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<para>
This improves concurrency and reduces the probability of deadlocks.
UPDATEs on non-key columns use the new SELECT FOR NO KEY UPDATE lock
type, and foreign key checks use the new SELECT FOR KEY SHARE lock mode.
<command>UPDATE</>s on non-key columns use the new <command>SELECT
FOR NO KEY UPDATE</> lock type, and foreign key checks use the
new <command>SELECT FOR KEY SHARE</> lock mode.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add configuration variable lock_timeout to limit lock wait duration
(Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi)
Add configuration variable <varname>lock_timeout</> to limit lock
wait duration (Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
This speeds lock release at statement completion in transactions
that hold many locks; it is particularly useful for pg_dump.
This speeds lock release at statement completion in
transactions that hold many locks; it is particularly useful
for <application>pg_dump</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -107,13 +109,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add SP-GiST support for range data types (Alexander Korotkov)
Add <type>SP-GiST</> support for range data types (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow unlogged GiST indexes (Jeevan Chalke)
Allow unlogged <type>GiST</> indexes (Jeevan Chalke)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -162,26 +164,26 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add COPY FREEZE option to avoid the overhead of later marking
tuples as committed (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis)
Add <command>COPY FREEZE</> option to avoid the overhead of later
marking tuples as committed (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve performance of NUMERIC calculations (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
Improve performance of <type>NUMERIC</> calculations (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve grouping of sessions waiting for commit_delay (Peter
Geoghegan)
Improve grouping of sessions waiting for <varname>commit_delay</>
(Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
<para>
This improves the usefulness and behavior of commit_delay.
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
This improves the usefulness and behavior of
<varname>commit_delay</>. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Users who have set work_mem based on the previous behavior should
revisit that setting.
Users who have set <varname>work_mem</> based on the previous
behavior should revisit that setting.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Improve performance of the CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ... ON COMMIT
DELETE ROWS clause by only issuing delete if the temporary table
was accessed (Heikki Linnakangas)
Improve performance of the <command>CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE
... ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS</> clause by only issuing delete if
the temporary table was accessed (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_terminate_backend() to terminate other backends with
the same role (Dan Farina)
Allow <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to terminate other
backends with the same role (Dan Farina)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -286,36 +288,38 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Improve LDAP error reporting and documentation (Peter Eisentraut)
Improve <acronym>LDAP</> error reporting and documentation
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for LDAP authentication to be specified in URL format
(Peter Eisentraut)
Add support for <acronym>LDAP</> authentication to be specified
in <acronym>URL</> format (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change the ssl_ciphers parameter to start with DEFAULT, rather
than ALL, then remove insecure ciphers (Magnus Hagander)
Change the <varname>ssl_ciphers</> parameter to start with
<literal>DEFAULT</>, rather than <literal>ALL</>, then remove
insecure ciphers (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
It is assumed DEFAULT is more appropriate cipher set.
It is assumed <literal>DEFAULT</> is more appropriate cipher set.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Parse/load pg_ident.conf once, not during each connection (Amit
Kapila)
Parse/load <filename>pg_ident.conf</> once, not during each
connection (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
This is similar to how pg_hba.conf is processed.
This is similar to how <filename>pg_hba.conf</> is processed.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Instead, on Unix-like systems, mmap() is used for shared memory.
This eliminates the requirement of increasing System V shared
memory kernel parameters.
Instead, on Unix-like systems, <function>mmap()</> is used for
shared memory. This eliminates the requirement of increasing
System V shared memory kernel parameters.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
This renames configuration parameter unix_socket_directory to
unix_socket_directories, which accepts a list of directories.
This renames configuration parameter
<varname>unix_socket_directory</> to
<varname>unix_socket_directories</>, which accepts a list of
directories.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
The directory is specified as include_dir in server configuration file.
The directory is specified as <varname>include_dir</> in server
configuration file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Increase the maximum initdb-configured value for shared_buffers
to 128MB (Robert Haas)
Increase the maximum initdb-configured value for
<varname>shared_buffers</> to 128MB (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
This is the maximum value initdb attempts to set in
postgresql.conf; the previous value was 32MB.
