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<glossentry><glossterm> Performance</glossterm> <glossentry><glossterm> Performance</glossterm>
<glossdef><para> IN/NOT IN subqueries are now much more efficient <glossdef><para> IN/NOT IN subqueries are now much more efficient
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In previous releases, IN/NOT IN subqueries were joined to the In previous releases, IN/NOT IN subqueries were joined to the
upper query by sequentially scanning the subquery looking for upper query by sequentially scanning the subquery looking for
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used by ordinary joins and so is much faster, and is now faster used by ordinary joins and so is much faster, and is now faster
than EXISTS subqueries. than EXISTS subqueries.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> Improved GROUP BY processing by using hash buckets <para> Improved GROUP BY processing by using hash buckets
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In previous releases, GROUP BY totals were accumulated by In previous releases, GROUP BY totals were accumulated by
sequentially scanning the list of groups looking for a match; sequentially scanning the list of groups looking for a match;
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significant in speeding up queries that have a large significant in speeding up queries that have a large
number of distinct GROUP BY values. number of distinct GROUP BY values.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> New multi-key hash join capability <para> New multi-key hash join capability
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In previous releases, hash joins could only occur on single-column In previous releases, hash joins could only occur on single-column
joins. This release allows multi-column hash joins. joins. This release allows multi-column hash joins.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> ANSI joins are now better optimized <para> ANSI joins are now better optimized
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Prior releases evaluated ANSI join syntax only in the order Prior releases evaluated ANSI join syntax only in the order
specified by the query; 7.4 allows full optimization of specified by the query; 7.4 allows full optimization of
queries using ANSI join syntax, meaning the optimizer considers queries using ANSI join syntax, meaning the optimizer considers
all possible join orderings and chooses the most efficient. all possible join orderings and chooses the most efficient.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> Faster and more powerful regular expression code <para> Faster and more powerful regular expression code
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
The entire regular expression module has been replaced with a new The entire regular expression module has been replaced with a new
version by Henry Spencer, originally written for TCL. The code version by Henry Spencer, originally written for TCL. The code
greatly improves performance and supports several flavors greatly improves performance and supports several flavors
of regular expressions. of regular expressions.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> Function-inlining for simple SQL functions <para> Function-inlining for simple SQL functions
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Simple SQL functions can now be inlined by including their SQL Simple SQL functions can now be inlined by including their SQL
in the main query. This improves performance by preventing in the main query. This improves performance by preventing
repeated calls to the SQL function --- this allows simple repeated calls to the SQL function --- this allows simple
SQL functions to behave like macros. SQL functions to behave like macros.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
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<glossdef><para> Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address <glossdef><para> Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address
data types data types
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Prior releases allowed only IPv6 connections and IP data types only Prior releases allowed only IPv6 connections and IP data types only
supported IPv4 addresses. This release adds full IPv6 support in supported IPv4 addresses. This release adds full IPv6 support in
both of these areas. both of these areas.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
...@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ data types ...@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ data types
<glossdef><para> Major improvements in SSL performance and <glossdef><para> Major improvements in SSL performance and
reliability reliability
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Several people very familiar with the SSL API have overhauled our Several people very familiar with the SSL API have overhauled our
SSL code to improve SSL key negotiation and error recovery. SSL code to improve SSL key negotiation and error recovery.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
...@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ reliability ...@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ reliability
<glossdef><para> Allow free space map to efficiently reuse empty index <glossdef><para> Allow free space map to efficiently reuse empty index
pages, and other free space management improvements. pages, and other free space management improvements.
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, index pages that were left empty because of In prior releases, index pages that were left empty because of
deleted rows could only be reused by rows with index values similar deleted rows could only be reused by rows with index values similar
...@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pages, and other free space management improvements. ...@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pages, and other free space management improvements.
