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Add SGML markup for commands/literal/application/etc in release notes; 

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.612 2009/03/28 22:05:22 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.613 2009/03/29 03:01:56 momjian Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
&<> use & escapes
PostgreSQL <productname>
postgresql.conf, pg_hba.conf <filename>
[A-Z][A-Z ]+[A-Z] <command>
[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+() <function>
[A-Za-z_]/[A-Za-z_]+ <filename>
PostgreSQL <productname>
pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
[A-Z][A-Z] <type>, <envar>, <literal>
[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z_ ]* <type>, <envar>, <literal>
non-ASCII characters convert to HTML4 entity (&) escapes
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<title>Overview</title>
<para>
This major PostgreSQL release brings SQL features people have been
waiting for for years, as well as performance enhancements
and changes to make space reuse more efficient and
more automatic. This release adds the following major features:
This major <productname>PostgreSQL</> release brings <acronym>SQL</>
features people have been waiting for for years, as well as
performance enhancements and changes to make space reuse more
efficient and more automatic. This release adds the following
major features:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
<para>
Change postgresql.conf default for log_min_messages to 'warning'
(previously 'notice') to reduce log file volume (Tom)
Change <filename>postgresql.conf</> default for log_min_messages
to <literal>warning</> (previously <literal>notice</>) to reduce
log file volume (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have debug_print_parse, debug_print_rewritten, and debug_print_plan
output appear as LOG message level, not DEBUG1 (Tom) bjm: inconsistency
because of var names?
output appear as <literal>LOG</> message level, not
<literal>DEBUG1</> (Tom) bjm: inconsistency because of var
names?
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Make "log_temp_files" super-user set only, like other logging options
(Simon)
Make <varname>log_temp_files</> super-user set only, like other
logging options (Simon)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disable appending of the epoch date/time when no '%' escapes are
present in log_filename (Robert Haas)
Disable appending of the epoch date/time when no <literal>%</>
escapes are present in log_filename (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
This change was made because some users wanted a constant log filename,
for use with an external log rotation tool.
This change was made because some users wanted a constant log
filename, for use with an external log rotation tool.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove explain_pretty_print postgresql.conf setting (no longer needed)
(Tom)
Remove explain_pretty_print <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
(no longer needed) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove log_restartpoints from recovery.conf; instead use
log_checkpoints (Simon Riggs)
Remove log_restartpoints from <filename>recovery.conf</>;
instead use log_checkpoints (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove support for the (insecure) crypt authentication method (Magnus)
Remove support for the (insecure) crypt authentication method
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove krb_realm and krb_server_hostname, now pg_hba.conf-only settings
(Magnus)
Remove krb_realm and krb_server_hostname, now
<filename>pg_hba.conf</>-only settings (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
The utility only worked on a few platforms; users should use their
operating system tools instead.
The utility only worked on a few platforms; users should use
their operating system tools instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
pg_hba.conf also has extensive changes related to migration. bjm: add markup
<filename>pg_hba.conf</> also has extensive changes related to
migration. bjm: add markup
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Have children inherit CHECK constraints from parents (Alex Hunsaker,
Nikhil Sontakke, Tom Lane)
Have children inherit <literal>CHECK</> constraints from parents
(Alex Hunsaker, Nikhil Sontakke, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Force child tables to have the same CHECK constraints as parents (Alex
Hunsaker, Nikhil Sontakke, Tom Lane) bjm: verify
Force child tables to have the same <literal>CHECK</> constraints
as parents (Alex Hunsaker, Nikhil Sontakke, Tom Lane) bjm:
verify
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change TRUNCATE and LOCK behavior to apply to all child tables (Peter)
Change <command>TRUNCATE</> and <command>LOCK</> behavior to
apply to all child tables (Peter)
</para>
<para>
There is a new ONLY clause which disables this behavior.
There is a new <literal>ONLY</> clause which disables this
behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow negative LIMIT or OFFSET values, rather than treating them as
zero (Simon)
Disallow negative <literal>LIMIT</> or <literal>OFFSET</>
values, rather than treating them as zero (Simon)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow LOCK TABLE outside a transaction block (Tom)
Disallow <command>LOCK TABLE</> outside a transaction block
(Tom)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Make DISCARD ALL also discard advisory locks (Marko Kreen)
Make <command>DISCARD ALL</> also discard advisory locks (Marko
Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Have NUMERIC 0 ^ 4.3 return 1, rather than an error, and have 0 ^ 0.0
return 1, rather than error (Bruce)
Have <literal>NUMERIC 0 ^ 4.3</> return <literal>1</>, rather
than an error, and have <literal>0 ^ 0.0</> return <literal>1</>,
rather than error (Bruce)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove code that prevented unary minus of floating-point values from
producing '-0' (Tom)
Remove code that prevented unary minus of floating-point values
from producing <literal>-0</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
The changed behavior is more IEEE-standards compliant.
The changed behavior is more <acronym>IEEE</>-standards
compliant.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Throw an error if an escape character is the last character in a LIKE
pattern (it has nothing to escape) (Tom)
Throw an error if an escape character is the last character in
a <literal>LIKE</> pattern (it has nothing to escape) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have to_char()'s localized month/day names depend on LC_TIME, not
LC_MESSAGES (Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
Have <function>to_char()</>'s localized month/day names depend
on <varname>LC_TIME</>, not <varname>LC_MESSAGES</> (Euler
Taveira de Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Cause to_date() and to_timestamp() to more consistently report errors on
invalid input (Brendan Jurd)
Cause <function>to_date()</> and <function>to_timestamp()</>
to more consistently report errors on invalid input (Brendan
Jurd)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Provide consistent rounding for fractional seconds (Ron Mayer) bjm:
combine with another item?
Provide consistent rounding for fractional seconds (Ron Mayer)
bjm: combine with another item?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix to_timestamp() to not require upper/lower case matching for meridian
(AM/PM) and era (BC/AD) format designations (Brendan Jurd)
Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> to not require upper/lower case
matching for meridian (<literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</>) and era
(<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations (Brendan
Jurd)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require the existence of periods in to_timestamp() meridian
(AM/PM) and era (BC/AD) format designations to match (Brendan Jurd)
Require the existence of periods in <function>to_timestamp()</>
meridian (<literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</>) and era
(<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations to match
(Brendan Jurd)
</para>
<para>
For example, input value 'AD' does not match format string 'A.D.'.
For example, input value <literal>AD</> does not match format
string <literal>A.D.</>.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove ~=~ and ~&lt;&gt;~ operators used for LIKE index comparisons
(Tom) bjm: needed?
Remove ~=~ and ~&lt;&gt;~ operators used for <literal>LIKE</>
index comparisons (Tom) bjm: needed?
</para>
<para>
A not-immediately-obvious incompatibility is that the sort order within
bpchar_pattern_ops indexes changes --- it had been identical to plain
strcmp, but is now trailing-blank-insensitive. This will impact
in-place upgrades, if those ever happen.
A not-immediately-obvious incompatibility is that the sort
order within bpchar_pattern_ops indexes changes --- it had been
identical to plain strcmp, but is now trailing-blank-insensitive.
This will impact in-place upgrades, if those ever happen.
</para>
</listitem>
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<title>Changes</title>
<para>
Below you will find a detailed account of the
changes between <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.4 and
the previous major release.
Below you will find a detailed account of the changes between
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.4 and the previous major
release.