<filename>postgresql.conf</>; the previous value was 32MB.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require superuser privileges to set commit_delay because it
can now potentially delay other sessions (Simon Riggs)
Require superuser privileges to set <varname>commit_delay</>
because it can now potentially delay other sessions (Simon Riggs)
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove the external PID file on postmaster exit (Peter Eisentraut)
Remove the external <acronym>PID</> file on postmaster exit
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have "session id" in log_line_prefix (%c) always output four hex
digits after the period (Bruce Momjian) COMPATIBILITY
Have <quote>session id</> (<literal>%c</>) in
<varname>log_line_prefix</> always output four hex digits after
the period (Bruce Momjian) COMPATIBILITY
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow a streaming replication standbys to follow a timeline switch (Heikki Linnakangas)
Allow a streaming replication standbys to follow a timeline switch
(Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
This allows streaming standbys to feed from newly-promoted slaves.
Previously slaves required access to a WAL archive directory to
Previously slaves required access to a <acronym>WAL</> archive directory to
accomplish this.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add SQL functions pg_backup_in_progress() and pg_backup_start_time() (Gilles Darold)
Add <acronym>SQL</> functions <function>pg_backup_in_progress()</>
and <function>pg_backup_start_time()</> (Gilles Darold)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Improve performance of streaming log shipping with
synchronous_commit disabled (Andres Freund)
<varname>synchronous_commit</> disabled (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add the last checkpoint's redo location to pg_controldata's output
(Fujii Masao)
Add the last checkpoint's redo location to
<application>pg_controldata</>'s output (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
This information is useful for determining the WAL files needed for
restore.
This information is useful for determining the <acronym>WAL</>
files needed for restore.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow tooling like pg_receivexlog to run on computers with different
Allow tooling like <application>pg_receivexlog</> to run on computers with different
architectures (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_basebackup --write-recovery-conf output a minimal
recovery.conf (Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi, Magnus Hagander)
Have <application>pg_basebackup</> <option>--write-recovery-conf</>
output a minimal <filename>recovery.conf</> (Zolt&aacute;n
B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi, Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_receivexlog and pg_basebackup -X to handle streaming
timeline switches (Heikki Linnakangas)
Allow <application>pg_receivexlog</> and
<application>pg_basebackup</> <option>--xlog-method</> to handle
streaming timeline switches (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add wal_receiver_timeout parameter to control the WAL receiver
timeout (Amit Kapila)
Add <varname>wal_receiver_timeout</> parameter to control the <acronym>WAL</>
receiver timeout (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
This allows more rapid detection of connection failure. No longer set
wal_receiver_status_interval?
<varname>wal_receiver_status_interval</>?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Rename replication_timeout to wal_sender_timeout (Amit Kapila)
Rename <varname>replication_timeout</> to <varname>wal_sender_timeout</> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
This setting controls the WAL sender timeout.
This setting controls the <acronym>WAL</> sender timeout.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>Write-Ahead Log (WAL)</title>
<title>Write-Ahead Log (<acronym>WAL</>)</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Store WAL in a continuous stream, rather than skipping the last
16MB segment every 4GB (Heikki Linnakangas) BACKWARD COMPATIBLE BREAK
Store <acronym>WAL</> in a continuous stream, rather than skipping
the last 16MB segment every 4GB (Heikki Linnakangas) BACKWARD
COMPATIBLE BREAK
</para>
<para>
Previously, WAL files ending in FF were not used. If you have
WAL backup or restore scripts that took that skipping into account,
they need to be adjusted.
Previously, <acronym>WAL</> files ending in <literal>FF</> were
not used. If you have <acronym>WAL</> backup or restore scripts
that took that skipping into account, they need to be adjusted.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change the WAL record format to allow splitting the record header
Change the <acronym>WAL</> record format to allow splitting the record header
across pages (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Implement SQL-standard LATERAL for FROM-clause subqueries and
function calls (Tom Lane)
Implement <acronym>SQL</>-standard <literal>LATERAL</> for
<literal>FROM</>-clause subqueries and function calls (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This is useful in allowing FROM subqueries and functions to reference
output from tables in the FROM clause. The LATERAL keyword is optional
for functions.