empty index pages and allows them to be used for any future index empty index pages and allows them to be used for any future index
rows. rows.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
...@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ reporting verbosity, and cleaner startup packets.</para></glossdef> ...@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ reporting verbosity, and cleaner startup packets.</para></glossdef>
<glossdef><para> libpq and ecpg are now fully thread-safe with <glossdef><para> libpq and ecpg are now fully thread-safe with
--enable-thread-safety --enable-thread-safety
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
While prior libpq releases already supported threads, this release While prior libpq releases already supported threads, this release
improves thread safety by fixing some non-thread-safe code that improves thread safety by fixing some non-thread-safe code that
was used in the database connection routines. was used in the database connection routines.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
...@@ -169,23 +169,23 @@ reporting verbosity, and cleaner startup packets.</para></glossdef> ...@@ -169,23 +169,23 @@ reporting verbosity, and cleaner startup packets.</para></glossdef>
<glossdef><para> New version of full text indexing (tsearch2)</para> <glossdef><para> New version of full text indexing (tsearch2)</para>
<para> New autovacuum tool <para> New autovacuum tool
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
This new tool monitors the database statistics tables for This new tool monitors the database statistics tables for
INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE activity and automatically vacuums tables when INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE activity and automatically vacuums tables when
needed. needed.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para> </para>
<para> Array handling has been improved and moved into the main <para> Array handling has been improved and moved into the main
server server
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Many array limitations have been removed and they behave more like Many array limitations have been removed and they behave more like
fully-supported data types. fully-supported data types.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></glossdef> </para></glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
</glosslist></para></sect2> </glosslist></para></sect2>
...@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para> The server-side autocommit setting was removed and reimplemented <listitem><para> The server-side autocommit setting was removed and reimplemented
in client applications and languages. in client applications and languages.
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Server-side autocommit was causing too many problems with Server-side autocommit was causing too many problems with
languages and applications that wanted to control their own languages and applications that wanted to control their own
autocommit behavior so autocommit was removed from the server autocommit behavior so autocommit was removed from the server
and added to individual client API's as appropriate. and added to individual client API's as appropriate.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Error message wording has changed substantially in this release, <listitem><para> Error message wording has changed substantially in this release,
and error codes have been added.</para></listitem> and error codes have been added.</para></listitem>
...@@ -214,21 +214,21 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -214,21 +214,21 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para> A number of server variables have been renamed for <listitem><para> A number of server variables have been renamed for
clarity, primarily those related to logging</para></listitem> clarity, primarily those related to logging</para></listitem>
<listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH 0 now does nothing <listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH 0 now does nothing
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, FETCH 0 would fetch all remaining rows, and In prior releases, FETCH 0 would fetch all remaining rows, and
MOVE 0 would move to the end of the cursor. MOVE 0 would move to the end of the cursor.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH now returns the actual number of rows moved/fetched, or zero <listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH now returns the actual number of rows moved/fetched, or zero
if at the beginning/end of the cursor if at the beginning/end of the cursor
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Prior releases would return the tuple count passed to the Prior releases would return the tuple count passed to the
command, not the actual number of rows FETCHed or MOVEd. command, not the actual number of rows FETCHed or MOVEd.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> COPY now can process carriage-return and <listitem><para> COPY now can process carriage-return and
carriage-return/line-feed end-of-line terminated files.</para></listitem> carriage-return/line-feed end-of-line terminated files.</para></listitem>
...@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<type>VARCHAR(n)</type> / <type>TEXT</type></para></listitem> <type>VARCHAR(n)</type> / <type>TEXT</type></para></listitem>
<listitem><para> <function>FLOAT(p)</function> now measures 'p' in bits, not digits</para></listitem> <listitem><para> <function>FLOAT(p)</function> now measures 'p' in bits, not digits</para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Ambiguous date values now must match the ordering specified by DateStyle <listitem><para> Ambiguous date values now must match the ordering specified by DateStyle
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, a date of <literal>10/20/03</> was In prior releases, a date of <literal>10/20/03</> was
interpreted as a date in October even if the interpreted as a date in October even if the
...@@ -248,19 +248,19 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -248,19 +248,19 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
values and will throw an error if the date is invalid for the values and will throw an error if the date is invalid for the
current <varname>DateStyle</>. current <varname>DateStyle</>.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> The <function>oidrand()</function>, <function>oidsrand()</function>, <listitem><para> The <function>oidrand()</function>, <function>oidsrand()</function>,
and <function>userfntest()</function> functions have been removed. and <function>userfntest()</function> functions have been removed.