</para>
<sect3>
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<listitem>
<para>
Improve optimizer statistics calculations (Tom, Jan
Urbanski)
Improve optimizer statistics calculations (Tom, Jan Urbanski)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow SELECT DISTINCT and UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT to use hashing (Tom)
Allow <command>SELECT DISTINCT</> and
<literal>UNION</>/<literal>INTERSECT</>/<literal>EXCEPT</> to
use hashing (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This causes SELECT DISTINCT no longer always produces sorted output;
add an ORDER BY clause. The old SELECT DISTINCT behavior can be
restored by disabling enable_hashagg. SELECT DISTINCT ON does not use
This causes <command>SELECT DISTINCT</> no longer always produces
sorted output; add an <literal>ORDER BY</> clause. The old
<literal>SELECT DISTINCT</> behavior can be restored by disabling
enable_hashagg. <literal>SELECT DISTINCT ON</> does not use
hashing. bjm: enable_hashagg accurate?
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
While semi-joins merely replace existing IN joins, anti-joins
are a new capability for NOT EXISTS clauses (Tom) This improves
optimization possibilities.
While semi-joins merely replace existing <literal>IN</> joins,
anti-joins are a new capability for <literal>NOT EXISTS</>
clauses (Tom) This improves optimization possibilities.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve IN/ANY/EXISTS processing (Tom)
Improve <literal>IN</>/<literal>ANY</>/<literal>EXISTS</>
processing (Tom)
</para>
<para>
IN and EXISTS now provide similar performance for equivalent clauses.
<literal>IN</> and <literal>EXISTS</> now provide similar
performance for equivalent clauses.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the performance of text_position() and related functions by
using Boyer-Moore-Horspool searching (David Rowley)
Improve the performance of <function>text_position()</> and
related functions by using Boyer-Moore-Horspool searching (David
Rowley)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Reduce I/O frequency of writing the backend statistics file by writing
the file only when requested (Martin Pihlak)
Reduce I/O frequency of writing the backend statistics file
by writing the file only when requested (Martin Pihlak)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Increase the default value of default_statistics_target from 10 to 100
(Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom)
Increase the default value of default_statistics_target from
10 to 100 (Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Modify 'constraint_exclusion' to check for partitioned tables by default
when inheritance or UNION ALL is used (Tom)
Modify 'constraint_exclusion' to check for partitioned tables
by default when inheritance or <literal>UNION ALL</> is used
(Tom)
</para>
<para>
A new constraint_exclusion setting, "partition", was added to match this
behavior.
A new constraint_exclusion setting, <literal>partition</>, was
added to match this behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
The amount of read-ahead is controlled by effective_io_concurrency.
This requires posix_fadvise() support in the kernel.
This requires <function>posix_fadvise()</> support in the
kernel.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Inline simple set-returning SQL functions in FROM clauses (Richard Rowell)
Inline simple set-returning <acronym>SQL</> functions in
<literal>FROM</> clauses (Richard Rowell)
</para>
</listitem>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>TOAST</title>
<title><acronym>TOAST</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Consider TOAST compression on values as short as 32 bytes (previously
256 bytes) (Tom)
Consider <acronym>TOAST</> compression on values as short as
32 bytes (previously 256 bytes) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require 25% of space savings before using TOAST compression (previously
20%) (Tom)
Require 25% of space savings before using <acronym>TOAST</>
compression (previously 20%) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Be more aggressive in storing EXTERNAL and EXTENDED column values in
TOAST (Tom)
Be more aggressive in storing <literal>EXTERNAL</> and
<literal>EXTENDED</> column values in <acronym>TOAST</>(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Convert many postgresql.conf settings to enumerated values so
pg_settings can easily display valid values (Magnus)
Convert many <filename>postgresql.conf</> settings to enumerated
values so <literal>pg_settings</> can easily display valid
values (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add postgresql.conf setting cursor_tuple_fraction to control the
fraction of a cursor's rows expected to be requested by the user (Robert
Hell)
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting cursor_tuple_fraction
to control the fraction of a cursor's rows expected to be
requested by the user (Robert Hell)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow underscores in postgresql.conf custom variable classes (Tom)
Allow underscores in <filename>postgresql.conf</> custom variable
classes (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_conf_load_time() function to report when the Postgres configuration
files were last loaded (George Gensure)
Add <function>pg_conf_load_time()</> function to report when
the Postgres configuration files were last loaded (George
Gensure)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_terminate_backend() to safely terminate a backend (the SIGTERM
signal also works) (Tom, Bruce)
Add <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to safely terminate a
backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal also works) (Tom, Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and runtimes via
postgresql.conf variable 'track_functions' (Martin Pihlak)
Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and
runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable 'track_functions'
(Martin Pihlak)
</para>
<para>
Function statistics appear in a new system table, pg_stat_user_functions.
However, inlined SQL functions are not tracked.
Function statistics appear in a new system table,
<literal>pg_stat_user_functions</>. However, inlined
<acronym>SQL</> functions are not tracked.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow specification of the maximum pg_stat_activity query string size
via postgresql.conf variable track_activity_query_size (Thomas Lee)
Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</>
query string size via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable
track_activity_query_size (Thomas Lee)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add read-only postgresql.conf variables segment_size, wal_block_size,
and wal_segment_size (Bernd Helmle)
Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables segment_size,
wal_block_size, and wal_segment_size (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When reporting a deadlock, report all session queries involved in the
deadlock to the server log (Itagaki Takahiro)
When reporting a deadlock, report all session queries involved
in the deadlock to the server log (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
New pg_stat_get_activity(pid) function to return information about a
specific process id (Magnus)
New <function>pg_stat_get_activity(pid)</> function to return
information about a specific process id (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory pg_stat_tmp
and allow its location to be specified via stats_temp_directory (Magnus)
Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory
<filename>pg_stat_tmp</> and allow its location to be specified
via stats_temp_directory (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
This allows the statistics file to be placed in a RAM-resident
directory to reduce I/O requirements. On startup/shutdown, the
file is copied to the top-level $PGDATA directory so it is preserved
between restarts.
This allows the statistics file to be placed in a
<acronym>RAM</>-resident directory to reduce I/O requirements.
On startup/shutdown, the file is copied to the top-level
<literal>$PGDATA</> directory so it is preserved between
restarts.
</para>
</listitem>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>pg_hba.conf</title>
<title><filename>pg_hba.conf</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Parse pg_hba.conf in the postmaster so errors are reported on reload
(Magnus)
Parse <filename>pg_hba.conf</> in the postmaster so errors are
reported on reload (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
Previously errors in the file wouldn't be detected until clients tried
to connect, which could leave the system with a broken file loaded.
Previously errors in the file wouldn't be detected until clients
tried to connect, which could leave the system with a broken
file loaded.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove "sameuser" option from pg_hba.conf, making it the default if
no usermap is specified (Magnus)
Remove <literal>sameuser</> option from <filename>pg_hba.conf</>,
making it the default if no usermap is specified (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change all pg_hba.conf authentication options to be 'name=value'
settings (Magnus)
Change all <filename>pg_hba.conf</> authentication options to
be <literal>name=value</> settings (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow usermap parameter in pg_hba.conf for all external authentication
methods (Magnus)
Allow usermap parameter in <filename>pg_hba.conf</> for all
external authentication methods (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -694,49 +731,53 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow 'ident' authentication over Unix-domain sockets on Solaris (Garick
Hamlin)
Allow <literal>ident</> authentication over Unix-domain sockets
on Solaris (Garick Hamlin)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_hba.conf option "clientcert" to control requesting of a client
certificate (Magnus)
Add <filename>pg_hba.conf</> option <literal>clientcert</> to
control requesting of a client certificate (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
Previously this was controlled by the presence of a root certificate
file in the server's data directory.