This is useful in allowing <literal>FROM</> subqueries and
functions to reference output from tables in the <literal>FROM</>
clause. The <literal>LATERAL</> keyword is optional for functions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for piping COPY and psql \copy to/from an external program (Etsuro
Fujita)
Add support for piping <command>COPY</> and <application>psql</>
<command>\copy</> to/from an external program (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Only CREATE SCHEMA ... IF NOT EXISTS? If so, remove it.
Only <command>CREATE SCHEMA ... IF NOT EXISTS</>? If so, remove it.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow a multi-row VALUES clause in rules to reference OLD/NEW (Tom Lane)
Allow a multi-row <literal>VALUES</> clause in rules to reference
<literal>OLD</>/<literal>NEW</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add CREATE SCHEMA ... IF NOT EXISTS clause (Fabr&iacute;zio de
Add <command>CREATE SCHEMA ... IF NOT EXISTS</> clause (Fabr&iacute;zio de
Royes Mello)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Have REASSIGN OWNED also change ownership of shared objects (&Aacute;lvaro
Herrera)
Have <command>REASSIGN OWNED</> also change ownership of shared
objects (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
These messages now appear with DEBUG1-level output.
These messages now appear with <literal>DEBUG1</>-level output.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS to succeed for a non-existent schema
(Bruce Momjian)
Allow <command>CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS</> to succeed for a
non-existent schema (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Change ON UPDATE SET NULL/SET DEFAULT foreign key actions to affect
all referenced columns, not just those referenced in the UPDATE
(Tom Lane)
Change <literal>ON UPDATE SET NULL/SET DEFAULT</> foreign key
actions to affect all referenced columns, not just those referenced
in the <command>UPDATE</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Previously only columns referenced in the UPDATE were set to null or DEFAULT.
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY CHANGE
Previously only columns referenced in the <command>UPDATE</> were
set to null or <literal>DEFAULT</>. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY CHANGE
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -689,13 +704,15 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Internally store default foreign key matches (non-FULL, non-PARTIAL) as "simple" (Tom Lane)
Internally store default foreign key matches (non-<literal>FULL</>,
non-<literal>PARTIAL</>) as <quote>simple</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
These were previously stored as "&lt;unspecified&gt;".
This changes the value stored in system column
pg_constraint.confmatchtype. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY CHANGE
<structname>pg_constraint.confmatchtype</>. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
CHANGE
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add the ALTER TYPE ... IF NOT EXISTS clause when adding enumerated type labels (Andrew
Dunstan)
Add the <command>ALTER TYPE ... IF NOT EXISTS</> clause when
adding enumerated type labels (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add ALTER ROLE ALL SET to add settings to all users (Peter Eisentraut)
Add <command>ALTER ROLE ALL SET</> to add settings to all users
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
This allows settings to apply to all users in all databases. ALTER
DATABASE SET already allowed addition of settings for all users in a
single database. postgresql.conf has a similar effect.
This allows settings to apply to all users in all
databases. <command>ALTER DATABASE SET</> already allowed
addition of settings for all users in a single database.
<filename>postgresql.conf</> has a similar effect.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for ALTER RULE ... RENAME (Ali Dar)
Add support for <command>ALTER RULE ... RENAME</> (Ali Dar)
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Simple views that reference some or all columns from a single base table
are now updatable by default. More complex views can be made updatable
using INSTEAD OF triggers or INSTEAD rules.
using <literal>INSTEAD OF</> triggers or <literal>INSTEAD</> rules.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -782,11 +801,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add CREATE RECURSIVE VIEW syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
Add <command>CREATE RECURSIVE VIEW</> syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
Internally this is translated into CREATE VIEW ... WITH RECURSIVE.