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
These functions were determined to be no longer useful. These functions were determined to be no longer useful.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> <literal>'now'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>now()</> or <listitem><para> <literal>'now'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>now()</> or
<function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</> should be used instead <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</> should be used instead
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, there was special code so the string In prior releases, there was special code so the string
<literal>'now'</literal> was interpreted at <literal>'now'</literal> was interpreted at
...@@ -271,96 +271,94 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -271,96 +271,94 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</>. These will work in all <function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</>. These will work in all
situations. situations.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> <literal>'today'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>CURRENT_DATE</> <listitem><para> <literal>'today'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>CURRENT_DATE</>
should be used instead should be used instead
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Same description as above. Same description as above.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) is no longer allowed in operator names</para></listitem> <listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) is no longer allowed in operator names</para></listitem>
<listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) can be a non-first character in identifiers <listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) can be a non-first character in identifiers
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
This was done to improve compatibility with other database This was done to improve compatibility with other database
systems. systems.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para></sect2> </itemizedlist></para></sect2>
<sect2> <title> Changes </title> <sect2><title> Server Operation Changes</title>
<sect3><title> Server Operation</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Allow IPv6 server connections (Nigel Kukard, Johan Jordaan, Bruce, Tom, Kurt <listitem><para>Allow IPv6 server connections (Nigel Kukard, Johan Jordaan, Bruce, Tom, Kurt
Roeckx, Andrew Dunstan)</para></listitem> Roeckx, Andrew Dunstan)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix SSL to handle errors cleanly (Nathan Mueller) <listitem><para>Fix SSL to handle errors cleanly (Nathan Mueller)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, certain rare SSL API error reports were not In prior releases, certain rare SSL API error reports were not
handled correctly. This release fixes those problems. handled correctly. This release fixes those problems.
gracefully. gracefully.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>SSL protocol security and performance improvements (Sean Chittenden) <listitem><para>SSL protocol security and performance improvements (Sean Chittenden)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
SSL key renegotiation was happening too frequently, causing poor SSL SSL key renegotiation was happening too frequently, causing poor SSL
performance. Also, initial key handling was improved. performance. Also, initial key handling was improved.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Print lock information when a deadlock is detected (Tom) <listitem><para>Print lock information when a deadlock is detected (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
This allows easier debugging of deadlock situations. This allows easier debugging of deadlock situations.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Update <filename>/tmp</filename> socket mod. times regularly to avoid their removal (Tom) <listitem><para>Update <filename>/tmp</filename> socket mod. times regularly to avoid their removal (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
This should help prevent <filename>/tmp</filename> directory cleaner This should help prevent <filename>/tmp</filename> directory cleaner
administration scripts from removing server socket files. administration scripts from removing server socket files.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Enable PAM for MAC OS X (Aaron Hillegass)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Enable PAM for MAC OS X (Aaron Hillegass)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make btree indexes fully WAL-safe (Tom) <listitem><para>Make btree indexes fully WAL-safe (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, under certain rare cases, a server crash could In prior releases, under certain rare cases, a server crash could
cause btree indexes to become corrupt. This release removes those cause btree indexes to become corrupt. This release removes those
last few rare cases. last few rare cases.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow btree index compaction and empty page reuse (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow btree index compaction and empty page reuse (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix inconsistent index lookups during split of first root page (Tom) <listitem><para>Fix inconsistent index lookups during split of first root page (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, when a single-page index split into two page, In prior releases, when a single-page index split into two page,
there was a brief period when another database session would miss there was a brief period when another database session would miss
seeing an index entry. This failure was possible primarly on seeing an index entry. This failure was possible primarly on
multi-cpu machines. This release fixes that rare failure case. multi-cpu machines. This release fixes that rare failure case.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve free space map allocation logic (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve free space map allocation logic (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Preserve free space information between postmaster restarts (Tom) <listitem><para>Preserve free space information between postmaster restarts (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, the free space map was not saved when the In prior releases, the free space map was not saved when the
postmaster was stopped, so newly started servers has no free space postmaster was stopped, so newly started servers has no free space
information. This release saves the free space map, which is loaded information. This release saves the free space map, which is loaded
when the server is restarted. when the server is restarted.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set proper schema permissions in initdb (Peter)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Set proper schema permissions in initdb (Peter)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add start time to pg_stat_activity (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add start time to pg_stat_activity (Neil)</para></listitem>