Previously this was controlled by the presence of a root
certificate file in the server's data directory.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_hba.conf "cert" authentication method to allow user
authentication via SSL certificates (Magnus)
Add <filename>pg_hba.conf</> <literal>cert</> authentication
method to allow user authentication via <acronym>SSL</>
certificates (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
Previously SSL certificates could only verify that the client had access
to a certificate, not authenticate a user.
Previously <acronym>SSL</> certificates could only verify that
the client had access to a certificate, not authenticate a
user.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow krb5, gssapi and sspi realm and krb5 host settings to be specified
in pg_hba.conf (Magnus)
Allow <literal>krb5</>, <literal>gssapi</> and <literal>sspi</>
realm and <literal>krb5</> host settings to be specified in
<filename>pg_hba.conf</> (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
These override the settings in postgresql.conf.
These override the settings in <filename>postgresql.conf</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Addkrb5, gssapi and sspi 'include_realm' parameter to pg_hba.conf
Add <literal>krb5</>, <literal>gssapi</>, and <literal>sspi</>
<varname>include_realm</> parameter to <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
(Magnus)
</para>
......@@ -748,8 +789,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Show all parsing errors in pg_hba.conf instead of aborting after the
first one (Selena Deckelmann)
Show all parsing errors in <filename>pg_hba.conf</> instead of
aborting after the first one (Selena Deckelmann)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -763,21 +804,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Report appropriate error message for combination of MD5 authentication
and db_user_namespace enabled (Bruce)
Report appropriate error message for combination of <literal>MD5</>
authentication and db_user_namespace enabled (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support regular expressions in pg_ident.conf (Magnus)
Support regular expressions in <filename>pg_ident.conf</>
(Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow Kerberos/GSSAPI parameters to be changed without restarting the
postmaster (Magnus)
Allow Kerberos/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters to be changed
without restarting the postmaster (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -791,33 +833,35 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_stop_backup() wait for modified WAL files to be archived (Simon)
Have <function>pg_stop_backup()</> wait for modified <acronym>WAL</>
files to be archived (Simon)
</para>
<para>
This guarantees that the backup is valid at the time pg_stop_backup()
completes.
This guarantees that the backup is valid at the time
<function>pg_stop_backup()</> completes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent normal shutdown if a continuous archiving base backup is in
progress (Laurenz Albe)
Prevent normal shutdown if a continuous archiving base backup
is in progress (Laurenz Albe)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Cancel a continuous archiving base backup if a fast shutdown is requested
(Laurenz Albe)
Cancel a continuous archiving base backup if a fast shutdown
is requested (Laurenz Albe)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow recovery.conf boolean variables to take the same range of string
values as postgresql.conf (Bruce)
Allow <filename>recovery.conf</> boolean variables to take the
same range of string values as <filename>postgresql.conf</>
(Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -831,72 +875,77 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for WINDOW functions (Hitoshi Harada)
Add support for <literal>WINDOW</> functions (Hitoshi Harada)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add WITH clauses support, including WITH RECURSIVE (Yoshiyuki Asaba,
Tatsuo Ishii, Tom)
Add <literal>WITH</> clauses support, including <literal>WITH
RECURSIVE</> (Yoshiyuki Asaba, Tatsuo Ishii, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
New TABLE command (Peter)
New <command>TABLE</> command (Peter)
</para>
<para>
"TABLE tablename" is a short-hand for "SELECT * FROM tablename".
<command>TABLE tablename</> is a short-hand for <command>SELECT
* FROM tablename</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow AS to be optional when specifying a SELECT (or RETURNING) column
output label (assuming the label is not an SQL keyword) (Hiroshi Saito)
Allow <literal>AS</> to be optional when specifying a
<command>SELECT</> (or <literal>RETURNING</>) column output
label (assuming the label is not an <acronym>SQL</> keyword)
(Hiroshi Saito)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support set-returning functions in the target lists of Agg and Group plan
nodes. This is a pretty ugly feature but since we don't yet have a
plausible substitute, we'd better support it everywhere (Tom) bjm:
details?
Support set-returning functions in the target lists of Agg and
Group plan nodes. This is a pretty ugly feature but since we
don't yet have a plausible substitute, we'd better support it
everywhere (Tom) bjm: details?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow SELECT FOR UPDATE/SHARE to work on inheritance trees (Tom)
Allow <command>SELECT FOR UPDATE</>/<literal>SHARE</> to work
on inheritance trees (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add infrastructure for SQL/MED (Martin Pihlak, Peter)
Add infrastructure for <acronym>SQL/MED</> (Martin Pihlak,
Peter)
</para>
<para>
There are no remote or external SQL/MED capabilities yet. bjm:
accurate?
There are no remote or external <acronym>SQL/MED</> capabilities
yet. bjm: accurate?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Invalidate cached plans when schemas, operators, or operator classes are
modified (Tom) bjm: effect?
Invalidate cached plans when schemas, operators, or operator
classes are modified (Tom) bjm: effect?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the plan cache invalidation mechanism to make it invalidate plans
when user-defined functions used in a plan are modified (Tom, Martin
Pihlak) bjm: explain
Improve the plan cache invalidation mechanism to make it
invalidate plans when user-defined functions used in a plan
are modified (Tom, Martin Pihlak) bjm: explain
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -907,23 +956,24 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Specifically this allows 'array[ row(1,2), row(3,4)]' and 'row(1,1.1)
= any (array[ row(7,7.7), row(1,1.0)'. This is particularly useful
for recursive queries.
Specifically this allows <literal>array[ row(1,2), row(3,4)]</>
and <literal>row(1,1.1) = any (array[ row(7,7.7), row(1,1.0)</>.
This is particularly useful for recursive queries.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for Unicode string and identifier specifications using code
points, e.g. U&'d\0061t\+000061' (Peter)
Add support for Unicode string and identifier specifications
using code points, e.g. <literal>U&amp;'d\0061t\+000061'</>
(Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the parser's ability to report the error location of a query
(Tom)
Improve the parser's ability to report the error location of
a query (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -932,30 +982,32 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>LIMIT/OFFSET</title>
<title><literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow LIMIT and OFFSET to use subselects as arguments (Tom)
Allow <literal>LIMIT</> and <literal>OFFSET</> to use subselects
as arguments (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Document that LIMIT NULL and OFFSET NULL have no effect (Tom)
Document that <literal>LIMIT NULL</> and <literal>OFFSET NULL</>
have no effect (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add SQL-standards syntax for LIMIT/OFFSET capabilities (Peter)
Add <acronym>SQL</>-standards syntax for
<literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</> capabilities (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
OFFSET num {ROW|ROWS} FETCH {FIRST|NEXT} [num] {ROW|ROWS} ONLY.
<literal>OFFSET num {ROW|ROWS} FETCH {FIRST|NEXT} [num] {ROW|ROWS}
ONLY</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -964,89 +1016,91 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>ALTER TABLE</title>
<title><command>ALTER TABLE</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ALTER TYPE RENAME (Petr Jelinek)
Add <command>ALTER TYPE RENAME</> (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ALTER SEQUENCE ... RESTART (no parameter) to reset a sequence to its
initial value (Zoltan Boszormenyi) bjm: compatibility problem?