Internally this is translated into <command>CREATE VIEW ... WITH
RECURSIVE</>.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow text timezone designations, e.g. "America/Chicago" when using the
ISO "T" timestamptz format (Bruce Momjian)
Allow text timezone designations, e.g. <quote>America/Chicago</>
when using the <acronym>ISO</> <quote>T</> timestamptz format (Bruce
Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>JSON</title>
<title><type>JSON</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Add operators and functions to extract values from JSON data strings
Add operators and functions to extract values from <type>JSON</> data strings
(Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow JSON data strings to be converted into records (Andrew Dunstan)
Allow <type>JSON</> data strings to be converted into records (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add functions to convert values, records, and hstore data to JSON (Andrew Dunstan)
Add functions to convert values, records, and hstore data to
<type>JSON</> (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add array_remove() and array_replace() functions (Marco Nenciarini, Gabriele Bartolini)
Add <function>array_remove()</> and <function>array_replace()</>
functions (Marco Nenciarini, Gabriele Bartolini)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow concat() and format() to properly expand VARIADIC-labeled
arguments (Pavel Stehule)
Allow <function>concat()</> and <function>format()</> to properly
expand <literal>VARIADIC</>-labeled arguments (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve format() to handle field width and left/right alignment
(Pavel Stehule)
Improve <function>format()</> to handle field width and left/right
alignment (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have to_char(), to_date(), and to_timestamp() properly handle
negative century designations (CC) (Bruce Momjian)
Have <function>to_char()</>, <function>to_date()</>, and
<function>to_timestamp()</> properly handle negative century
designations (<literal>CC</>) (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
Previously the behavior was either wrong or inconsistent with
positive/AD handling, e.g. format mask 'IYYY-IW-DY'.
Previously the behavior was either wrong or inconsistent
with positive/<acronym>AD</> handling, e.g. format mask
<quote>IYYY-IW-DY</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have to_date() and to_timestamp() return proper results when mixing
ISO and Gregorian week/day designations (Bruce Momjian)
Have <function>to_date()</> and <function>to_timestamp()</>
return proper results when mixing <acronym>ISO</> and Gregorian
week/day designations (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Cause pg_get_viewdef() to default to wrapping after every SELECT
target list and FROM entry (Marko Tiikkaja)
Cause <function>pg_get_viewdef()</> to default to wrapping after
every <command>SELECT</> target list and <literal>FROM</> entry
(Marko Tiikkaja)
</para>
<para>
This causes view output, like from pg_dump, to be more narrow.
This causes view output, like from <application>pg_dump</>,
to be more narrow.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have map_sql_value_to_xml_value() properly expand domains (Pavel
Stehule)
Have <function>map_sql_value_to_xml_value()</> properly expand
domains (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Force cached functions to be replanned if the search_path changes (Tom Lane)
Force cached functions to be replanned if the <varname>search_path</> changes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Previously functions already run in the current session ignored
search_path changes.
<varname>search_path</> changes.
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -944,8 +972,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow SPI functions to access the number of rows processed by COPY (Pavel
Stehule)
Allow <acronym>SPI</> functions to access the number of rows
processed by <command>COPY</> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -958,23 +986,23 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL to use RETURN with a composite-type expressions (Asif
Rehman)
Allow PL/pgSQL to use <literal>RETURN</> with a composite-type
expressions (Asif Rehman)
</para>
<para>
Previously RETURN could only reference composite-type variables.
Previously <literal>RETURN</> could only reference composite-type variables.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL to access the number of rows processed by COPY (Pavel
Stehule)
Allow PL/pgSQL to access the number of rows processed by
<command>COPY</> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
The command is GET DIAGNOSTICS x = ROW_COUNT.