...@@ -371,9 +369,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -371,9 +369,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Add new binary I/O protocol (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add new binary I/O protocol (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Remove autocommit server setting; move to client applications (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Remove autocommit server setting; move to client applications (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New error message wording, error codes, and three levels of error detail (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New error message wording, error codes, and three levels of error detail (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Performance</title> <sect2><title>Performance Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
...@@ -383,34 +381,34 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -383,34 +381,34 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Improve constant folding (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve constant folding (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ability to inline simple SQL functions (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add ability to inline simple SQL functions (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reduce memory usage for queries using complex functions (Tom) <listitem><para>Reduce memory usage for queries using complex functions (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
In prior releases, functions returning allocated memory would In prior releases, functions returning allocated memory would
not free it until the query completed. This release allows the not free it until the query completed. This release allows the
freeing of function-allocated memory when the function call freeing of function-allocated memory when the function call
completes, reducing the total memory used by functions. completes, reducing the total memory used by functions.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve GEQO optimizer performance (Tom) <listitem><para>Improve GEQO optimizer performance (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
There were several inefficiencies in the way the GEQO optimizer There were several inefficiencies in the way the GEQO optimizer
managed potential query paths. This release fixes this. managed potential query paths. This release fixes this.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow IN/NOT IN to be handled via hash tables (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow IN/NOT IN to be handled via hash tables (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve NOT IN (subquery) performance (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve NOT IN (subquery) performance (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow most IN subqueries to be processed as joins (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow most IN subqueries to be processed as joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries (Joe) <listitem><para>Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries (Joe)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
For shared libraries that require a long time to load, this option For shared libraries that require a long time to load, this option
is available so the library can be pre-loaded in the postmaster and is available so the library can be pre-loaded in the postmaster and
inherited by all database sessions. inherited by all database sessions.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve optimizer cost computations, particularly for subqueries (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve optimizer cost computations, particularly for subqueries (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Avoid sort when subquery ORDER BY matches upper query (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Avoid sort when subquery ORDER BY matches upper query (Tom)</para></listitem>
...@@ -421,71 +419,154 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -421,71 +419,154 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Add from_collapse_limit to control conversion of subqueries to joins (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add from_collapse_limit to control conversion of subqueries to joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use faster and more powerful regular expression code from TCL (Henry Spencer, Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Use faster and more powerful regular expression code from TCL (Henry Spencer, Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use bit-mapped relation sets in the optimizer (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Use bit-mapped relation sets in the optimizer (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve backend startup time (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve backend startup time (Tom)
<sect3>
<para>
The new network protocol requires fewer network packets to start a
database session.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve trigger/constraint performance (Stephan)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve trigger/constraint performance (Stephan)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve speed of col IN (const, const, const, ...) (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve speed of col IN (const, const, const, ...) (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix hash indexes which were broken in rare cases (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix hash indexes which were broken in rare cases (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve hash index concurrency and speed (Tom) <listitem><para>Improve hash index concurrency and speed (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Prior releases suffered from poor hash index performance, Prior releases suffered from poor hash index performance,
particularly for high concurrency situations. This release fixes particularly for high concurrency situations. This release fixes
that, and the development group is interested in reports comparing that, and the development group is interested in reports comparing
btree and hash index performance. btree and hash index performance.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Align shared buffers on 32-byte boundary for copy speed improvement (Manfred Spraul) <listitem><para>Align shared buffers on 32-byte boundary for copy speed improvement (Manfred Spraul)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
Certain CPU's perform faster data copies when addresses are 32-bit Certain CPU's perform faster data copies when addresses are 32-bit
aligned. aligned.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The NUMERIC datatype has been reimplemented for better performance (Tom) <listitem><para>The NUMERIC datatype has been reimplemented for better performance (Tom)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
NUMERIC used to be stored in base-100. The new code uses base-10000, NUMERIC used to be stored in base-100. The new code uses base-10000,
for significantly better performance. for significantly better performance.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Server Configuration</title> <sect2><title>Server Configuration Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Rename server parameter server_min_messages to log_min_messages (Bruce) <listitem><para>Rename server parameter server_min_messages to log_min_messages (Bruce)
<footnote> <sect3>
<para> <para>
This was done so most parameters that control the server logs being This was done so most parameters that control the server logs being
with <literal>log_</>. with <literal>log_</>.