Add <command>ALTER SEQUENCE ... RESTART</> (no parameter) to
reset a sequence to its initial value (Zoltan Boszormenyi)
bjm: compatibility problem?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Modify the ALTER TABLE syntax to allow all reasonable combinations for
tables, indexes, sequences, and views (Tom)
Modify the <command>ALTER TABLE</> syntax to allow all reasonable
combinations for tables, indexes, sequences, and views (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
New syntax supported (these formerly required "ALTER TABLE")
New syntax supported (these formerly required <command>ALTER
TABLE</>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
ALTER SEQUENCE OWNER TO
<command>ALTER SEQUENCE OWNER TO</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
ALTER VIEW ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP DEFAULT
<command>ALTER VIEW ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP DEFAULT</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
ALTER VIEW OWNER TO
<command>ALTER VIEW OWNER TO</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
ALTER VIEW SET SCHEMA
<command>ALTER VIEW SET SCHEMA</>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for the syntax ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET DATA
TYPE (Peter)
Add support for the syntax <command>ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN
... SET DATA TYPE</> (Peter)
</para>
<para>
This is SQL-standard syntax for functionality that was already
supported.
This is <acronym>SQL</>-standard syntax for functionality that
was already supported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS rewrite the table to remove oid values
(Tom)
Have <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS</> rewrite the table
to remove oid values (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Also, add ALTER TABLE SET WITH OIDS to rewrite the table to add oids.
Also, add <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITH OIDS</> to rewrite the
table to add oids.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ALTER DATABASE SET TABLESPACE to move a database to a new tablespace
(Guillaume Lelarge, Bernd Helmle)
Add <command>ALTER DATABASE SET TABLESPACE</> to move a database
to a new tablespace (Guillaume Lelarge, Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1055,36 +1109,37 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>TRUNCATE</title>
<title><command>TRUNCATE</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Support statement-level ON TRUNCATE triggers (Simon)
Support statement-level <literal>ON TRUNCATE</> triggers (Simon)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add TRUNCATE TABLE ... RESTART/CONTINUE IDENTITY clauses (Zoltan
Boszormenyi)
Add <command>TRUNCATE TABLE</> ...
<literal>RESTART</>/<literal>CONTINUE IDENTITY</> clauses
(Zoltan Boszormenyi)
</para>
<para>
The start value of a sequence can be changed by ALTER SEQUENCE START
WITH.
The start value of a sequence can be changed by <command>ALTER
SEQUENCE START WITH</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow TRUNCATE foo, foo to succeed (Bruce)
Allow <command>TRUNCATE tab1, tab1</> to succeed (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a separate TRUNCATE permission (Robert Haas)
Add a separate <command>TRUNCATE</> permission (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1098,26 +1153,30 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Improve reporting of CREATE/DROP/RENAME DATABASE failure when
uncommitted prepared transactions are the cause (Tom)
Improve reporting of
<command>CREATE</>/<command>DROP</>/<command>RENAME DATABASE</>
failure when uncommitted prepared transactions are the cause
(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE database-level settings (Radek Strnad, Heikki)
Make <varname>LC_COLLATE</> and <varname>LC_CTYPE</> database-level
settings (Radek Strnad, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This makes collation similar to encoding, which was always configurable
per database.
This makes collation similar to encoding, which was always
configurable per database.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve checks that the database encoding, collation (LC_COLLATE), and
character classes (LC_CTYPE) match (Heikki)
Improve checks that the database encoding, collation
(<varname>LC_COLLATE</>), and character classes
(<varname>LC_CTYPE</>) match (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1131,26 +1190,29 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for column-level privileges (Stephen Frost, KaiGai Kohei)
Add support for column-level privileges (Stephen Frost, KaiGai
Kohei)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve reporting of dependencies during DROP commands (Alex Hunsaker)
Improve reporting of dependencies during <command>DROP</>
commands (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Refactor multi-object DROP operations so conflicting dependencies don't
generate an error (Alex Hunsaker)
Refactor multi-object <command>DROP</> operations so conflicting
dependencies don't generate an error (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add WITH [NO] DATA clause to CREATE TABLE AS, per the SQL standard (Tom, Peter)
Add <literal>WITH [NO] DATA</> clause to <command>CREATE TABLE
AS</>, per the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Tom, Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1162,14 +1224,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow CREATE AGGREGATE to user an "internal" transition datatype (for
super-users only) (Tom)
Allow <command>CREATE AGGREGATE</> to use an <type>internal</>
transition datatype (for super-users only) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add LIKE clause to CREATE TYPE (Tom)
Add <literal>LIKE</> clause to <command>CREATE TYPE</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1179,8 +1241,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW to add columns to the <emphasis>end</>
of the view (Robert Haas)
Allow <command>CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW</> to add columns to the
<emphasis>end</> of the view (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1189,29 +1251,31 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>EXPLAIN</title>
<title><command>EXPLAIN</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Have EXPLAIN VERBOSE show the output columns of a query (Tom)
Have <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> show the output columns of a
query (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Previously EXPLAIN VERBOSE had output an internal representation of the
query plan. (That behavior is now available via debug_print_plan.)
Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> had output an internal
representation of the query plan. (That behavior is now
available via debug_print_plan.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have EXPLAIN honor debug_print_plan (Tom)
Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor debug_print_plan (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow EXPLAIN on CREATE TABLE AS (Peter)
Allow <command>EXPLAIN</> on <command>CREATE TABLE AS</> (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1225,20 +1289,20 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Dramatically improve the speed of building and accessing hash indexes
(Tom Raney, Shreya Bhargava, Kenneth Marshall)
Dramatically improve the speed of building and accessing hash
indexes (Tom Raney, Shreya Bhargava, Kenneth Marshall)
</para>
<para>
This allows hash indexes to be sometimes faster than btree indexes.
However, hash indexes are still not crash-safe.
This allows hash indexes to be sometimes faster than btree
indexes. However, hash indexes are still not crash-safe.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have hash indexes store only the hashed value, not the full indexed
columns (Xiao Meng)
Have hash indexes store only the hashed value, not the full
indexed columns (Xiao Meng)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1249,41 +1313,42 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Remove requirement to use "@@@" when doing GIN weighted lookups on full
text indexes (Tom)
Remove requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing <acronym>GIN</>
weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add optimizer selectivity function for '@@' text search operations (Jan
Urbanski)
Add optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text
search operations (Jan Urbanski)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add partial match support for GIN indexes (Teodor Sigaev, Oleg Bartunov)
Add partial match support for <acronym>GIN</> indexes (Teodor
Sigaev, Oleg Bartunov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow prefix matching in full text searches (Teodor Sigaev, Oleg
Bartunov)
Allow prefix matching in full text searches (Teodor Sigaev,
Oleg Bartunov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support multi-column GIN indexes (Teodor Sigaev)
Support multi-column <acronym>GIN</> indexes (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Special xxx_pattern_ops LIKE indexes can now be used for simple equality
comparisons (Tom)
Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be
used for simple equality comparisons (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1292,7 +1357,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>VACUUM</title>
<title><command>VACUUM</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1301,22 +1366,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
This allows the recording of all free space discovered by vacuum in
*.fsm files, rather than having to limit recording to a fixed-sized
shared memory area; max_fsm_pages and max_fsm_relations settings
have been removed.
This allows the recording of all free space discovered by vacuum
in *.fsm files, rather than having to limit recording to a
fixed-sized shared memory area; max_fsm_pages and max_fsm_relations
settings have been removed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
New visibility map file to track pages that do not require vacuum
(Heikki)
New visibility map file to track pages that do not require
vacuum (Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This allows VACUUM to avoid sequentially scanning a table when only a
portion of the table needs vacuuming.