The command is <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS x = ROW_COUNT</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1011,8 +1039,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Handle SPIErrors raised explicitly with PL/Python's RAISE the same as
as internal SPI errors (Oskari Saarenmaa and Jan Urbanski)
Handle <acronym>SPI</> errors raised explicitly with PL/Python's
<literal>RAISE</> the same as as internal <acronym>SPI</> errors
(Oskari Saarenmaa and Jan Urbanski)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1029,33 +1058,38 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add command-line utility pg_isready to check if the server is ready
to accept connections (Phil Sorber)
Add command-line utility <application>pg_isready</> to check if
the server is ready to accept connections (Phil Sorber)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support multiple --table arguments for pg_restore, clusterdb,
reindexdb, and vacuumdb (Josh Kupershmidt)
Support multiple <option>--table</> arguments for
<application>pg_restore</>, <application>clusterdb</>,
<application>reindexdb</>, and <application>vacuumdb</> (Josh
Kupershmidt)
</para>
<para>
This is similar to the pg_dump --table support.
This is similar to the <application>pg_dump</> <option>--table</>
support.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add -d option to pg_dumpall, pg_basebackup, pg_receivexlog to
specify the connection string (Amit Kapila)
Add <option>--dbname</> option to <application>pg_dumpall</>,
<application>pg_basebackup</>, <application>pg_receivexlog</>
to specify the connection string (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add libpq function PQconninfo() to return connection information
(Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi, Magnus Hagander)
Add libpq function <function>PQconninfo()</> to return connection
information (Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi, Magnus
Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1068,21 +1102,21 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Adjust function cost settings so psql tab completion and pattern
searching is more efficient (Tom Lane)
Adjust function cost settings so <application>psql</> tab
completion and pattern searching is more efficient (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve psql tab completion (Jeff Janes, Peter Eisentraut)
Improve <application>psql</> tab completion (Jeff Janes, Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the psql --single-transaction mode to work when reading from
standard input (Fabien Coelho, Robert Haas)
Allow the <application>psql</> <option>--single-transaction</> mode to work when
reading from standard input (Fabien Coelho, Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1092,7 +1126,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Remove psql warning when connecting to an older server (Peter Eisentraut)
Remove <application>psql</> warning when connecting to an older
server (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1109,40 +1144,43 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql \watch command to repeatedly execute commands (Will
Leinweber)
Add <application>psql</> <command>\watch</> command to repeatedly
execute commands (Will Leinweber)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql command \gset to store query results in psql variables
(Pavel Stehule)
Add <application>psql</> command <command>\gset</> to store query
results in <application>psql</> variables (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add SSL information to psql's \conninfo command (Alastair Turner)
Add <acronym>SSL</> information to <application>psql</>'s
<command>\conninfo</> command (Alastair Turner)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add "Security" label to psql \df+ output (Jon Erdman)
Add "Security" label to <application>psql</> <command>\df+</>
output (Jon Erdman)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow psql \l to accept a database name pattern (Peter Eisentraut)
Allow <application>psql</> <command>\l</> to accept a database
name pattern (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In psql, do not allow \connect to use defaults if there is no active
connection (Bruce Momjian)
In <application>psql</>, do not allow <command>\connect</> to
use defaults if there is no active connection (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1152,7 +1190,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Properly reset state if psql's "\g file" command failed (Tom Lane)
Properly reset state if <application>psql</>'s <quote>\g file</>
command failed (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1171,7 +1210,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add a 'latex-longtable' output format to psql (Bruce Momjian)
Add a <literal>latex-longtable</> output format to
<application>psql</> (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1181,21 +1221,22 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add a border=3 output mode to the psql 'latex' format (Bruce Momjian)
Add a <literal>border=3</> output mode to the <application>psql</>
<literal>latex</> format (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In psql tuples-only and expanded modes, no longer output "(No rows)"
(Peter Eisentraut)
In <application>psql</> tuples-only and expanded modes, no longer
output <quote>(No rows)</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In psql, no longer print an empty line for unaligned, expanded
output for zero rows (Peter Eisentraut)
In <application>psql</>, no longer print an empty line for
unaligned, expanded output for zero rows (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1212,28 +1253,30 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_dump --jobs to dump in parallel when using directory
output format (Joachim Wieland)
Add <application>pg_dump</> <option>--jobs</> to dump in parallel
when using directory output format (Joachim Wieland)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_dump output functions in a predictable order (Joel Jacobson)
Have <application>pg_dump</> output functions in a predictable
order (Joel Jacobson)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix tar files emitted by pg_dump and pg_basebackup to be POSIX
conformant (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
Fix tar files emitted by <application>pg_dump</> and
<application>pg_basebackup</> to be <acronym>POSIX</> conformant
(Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add -d/--dbname option to pg_dump, for consistency with other client
commands (Heikki Linnakangas)
Add <option>--dbname</> option to <application>pg_dump</>, for
consistency with other client commands (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1256,18 +1299,18 @@
</para>
<para>
This can be disabled by using --nosync.
