
	* Removed unused variables.
	* Improve notification code.
	* Add a missing "return Qnil" statement in a function 
	  declared to return VALUE.
	* Fix an minor error in pgconn_loopen().
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>	
	
Tue Mar  5 2002
	
	* fix pglarge_write return.
	  patch supplied by Noboru Matui <silicon@mx1.freemail.ne.jp>

Mon Jan  7 2002
	
	* refer to POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGTRES_LIB 
	  environmental variables.
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>
	
Sun Dec 16 2001
	
	* add methods "getisnull".
	  patch supplied by Jeremy Henty <jeremy@chaos.org.uk>
	
Tue Nov 27 2001
	
	* convert NULL => nil .
	  patch supplied by "Shirai,Kaoru" <shirai@p1jp.com>

Mon Nov 19 2001 version 0.6.5 released
	
	* change my address.
	  Noboru Saitou <noborus@netlab.jp>
	
Fri Nov 16 2001	
	
	* default encoding set.
	  Riley <wormwood@speakeasy.org>

Fri Nov 16 2001	
	
	* add methods "cmdtuples"
          Gabriel Emerson <gemerson@evalsoft.com>	
	  Thanks to greentea@fa2.so-net.ne.jp
	
Thu Jul 12 2001
	
	* psql.rb $OPT_p => $OPT_p.to_i (bug fix).
	  Yuta TSUBOI <yuuta-t@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>
	
Mon Apr 23 2001 version 0.6.4 released
	
	* add include sys/types.h
          patch supplied by "Akinori MUSHA" <knu@iDaemons.org>.
	
Sun Apr 22 2001 version 0.6.3 released

	* document updated.
	
Sun Mar 18 2001
	
	* extern -> EXTERN changed.
          shibata <kshibata@vesta.ocn.ne.jp>
	
Sun Feb 11 2001
	
	* add methods "async_exec" and "async_query.
	  patch supplied by  Andy Yu <is@gnuchina.org>.

Tue Feb  6 2001 version 0.6.2 released
	
	* extconf.rb have_func second argument omit.
	  (old ruby version support).

Mon Feb  5 2001

	* RSTRING(*)->ptr -> STR2CSTR(*) changed.

Sun Feb  4 2001
	 
	* README and README.jp  copying are unified to Ruby's.
	 
Wed Jan 31 2001
	
	* postgres.html bug fix and better.
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>.

	* README bug fix and better.
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>.
	 
Sat Jan 27 2001
	
	* extconf.rb add error message for
	  Could not find PostgreSQL libraries.
	  patch supplied by Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>.
	 
Tue Jan 23 2001

	* add methods "initialize".
	  patch supplied by <matz@zetabits.com>.

Sun Dec 17 2000 
	
	* 8192 byte limit removed.
	
Tue Oct 11 2000	

	* methods name lo* -> lo_* changed.

	* extconf.rb bug fix.
	   have_func("PQsetClientEncoding")

Thu Jun 30 2000 version 0.6.1 released

	* change receive parameter with VALUE.
	  (exec, insert_table, putline)

	* insert_table: remove debug print.
	
	* insert_table bug fix.
	  patch supplied by "Okada Jun" <yun@be-in.org>.

	* extconf.rb ClientEncoding->SetClientEnocoding.

Sun May 21 2000 version 0.6.0 released

	* change the maintainer with 
	  Noboru Saitou <noborus@mb.kcom.ne.jp>.

	* add provided clientEnocoding and setClientEncoding.

	* replace rb_str_new with rb_tainted_str_new.
	  ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr>

	* add provided Large Object support!

	* error message changed PQerrorMessage() use.

Fri Feb 25 2000 version 0.5.4 released

	* PGError should be subclass of StandardError.

Fri Aug  6 1999 version 0.5.3 released

	* use PQsetdbLogin() instead of PQsetdb().
	  patch supplied by <kasa@air.linkclub.or.jp>.

Tue Jul 30 1999 version 0.5.2 released

	* document updated.
	* better Ruby 1.3 support.

Tue Jul 13 1999 version 0.5.1 released

	* modified for Ruby 1.3.x or later.

Wed Jan 20 1999 version 0.4.1 released

	* Makefile.rb, extconf.rb: trivial bug fix.

Thu Dec 12 1997 version 0.4 released

	* PGresult: add new method -- each{}, [] --
	* provided Makefile.rb for ruby-1.1b

Thu Sep 25 1997 version 0.3.1 released

	* extconf.rb bug fix.
	* documentation about 'How to install' 

Mon Sep 4 1997 version 0.3 released

	* remove restrictions about japanese EUC characters.
	* parseArgs related bug fix.

Mon Sep 2 1997 version 0.2 released

	* provided psql.rb. (an interactive interface for PostgreSQL)
	* some bug fixes.

Mon Aug 22 1997 version 0.1 released

	* first release.