This allows <command>VACUUM</> to avoid sequentially scanning
a table when only a portion of the table needs vacuuming.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1333,16 +1398,16 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add vacuum_freeze_table_age to postgresql.conf to control when VACUUM should
ignore the visibility map and do a full table scan to set frozen xids
(Heikki)
Add vacuum_freeze_table_age to <filename>postgresql.conf</> to
control when <command>VACUUM</> should ignore the visibility
map and do a full table scan to set frozen xids (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ability to specify autovacuum and TOAST parameters in
CREATE TABLE (Alvaro, Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
Add ability to specify autovacuum and <acronym>TOAST</> parameters
in <command>CREATE TABLE</> (Alvaro, Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1352,7 +1417,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add --freeze option to vacuumdb (Bruce)
Add <literal>--freeze</> option to <application>vacuumdb</>
(Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1366,13 +1432,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add verbose option to the CLUSTER command and clusterdb (Jim Cox)
Add verbose option to the <command>CLUSTER</> command and
<application>clusterdb</> (Jim Cox)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Decrease memory requirements for recording pending trigger events (Tom)
Decrease memory requirements for recording pending trigger
events (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1386,19 +1454,21 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add a CaseSensitive option for text search synonym dictionaries (Simon)
Add a <literal>CaseSensitive</> option for text search synonym
dictionaries (Simon)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the precision of NUMERIC division (Tom)
Improve the precision of <type>NUMERIC</> division (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add int2 with int8 basic arithmetic operators (Tom)
Add <type>int2</> with <type>int8</> basic arithmetic operators
(Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1408,14 +1478,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow UUID input to accept optional hyphens after every four digits
(Robert Haas)
Allow <type>UUID</> input to accept optional hyphens after
every four digits (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Accept 'on'/'off' as boolean data type values (Itagaki Takahiro)
Accept <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> as boolean data type
values (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1429,60 +1500,66 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Reject year '0 BC' and years '000' and '0000' (Tom)
Reject year <literal>0 BC</> and years <literal>000</> and
<literal>0000</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Previously these were interpreted as 1 BC. (Years '0' and '00' are
assumed to be the year 2000.)
Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>. (Years
<literal>0</> and <literal>00</> are assumed to be the year
2000.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Include SGT (Singapore time) as a valid timezone abbreviation (Tom)
Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid timezone
abbreviation (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support the IS0 8601 time interval syntax (Tom, Kevin Grittner)
Support the <acronym>IS0 8601</> <type>interval</> syntax (Tom,
Kevin Grittner)
</para>
<para>
For example, INTERVAL 'P1Y2M3DT4H5M6.7S' is now supported.
For example, <literal>INTERVAL 'P1Y2M3DT4H5M6.7S'</> is now
supported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the interval precision to be specified after the last field, for
SQL-standards compliance (Tom)
Allow <type>INTERVAL</> precision to be specified after the
last field, for <acronym>SQL</>-standards compliance (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Formerly the precision had to be specified after the keyword INTERVAL
(the old syntax is still supported). Data type definitions will now
be output using the new format.
Formerly the precision had to be specified after the keyword
<type>INTERVAL</> (the old syntax is still supported). Data
type definitions will now be output using the new format.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support 'infinite' dates (Tom)
Support <literal>infinite</> dates (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add postgresql.conf variable IntervalStyle which controls how interval
values are output (Ron Mayer)
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable IntervalStyle which
controls how interval values are output (Ron Mayer)
</para>
<para>
Valid value are: postgres, postgres_verbose, sql_standard, iso_8601.
This also controls handling of negative interval input when only some
fields have positive/negative designations.
Valid value are: <literal>postgres</>, <literal>postgres_verbose</>,
<literal>sql_standard</>, <literal>iso_8601</>. This also
controls handling of negative <type>INTERVAL</> input when only
some fields have positive/negative designations.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1504,73 +1581,80 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Have cast on ARRAY[] apply to all elements, not just the array result
(Brendan Jurd)
Have cast on <type>ARRAY</> apply to all elements, not just
the array result (Brendan Jurd)
</para>
<para>
This allows NULL ARRAY[] entries as long as it is properly cast
This allows <literal>NULL</> <type>ARRAY</> entries as long as
it is properly cast
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make the SQL ARRAY dimensions optional to match the SQL standard
(Peter)
Make the <acronym>SQL</> <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional to
match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add array_ndims() function to return the number of dimensions of an array (Robert
Haas)
Add <function>array_ndims()</> function to return the number
of dimensions of an array (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add array_length() function to return the length of an array for the
specified dimensions (Jim Nasby, Robert Haas, Peter Eisentraut)
Add <function>array_length()</> function to return the length
of an array for the specified dimensions (Jim Nasby, Robert
Haas, Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
Also add identically-functioning SQL-standard function cardinality().
Also add identically-functioning <acronym>SQL</>-standard
function <function>cardinality()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new aggregate function array_agg(), which returns all aggregated
values as a single array (Robert Haas, Jeff Davis, Peter)
Add new aggregate function <function>array_agg()</>, which
returns all aggregated values as a single array (Robert Haas,
Jeff Davis, Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add function unnest(), which converts an array to individual row values
(Tom)
Add function <function>unnest()</>, which converts an array to
individual row values (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This is the opposite of array_agg().
This is the opposite of <function>array_agg()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add array_fill() to create arrays initialized with a value (Pavel Stehule)
Add <function>array_fill()</> to create arrays initialized with
a value (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add generate_subscripts() to generate array subscripts (Pavel Stehule)
Add <function>generate_subscripts()</> to generate array
subscripts (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Generate proper error if a SERIAL array is specified (Tom)
Generate proper error if a <type>SERIAL</> array is specified
(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1584,48 +1668,52 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Document that setseed() allows values from -1 to 1 (not 0 to 1), and
enforce the valid range (Kris Jurka)
Document that <function>setseed()</> allows values from
<literal>-1</> to <literal>1</> (not <literal>0</> to
<literal>1</>), and enforce the valid range (Kris Jurka)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add server side lo_import(filename, oid) function (Tatsuo)
Add server side <function>lo_import(filename, oid)</> function
(Tatsuo)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add quote_nullable(), which behaves like quote_literal() but returns
'NULL' for a null argument (Brendan Jurd)
Add <function>quote_nullable()</>, which behaves like
<function>quote_literal()</> but returns <literal>NULL</> for
a null argument (Brendan Jurd)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve full text search headline() generation to allow several
fragments (Sushant Sinha)
Improve full text search <function>headline()</> generation to
allow several fragments (Sushant Sinha)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add suppress_redundant_updates_trigger() trigger function to avoid
non-data-changing updates (Andrew)
Add <function>suppress_redundant_updates_trigger()</> trigger
function to avoid non-data-changing updates (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add div(NUMERIC, NUMERIC) for NUMERIC division, without rounding (Tom)
Add <function>div(NUMERIC, NUMERIC)</> for <type>NUMERIC</>
division, without rounding (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add timestamp and timestamptz versions of generate_series() (Hitoshi
Harada)
Add <type>TIMESTAMP</> and <type>TIMESTAMPTZ</> versions of
<function>generate_series()</> (Hitoshi Harada)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1639,104 +1727,111 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Implement current_query() for use by functions that need to know the
currently running query (Tomas Doran)
Implement <function>current_query()</> for use by functions
that need to know the currently running query (Tomas Doran)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_get_keywords() function to return predefined parser keywords
(Dave Page)
Add <function>pg_get_keywords()</> function to return predefined
parser keywords (Dave Page)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add function pg_get_functiondef() to see a functions definition (Abhijit
Menon-Sen)
Add function <function>pg_get_functiondef()</> to see a functions
definition (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Modify pg_relation_size() to handle free space map (*.fsm) files
(Heikki)
Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to handle free space
map (*.fsm) files (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Modify pg_relation_size() to use 'regclass' (Heikki)
Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to use <literal>regclass</>
(Heikki)
</para>
<para>
pg_relation_size(data_type_name) no longer works.