This can be disabled by using <option>--nosync</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add initdb --sync-only option to sync the data directory to durable
Add initdb <option>--sync-only</> option to sync the data directory to durable
storage (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
This is used by pg_upgrade.
This is used by <application>pg_upgrade</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1304,14 +1347,15 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Create a centralized timeout API (Zolt&aacute;n B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi)
Create a centralized timeout <acronym>API</> (Zolt&aacute;n
B&ouml;sz&ouml;rm&eacute;nyi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Create libpgcommon and move pg_malloc() and other functions there
(&Aacute;lvaro Herrera, Andres Freund)
Create libpgcommon and move <function>pg_malloc()</> and other
functions there (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera, Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1327,22 +1371,22 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add compiler designations to indicate some ereport() and elog()
calls do not return (Peter Eisentraut, Andres Freund, Tom Lane,
Heikki Linnakangas)
Add compiler designations to indicate some <function>ereport()</>
and <function>elog()</> calls do not return (Peter Eisentraut,
Andres Freund, Tom Lane, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow options to be passed to the regression test output comparison
utility via PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS (Peter Eisentraut)
utility via <envar>PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add isolation tests for CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
Add isolation tests for <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</> (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1354,13 +1398,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix install-strip on Mac OS X (Peter Eisentraut)
Fix install-strip on Mac <productname>OS X</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove configure flag --disable-shared, as it is no longer used (Bruce Momjian)
Remove configure flag <option>--disable-shared</>, as it is no
longer used (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1372,8 +1417,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add emacs macro to match Postgres perltidy formatting (Peter
Eisentraut)
Add emacs macro to match <productname>PostgreSQL</> perltidy
formatting (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1395,13 +1440,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add Assert() functionality to client-side code for frontend code (Andrew Dunstan)
Add <function>Assert()</> functionality to client-side code for
frontend code (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change many internal many backend functions to return OIDs rather
Change many internal many backend functions to return <type>OID</>s rather
than void (Dimitri Fontaine)
</para>
......@@ -1424,14 +1470,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add function pg_identify_object() to dump an object in
machine-readable format (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
Add function <function>pg_identify_object()</> to dump an object
in machine-readable format (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add post-ALTER-object server hooks (KaiGai Kohei)
Add post-<command>ALTER</>-object server hooks (KaiGai Kohei)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1457,27 +1503,28 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Remove src/tool/backend, now that the content is on the Postgres
wiki (Bruce Momjian)
Remove <filename>src/tool/backend</>, now that the content is on
the <productname>PostgreSQL</> wiki (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Split out WAL reading as an independent facility (Heikki
Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
Split out <acronym>WAL</> reading as an independent facility
(Heikki Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use a 64-bit integer to represent WAL positions (XLogRecPtr)
instead of two 32-bit integers (Heikki Linnakangas)
Use a 64-bit integer to represent <acronym>WAL</> positions
(<structname>XLogRecPtr</>) instead of two 32-bit integers (Heikki
Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
Generally, tools that need to read the WAL format will need to
be adjusted.
Generally, tools that need to read the <acronym>WAL</> format
will need to be adjusted.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1489,8 +1536,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/Python on OS X to build against custom versions of Python
(Peter Eisentraut)
Allow PL/Python on <productname>OS X</> to build against custom
versions of Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1512,8 +1559,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add a Postgres foreign data wrapper contrib module (Shigeru
Hanada)
Add a <productname>Postgres</> foreign data wrapper contrib module
(Shigeru Hanada)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1523,49 +1570,49 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_xlogdump contrib program (Andres Freund)
Add <application>pg_xlogdump</> contrib program (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for indexing of regular-expression searches in
contrib/pg_trgm (Alexander Korotkov)
extension <productname>pg_trgm</> (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve pg_trgm handling of multibyte characters (Tom Lane)
Improve <productname>pg_trgm</> handling of multibyte characters (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add function to report the size of the GIN pending index insertion
list (Fujii Masao)
Add function to report the size of the <type>GIN</> pending index
insertion list (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
The function is pgstatginindex() in pgstattuple.