</para> </para>
</footnote> </sect3>
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Rename show_*_stats to log_*_stats (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Rename show_*_stats to log_*_stats (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Rename show_source_port to log_source_port (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Rename show_source_port to log_source_port (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Rename hostname_lookup to log_hostname (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Rename hostname_lookup to log_hostname (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add checkpoint_warning to warn of excessive checkpointing (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add checkpoint_warning to warn of excessive checkpointing (Bruce)
<sect3>
<para>
In prior releases, it was difficult to determine if checkpoint was
happening too frequently. This feature adds a warning to the server
logs when excessive checkpointing happens.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New read-only server parameters for localization (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New read-only server parameters for localization (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change debug server log messages to output as DEBUG rather than LOG (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Change debug server log messages to output as DEBUG rather than LOG (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent server log variables from being turned off by non-super users (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent server log variables from being turned off by non-super users (Bruce)
<listitem><para>log_min_messages/client_min_messages now controls debug_* output (Bruce)</para></listitem> <sect3>
<listitem><para>Add Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)</para></listitem> <para>
This is a security feature so non-super-users can't disable logging
that was enabled by the administrator.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>log_min_messages/client_min_messages now controls debug_* output (Bruce)
<sect3>
<para>
This centralizes client debug information so all debug output can
be sent to either the client or server logs.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add OS X Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)
<sect3>
<para>
This allows OS X machines to query the network for available
PostgreSQL servers.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ability to print only slow statements using log_min_duration_statement <listitem><para>Add ability to print only slow statements using log_min_duration_statement
(Christopher)</para></listitem> (Christopher)
<listitem><para>Allow pg_hba.conf to accept netmasks in CIDR format (Andrew Dunstan)</para></listitem> <sect3>
<para>
This is an often requested debugging feature that allows administrators to
see only slow queries in their server logs.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow pg_hba.conf to accept netmasks in CIDR format (Andrew Dunstan)
<sect3>
<para>
This allows administrators to merge the host IP address and netmask
fields into a single CIDR field in pg_hba.conf.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New is_superuser read-only variable (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New is_superuser read-only variable (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New server-side parameter log_error_verbosity to control error detail (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New server-side parameter log_error_verbosity to control error detail (Tom)
<listitem><para>postgres --describe-config now dumps server config variables (Aizaz Ahmed, Peter)</para></listitem> <sect3>
<listitem><para>Make default shared_buffers 1000 and max_connections 100, if possible (Tom)</para></listitem> <para>
This works with the new error reporting feature to supply additional
error information like hints, file names and line numbers.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>postgres --describe-config now dumps server config variables (Aizaz Ahmed, Peter)
<sect3>
<para>
This option is useful for administration tools that need to know the
configuration variable names and their minimum, maximums, defaults,
and descriptions.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make default shared_buffers 1000 and max_connections 100, if possible (Tom)
<sect3>
<para>
Prior versions defaulted to 64 shared buffers so PostgreSQL would
start on even old computers. This release tests the amount of shared
memory supported by the hardware and sizes it accordingly. Of
course, users are still encouraged to evaluate their resource load
and size shared_buffers accordingly.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add new columns in pg_settings: context, type, source, min_val, max_val (Joe)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add new columns in pg_settings: context, type, source, min_val, max_val (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New pg_hba.conf 'hostnossl' to prevent SSL connections (Jon Jensen)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New pg_hba.conf 'hostnossl' to prevent SSL connections (Jon Jensen)
<sect3>
<para>
In prior releases, there was no way to prevent SSL connections if
both the client and server supported SSL. This option allows that
capability.