<function>pg_relation_size(data_type_name)</> no longer works.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add boot_val and reset_val columns to pg_settings output (Greg Smith)
Add <literal>boot_val</> and <literal>reset_val</> columns to
<literal>pg_settings</> output (Greg Smith)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for CURRENT_CATALOG, CURRENT_SCHEMA, SET CATALOG, SET SCHEMA
(Peter)
Add support for <varname>CURRENT_CATALOG</>,
<varname>CURRENT_SCHEMA</>, <varname>SET CATALOG</>, <varname>SET
SCHEMA</> (Peter)
</para>
<para>
These are SQL-standard capabilities.
These are <acronym>SQL</>-standard capabilities.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_typeof() function to return the data type of any value (Brendan
Jurd)
Add <function>pg_typeof()</> function to return the data type
of any value (Brendan Jurd)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have version() return information about whether the server is a 32
or 64-bit binary (Bruce)
Have <function>version()</> return information about whether
the server is a 32 or 64-bit binary (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix the behavior of information schema columns is_insertable_into and
is_updatable to be consistent (Peter)
Fix the behavior of information schema columns
<literal>is_insertable_into</> and <literal>is_updatable</> to
be consistent (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Convert remaining builtin set-returning functions to use OUT parameters
(Jaime Casanova)
Convert remaining builtin set-returning functions to use
<literal>OUT</> parameters (Jaime Casanova)
</para>
<para>
This makes it possible to call these functions without specifying
a column list: pg_show_all_settings(), pg_lock_status(),
pg_prepared_xact(), pg_prepared_statement(), pg_cursor()
a column list: <function>pg_show_all_settings()</>,
<function>pg_lock_status()</>, <function>pg_prepared_xact()</>,
<function>pg_prepared_statement()</>, <function>pg_cursor()</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_*_is_visible and has_*_privilege functions return NULL for
invalid oids, rather than generate an error (Tom)
Have <function>pg_*_is_visible()</> and
<function>has_*_privilege()</> functions return <literal>NULL</>
for invalid oids, rather than generate an error (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add has_column_privilege() and has_any_column_privilege() functions
(Stephen Frost, Tom)
Add <function>has_column_privilege()</> and
<function>has_any_column_privilege()</> functions (Stephen
Frost, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1750,36 +1845,39 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Support variadic functions (functions with a variable number of
arguments) (Pavel Stehule)
Support variadic functions (functions with a variable number
of arguments) (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
Only trailing arguments can be of variable length, and they all must
be of the same data type.
Only trailing arguments can be of variable length, and they
all must be of the same data type.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow DEFAULT values for function arguments (Pavel Stehule)
Allow <literal>DEFAULT</> values for function arguments (Pavel
Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add CREATE FUNCTION ... RETURNS TABLE clause (Pavel Stehule)
Add <command>CREATE FUNCTION ... RETURNS TABLE</> clause (Pavel
Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow SQL-language functions to return the output of an INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
RETURNING clause (Tom)
Allow <acronym>SQL</>-language functions to return the output
of an <command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>
<literal>RETURNING</> clause (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Formerly only SELECT was supported.
Formerly only <command>SELECT</> was supported.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1793,26 +1891,27 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Support EXECUTE USING in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL to loop over an open cursor using a FOR loop (Pavel
Stehule)
Allow PL/pgSQL to loop over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</>
loop (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support RETURN QUERY EXECUTE in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel
Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the PL/pgSQL RAISE command (Pavel Stehule)
Improve the PL/pgSQL <literal>RAISE</> command (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1821,12 +1920,12 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Support DETAIL and HINT fields
Support <literal>DETAIL</> and <literal>HINT</> fields
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support SQLSTATE error codes
Support <literal>SQLSTATE</> error codes
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
......@@ -1836,7 +1935,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow RAISE without parameters in an exception
Allow <literal>RAISE</> without parameters in an exception
block to rethrow the current error
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1846,24 +1945,25 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the specification of SQLSTATE numeric codes in EXCEPTION lists
(Pavel Stehule)
Allow the specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes
in <literal>EXCEPTION</> lists (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
This is useful for handling custom SQLSTATE codes.
This is useful for handling custom <varname>SQLSTATE</> codes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support CASE statement in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
Support <literal>CASE</> statement in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add PL/PgSQL FOUND and GET DIAGNOSTICS support for the RETURN QUERY
Add PL/PgSQL <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</>
support for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</>
statement (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1884,20 +1984,24 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Remove psql startup banner; now just suggest 'help' (Joshua Drake)
Remove psql startup banner; now just suggest <literal>help</>
(Joshua Drake)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql 'help' show common backslash commands (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Have psql <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg
Sabino Mullane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql '\pset format wrapped' mode to wrap output to screen width, or
file/pipe output too if \pset columns' is set (Bryce Nesbitt)
Add psql <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output
to screen width, or
file/pipe output too if <literal>\pset columns</> is set (Bryce
Nesbitt)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1909,58 +2013,61 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Require a space between a psql backslash command and the first argument (Bernd
Helmle)
Require a space between a psql backslash command and the first
argument (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Display access control rights on multiple lines in psql (Brendan Jurd,
Andreas Scherbaum)
Display access control rights on multiple lines in psql (Brendan
Jurd, Andreas Scherbaum)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve psql tab completion support for schema qualified and quoted
identifiers (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Improve psql tab completion support for schema qualified and
quoted identifiers (Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the normal range of boolean values in \pset, rather than just
'on' and 'off' (Bruce)
Allow the normal range of boolean values in <command>\pset</>,
rather than just <literal>on</> and <literal>off</> (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add optional on/off argument to psql \timing (David Fetter)
Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> argument to psql
<command>\timing</> (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql \l show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan)
Have psql <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql \l+ show database sizes, if permissions allow (Andrew Gilligan)
Have psql <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions
allow (Andrew Gilligan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql \ef command to edit function definitions (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
Add psql <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions
(Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
<para>
\ef without a function names creates an empty function template for
editing.
<command>\ef</> without a function names creates an empty
function template for editing.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1974,70 +2081,72 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql \d display references to this table as a foreign-key constraint
(Kenneth D'Souza)
Have psql <command>\d</> display references to this table as
a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql \d show the value of sequence columns (Euler Taveira de
Oliveira)
Have psql <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns
(Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add column storage type and other relation options to psql \d+ display
(Gregory Stark, Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
Add column storage type and other relation options to psql
<command>\d+</> display (Gregory Stark, Euler Taveira de
Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show relation size in psql \d+ output (Dickson S. Guedes)
Show relation size in psql <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S.
Guedes)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have all psql \d* commands show system objects only if 'S' is specified
(Greg Sabino Mullane)
Have all psql <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only
if <literal>S</> is specified (Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
<para>
psql \dt already behaved this way.
psql <command>\dt</> already behaved this way.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make psql \d and \dt consistent in their display of system tables
(Bruce)
Make psql <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in
their display of system tables (Bruce)
</para>
<para>
Previously, '\d pg_class' would show pg_class while '\dt pg_class'
would not.
Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show pg_class while
<literal>\dt pg_class</> would not.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show enumerated values in psql's \dT+ (David Fetter)
Show enumerated values in psql's <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow psql \dC to accept wildcard patterns (Tom)
Allow psql <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow psql \d* commands to work with versions of Postgres back to 7.4
(Guillaume Lelarge)
Allow psql <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</> back to 7.4 (Guillaume Lelarge)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2051,77 +2160,83 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add --no-tablespaces option to pg_dump/pg_dumpall/pg_restore so dumps
can be restored to clusters that have non-matching tablespace layouts
(Gavin Roy)
Add <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to
<application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</>/<application>pg_restore</>
so dumps can be restored to clusters that have non-matching
tablespace layouts (Gavin Roy)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove -i/--ignore-version option from pg_dump and pg_dumpall (Tom)
Remove <literal>-i</>/<literal>--ignore-version</> option from
<application>pg_dump</> and <application>pg_dumpall</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Use of the options does not throw an error, but it has no effect.
This option was removed because the version checks are considered
necessary.
Use of the options does not throw an error, but it has no
effect. This option was removed because the version checks
are considered necessary.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disable statement_timeout during dump and restore (Joshua Drake)
Disable <varname>statement_timeout</> during dump and restore
(Joshua Drake)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_dump/pg_dumpall option --lock-wait-timeout (David Gould)
Add <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</> option
<literal>--lock-wait-timeout</> (David Gould)
</para>
<para>
Allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire shared lock within the
specified amount of time.
Allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire shared lock within
the specified amount of time.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Reorder pg_dump --data-only output to dump primary-key tables referenced
by foreign keys are dumped before the foreign-key referencing tables
(Tom)
Reorder <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--data-only</> output
to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys are dumped
before the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This allows data loads when foreign keys are already present. If
circular references make this impossible, issue a NOTICE.
This allows data loads when foreign keys are already present.
If circular references make this impossible, issue a
<literal>NOTICE</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_dump, pg_dumpall, and pg_restore to use a specified role (Benedek
Allow <application>pg_dump</>, <application>pg_dumpall</>, and
<application>pg_restore</> to use a specified role (Benedek
Lszl)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_restore of a custom format archive to use multiple concurrent
connections to do the restore (Andrew)
Allow pg_restore of a custom format archive to use multiple
concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew)
</para>
<para>
The number of concurrent connections is controlled by the option
--jobs.
<literal>--jobs</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new pg_dump --binary-upgrade flag to be used by binary upgrade
utilities (Bruce)
Add new <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--binary-upgrade</>
flag to be used by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2135,24 +2250,28 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Fix 'pg_ctl restart' to preserve command-line arguments (Bruce)
Fix <literal>pg_ctl restart</> to preserve command-line arguments
(Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add -w/--no-password option that suppresses password prompts to all
utilities that have a -W/--password option (Peter)
Add <literal>-w</>/<literal>--no-password</> option that
suppresses password prompts to all utilities that have a
<literal>-W</>/<literal>--password</> option (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove -q (quiet) option for create* and drop* utility commands (Peter)
Remove <literal>-q</> (quiet) option for create* and drop*
utility commands (Peter)
</para>
<para>
These options have had no effect since 8.3.
These options have had no effect since <productname>PostgreSQL</>
8.3.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2166,8 +2285,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the OID to be specified when importing large objects using
libpq lo_import_with_oid() (Tatsuo)
Allow the <type>OID</> to be specified when importing large
objects using libpq <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2177,33 +2296,33 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
This adds the ability to register callbacks to handle private data
for connection and result creation and destruction.
This adds the ability to register callbacks to handle private
data for connection and result creation and destruction.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve libpq error handling to allow the return of multiple error
messages as multi-line error reports (Magnus)
Improve libpq error handling to allow the return of multiple
error messages as multi-line error reports (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have libpq PQexecParams() return PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY for an empty query
(Tom)
Have libpq <function>PQexecParams()</> return
<varname>PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY</> for an empty query (Tom)
</para>
<para>
It previously returned PGRES_COMMAND_OK.
It previously returned <varname>PGRES_COMMAND_OK</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Document how to avoid the libpq overhead of WSACleanup() overhead on
Windows (Andrew Chernow)
Document how to avoid the libpq overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</>
overhead on Windows (Andrew Chernow)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2212,34 +2331,37 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link> SSL</title>
<title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link> <acronym>SSL</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix libpq certificate validation for SSL connections (Magnus)
Fix libpq certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
libpq now verifies both the certificate and the name of the server by
default when making SSL connections. If a root certificate is not
available to use for verification, SSL connections will fail. The
"sslverify" parameter can be used to disable the host and certificate
libpq now verifies both the certificate and the name of the
server by default when making <acronym>SSL</> connections. If
a root certificate is not available to use for verification,
<acronym>SSL</> connections will fail. The <literal>sslverify</>
parameter can be used to disable the host and certificate
verification if required.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the file locations for libpq SSL certificates to be specified
(Mark Woodward, Alvaro, Magnus)
Allow the file locations for libpq <acronym>SSL</> certificates
to be specified (Mark Woodward, Alvaro, Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add libpq connection parameter "sslverify" to control the verification
of the server's SSL certificate (Magnus)
Add libpq connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control
the verification of the server's <acronym>SSL</> certificate
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2249,13 +2371,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Properly unregister OpenSSL callbacks when libpq is done with
all connection (Bruce, Magnus, Russell Smith)
Properly unregister <application>OpenSSL</> callbacks when
libpq is done with all connection (Bruce, Magnus, Russell Smith)
</para>
<para>
This is required for applications that unload the libpq library so
no invalid OpenSSL callbacks remain.
This is required for applications that unload the libpq library
so no invalid <application>OpenSSL</> callbacks remain.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2269,19 +2391,19 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add localization support for ecpg messages (Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
Add localization support for ecpg messages (Euler Taveira de
Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
ecpg parser is now automatically generated from the server parser
(Michael)
ecpg parser is now automatically generated from the server
parser (Michael)
</para>
<para>
Previously a separate ecpg parser was maintained.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2295,17 +2417,20 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add SPI support for single-use plans with out-of-line parameters (Tom)
Add <acronym>SPI</> support for single-use plans with out-of-line
parameters (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new SPI_OK_REWRITTEN return code to SPI_execute() (Heikki)
Add new <varname>SPI_OK_REWRITTEN</> return code to
<function>SPI_execute()</> (Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This is used when a command is rewritten to another type of command.
This is used when a command is rewritten to another type of
command.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2323,7 +2448,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
This adds support for daylight saving time (DST) calculations beyond 2038.
This adds support for daylight saving time (<acronym>DST</>)
calculations beyond year 2038.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2336,78 +2462,84 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Update build system to use Autoconf 2.61 (Peter)
Update build system to use <productname>Autoconf</> 2.61 (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require GNU bison for source code builds (Peter)
Require <productname>GNU bison</> for source code builds (Peter)
</para>
<para>
This has been a requirement for several years but this removes the
infrastructure for supporting other parser tools.
This has been a requirement for several years but this removes
the infrastructure for supporting other parser tools.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_config --htmldir option (Peter)
Add <application>pg_config</> <literal>--htmldir</> option
(Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Pass float4 by value inside the server (Zoltan Boszormenyi)
Pass <type>float4</> by value inside the server (Zoltan
Boszormenyi)
</para>
<para>
Add configure option --disable-float4-byval to use the old
behavior.