The function is <function>pgstatginindex()</> in pgstattuple.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have oid2name, pgbench, and vacuumlo set fallback_application_name (Amit Kapila)
Have oid2name, pgbench, and vacuumlo set <varname>fallback_application_name</> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve output of pg_test_timing (Bruce Momjian)
Improve output of <application>pg_test_timing</> (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve output of pg_test_fsync (Peter Geoghegan)
Improve output of <application>pg_test_fsync</> (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1588,7 +1635,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_upgrade --jobs to do parallelism (Bruce Momjian)
Allow <application>pg_upgrade</> <option>--jobs</> to do
parallelism (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1599,8 +1647,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_upgrade create unix-domain sockets in the current directory
(Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
Have <application>pg_upgrade</> create unix-domain sockets in
the current directory (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1611,27 +1659,29 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_upgrade --check mode properly detect the location of
non-default socket directories (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
Have <application>pg_upgrade</> <option>--check</> mode properly
detect the location of non-default socket directories (Bruce
Momjian, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve performance of pg_upgrade for databases with many tables (Bruce Momjian)
Improve performance of <application>pg_upgrade</> for databases
with many tables (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Increase pg_upgrade logging content by showing executed command
Increase <application>pg_upgrade</> logging content by showing executed command
(&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve pg_upgrade's status display during copy/link (Bruce Momjian)
Improve <application>pg_upgrade</>'s status display during copy/link (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1646,7 +1696,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add --foreign-keys option to pgbench (Jeff Janes)
Add <option>--foreign-keys</> option to pgbench (Jeff Janes)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1658,14 +1708,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow pgbench to aggregate performance statistics and produce output
every --aggregate-interval specified seconds (Tomas Vondra)
every <option>--aggregate-interval</> specified seconds (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add pg_bench --sampling-rate option to control the percentage of
transactions logged (Tomas Vondra)
Add <application>pg_bench</> <option>--sampling-rate</> option to control the
percentage of transactions logged (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1678,7 +1728,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add pgbench -q mode to print one output line every five seconds (Tomas Vondra)
Add pgbench <option>-q</> mode to print one output line every
five seconds (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1706,32 +1757,33 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow EPUB-format documentation to be created (Peter Eisentraut)
Allow <productname>EPUB</>-format documentation to be created
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update FreeBSD kernel configuration documentation (Brad Davis)
Update <productname>FreeBSD</> kernel configuration documentation (Brad Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve WINDOW function documentation (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
Improve <literal>WINDOW</> function documentation (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add instructions for setting up the documentation tool chain on
Mac OS X (Peter Eisentraut)
Mac <productname>OS X</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve commit_delay documentation (Peter Geoghegan)
Improve <varname>commit_delay</> documentation (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
......
doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
View file @ 14c7a74b
......@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ Typical markup:
PostgreSQL <productname>
postgresql.conf, pg_hba.conf,
recovery.conf <filename>
[A-Z][A-Z_ ]+[A-Z_] <command>, <literal>, <envar>
[A-Z][A-Z_ ]+[A-Z_] <command>, <literal>, <envar>, <acronym>
[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+() <function>
-[-A-Za-z_]+ <option>
[A-Za-z_]/[A-Za-z_]+ <filename>
psql <application>
pg_[A-Za-z0-9_]+ <application>, <structname>
[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z_ ]* <type>
[a-z]+_[a-z_]+ <varname>
[a-z]+_[a-z_]+ <varname>
non-ASCII characters find using grep -P '[\x80-\xFF]'
convert to HTML4 named entity (&) escapes
......
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