Add <application>configure</> option
<literal>--disable-float4-byval</> to use the old behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Pass float8 and int8 by value in the server where possible (Zoltan
Boszormenyi)
Pass <type>float8</> and <type>int8</> by value in the server
where possible (Zoltan Boszormenyi)
</para>
<para>
Add configure option --disable-float8-byval to use the old behavior.
Add <application>configure</> option
<literal>--disable-float8-byval</> to use the old behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add configure options -with-segsize, --with-blocksize,
--with-wal-blocksize, --with-wal-segsize (Zdenek Kotala, Tom)
Add configure options <literal>--with-segsize</>,
<literal>--with-blocksize</>, <literal>--with-wal-blocksize</>,
<literal>--with-wal-segsize</> (Zdenek Kotala, Tom)
</para>
<para>
This allows compile-time control over several compile-time constants
that control how large tables and WAL are segmented into separate files and
their internal block sizes
This allows compile-time control over several compile-time
constants that control how large tables and <acronym>WAL</>
are segmented into separate files and their internal block
sizes
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow threaded builds on Solaris 2.5 (Bruce)
Allow threaded builds on <productname>Solaris</> 2.5 (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for Sun Studio compiler on Linux (Julius Stroffek)
Add support for <productname>Sun Studio</> compiler on
<productname>Linux</> (Julius Stroffek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Append major version number to the gettext domain name, and for
libraries the soname major version number (Peter)
Append major version number to the gettext domain name, and
for libraries the soname major version number (Peter)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2417,20 +2549,23 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow out-of-tree builds on Mingw and Cygwin (Richard Evans)
Allow out-of-tree builds on <productname>Mingw</> and
<productname>Cygwin</> (Richard Evans)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix the use of Mingw32 as a cross-compiling source platform (Peter)
Fix the use of <productname>Mingw</> as a cross-compiling source
platform (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix problem when setting LC_MESSAGES on MSVC-built systems (Hiroshi
Inoue, Hiroshi Saito, Magnus) bjm: details?
Fix problem when setting <varname>LC_MESSAGES</> on
<application>MSVC</>-built systems (Hiroshi Inoue, Hiroshi
Saito, Magnus) bjm: details?
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2444,25 +2579,28 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Link backend object files in one step, rather than in stages (Peter)
Link backend object files in one step, rather than in stages
(Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Additional DTrace probes (Robert Lor)
Additional <application>DTrace</> probes (Robert Lor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add DTrace support on Mac OS X Leopard (Robert Lor)
Add <application>DTrace</> support on Mac <application>OS X
Leopard</> (Robert Lor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new cstring to text conversion functions (Brendan Jurd, Tom)
Add new <type>cstring</> to text conversion functions (Brendan
Jurd, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2474,63 +2612,68 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Make "name" char-aligned (Tom) bjm: pg_upgrade?
Make <type>name</> char-aligned (Tom) bjm: pg_upgrade?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add function hook to let plug-ins control the executor (ITAGAKI
Add function hook to let plug-ins control the executor (Itagaki
Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a hook to allow planner statistics lookup behavior to be overridden
(Simon Riggs)
Add a hook to allow planner statistics lookup behavior to be
overridden (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add "shmem_startup_hook" for custom shared memory requirements (Tom)
Add <function>shmem_startup_hook()</> for custom shared memory
requirements (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Replace pg_class column reltriggers with boolean relhastriggers (Simon)
Replace <literal>pg_class</> column <literal>reltriggers</>
with boolean <literal>relhastriggers</> (Simon)
</para>
<para>
Also remove unused pg_class columns relukeys, relfkeys, and relrefs.
Also remove unused <literal>pg_class</> columns <literal>relukeys</>,
<literal>relfkeys</>, and <literal>relrefs</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Move SQL-command manual pages from the 'manl' (man-el) section to 'man7'
(Peter)
Move <acronym>SQL</>-command manual pages from the <filename>manl</>
(man-el) section to <filename>man7</> (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Move platform FAQs into the main documentation (Peter)
Move platform <acronym>FAQ</>s into the main documentation
(Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add %expect 0 to all parser input files to prevent builds with parser
conflicts (Peter)
Add <literal>%expect 0</> to all parser input files to prevent
builds with parser conflicts (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for the KOI8U (Ukrainian) encoding (Peter)
Add support for the <literal>KOI8U</> (Ukrainian) encoding
(Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2544,54 +2687,61 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add -M (query mode) to /contrib/pgbench (Takahiro Itagaki)
Add <literal>-M</> (query mode) to <filename>/contrib/pgbench</>
(Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add duration option to /contrib/pgbench (Takahiro Itagaki)
Add duration option to <filename>/contrib/pgbench</> (Itagaki
Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix /contrib/pgstattuple to handle tables and indexes with over 2
billion pages (Tatsuhito Kasahara)
Fix <filename>/contrib/pgstattuple</> to handle tables and
indexes with over 2 billion pages (Tatsuhito Kasahara)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add Levenshtein string-distance function to /contrib/fuzzystrmatch
that allows the user to specify the cost of insertion, deletion,
and substitution (Volkan Yazici)
Add Levenshtein string-distance function to
<filename>/contrib/fuzzystrmatch</> that allows the user to
specify the cost of insertion, deletion, and substitution
(Volkan Yazici)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove dblink_current_query() from /contrib/dblink; it should now use
current_query() (Tomas Doran)
Remove <function>dblink_current_query()</> from
<filename>/contrib/dblink</>; it should now use
<function>current_query()</> (Tomas Doran)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have /contrib/ltree support multibyte encodings (laser)
Have <filename>/contrib/ltree</> support multibyte encodings
(laser)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add /contrib/citext as a case-insensitive, multibyte-capable text data type (David Wheeler)
Add <filename>/contrib/citext</> as a case-insensitive,
multibyte-capable text data type (David Wheeler)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make sure /contrib/dblink uses a password supplied by the user, and not
accidentally from the server .pgpass file (Joe Conway)
Make sure <filename>/contrib/dblink</> uses a password supplied
by the user, and not accidentally from the server .pgpass file
(Joe Conway)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2601,39 +2751,44 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add fsm_page_contents() to contrib/pageinspect (Heikki)
Add <function>fsm_page_contents()</>
to<filename>/contrib/pageinspect</> (Heikki)
</para>
<para>
Modify get_raw_page() to support free space map (*.fsm) files.
Also update /contrib/pg_freespacemap.
Modify <function>get_raw_page()</> to support free space map
(<filename>*.fsm</>) files. Also update
<filename>/contrib/pg_freespacemap</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for multibyte encodings to /contrib/pg_trgm (Teodor)
Add support for multibyte encodings to <filename>/contrib/pg_trgm</>
(Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Rewrite contrib/intagg to user new server-side functions array_agg() and
unnest() (Tom)
Rewrite <filename>/contrib/intagg</> to user new server-side
functions <function>array_agg()</> and <function>unnest()</>
(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add /contrib/auto_explain to automatically run EXPLAIN on queries
exceeding a specified duration (Takahiro Itagaki, Tom)
Add <filename>/contrib/auto_explain</> to automatically run
<command>EXPLAIN</> on queries exceeding a specified duration
(Itagaki Takahiro, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add contrib/pg_stat_statements for server-wide tracking of statement execution
statistics (Takahiro Itagaki)
Add <filename>/contrib/pg_stat_statements</> for server-wide
tracking of statement execution statistics (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
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