</para>
</sect3>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Remove geqo_random_seed server parameter (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Remove geqo_random_seed server parameter (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Queries</title> <sect2><title>Query Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>New SQL-standard information schema (Peter)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New SQL-standard information schema (Peter)</para></listitem>
...@@ -500,9 +581,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -500,9 +581,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Allow UPDATE ... SET col = DEFAULT (Rod)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow UPDATE ... SET col = DEFAULT (Rod)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow expressions to be used in LIMIT/OFFSET (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow expressions to be used in LIMIT/OFFSET (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change EXECUTE INTO to CREATE TABLE AS EXECUTE (Peter)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Change EXECUTE INTO to CREATE TABLE AS EXECUTE (Peter)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Object Manipulation</title> <sect2><title>Object Manipulation Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Make CREATE SEQUENCE grammar more SQL1999 standards compliant (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make CREATE SEQUENCE grammar more SQL1999 standards compliant (Neil)</para></listitem>
...@@ -521,9 +602,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -521,9 +602,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Disallow dollar signs in operator names, so x=$1 works (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Disallow dollar signs in operator names, so x=$1 works (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow SQL200X inheritance syntax LIKE <emphasis>subtable</emphasis>, INCLUDING DEFAULTS (Rod)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow SQL200X inheritance syntax LIKE <emphasis>subtable</emphasis>, INCLUDING DEFAULTS (Rod)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add WITH GRANT OPTION clause to GRANT, per SQL spec (Peter)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add WITH GRANT OPTION clause to GRANT, per SQL spec (Peter)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Utility Commands</title> <sect2><title>Utility Command Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Add ON COMMIT clause to CREATE TABLE for temp tables (Gavin)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add ON COMMIT clause to CREATE TABLE for temp tables (Gavin)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow cursors outside transactions using WITH HOLD (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow cursors outside transactions using WITH HOLD (Neil)</para></listitem>
...@@ -566,10 +647,10 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -566,10 +647,10 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>pg_dump --use-set-session-authorization and --no-reconnect now do nothing, <listitem><para>pg_dump --use-set-session-authorization and --no-reconnect now do nothing,
all dumps use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</para></listitem> all dumps use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Long options for <application>pg_dump</application> are now available on all platforms</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Long options for <application>pg_dump</application> are now available on all platforms</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Data Types and Functions</title> <sect2><title>Data Type and Function Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>New extra_float_digits server parameter to control float precision display <listitem><para>New extra_float_digits server parameter to control float precision display
(Pedro Ferreira, Tom)</para></listitem> (Pedro Ferreira, Tom)</para></listitem>
...@@ -619,9 +700,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -619,9 +700,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Prevent interval from suppressing ':00' seconds display</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent interval from suppressing ':00' seconds display</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New pg_get_triggerdef(prettyprint) and pg_constraint_is_visible() functions</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New pg_get_triggerdef(prettyprint) and pg_constraint_is_visible() functions</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow time to be specified as '040506' or '0405' (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow time to be specified as '040506' or '0405' (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Server-side Languages</title> <sect2><title>Server-side Language Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Prevent PL/pgSQL crash when RETURN NEXT is used on a zero-row record var. (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent PL/pgSQL crash when RETURN NEXT is used on a zero-row record var. (Tom)</para></listitem>
...@@ -637,9 +718,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -637,9 +718,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Allow pltcl and plpython use the same trigger on multiple tables (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow pltcl and plpython use the same trigger on multiple tables (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fixed PL/Tcl's spi_prepare to accept full qualified type names in <listitem><para>Fixed PL/Tcl's spi_prepare to accept full qualified type names in
the parameter type list (Jan)</para></listitem> the parameter type list (Jan)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Psql</title> <sect2><title>Psql Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Add "\pset pager always" to always use pager (Greg)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add "\pset pager always" to always use pager (Greg)</para></listitem>
...@@ -654,9 +735,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -654,9 +735,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>New '\set VERBOSITY' to control error detail (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New '\set VERBOSITY' to control error detail (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New %T prompt string to show transaction status (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New %T prompt string to show transaction status (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Long options for <application>psql</application> are now available on all platforms</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Long options for <application>psql</application> are now available on all platforms</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Libpq</title> <sect2><title>Libpq Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Allow PQcmdTuples() to return row counts for MOVE and FETCH (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow PQcmdTuples() to return row counts for MOVE and FETCH (Neil)</para></listitem>
...@@ -676,9 +757,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -676,9 +757,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Add ability to pass binary data directly to the backend (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add ability to pass binary data directly to the backend (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add PQexecPrepared() and PQsendQueryPrepared() functions which <listitem><para>Add PQexecPrepared() and PQsendQueryPrepared() functions which
perform Bind/Execute of previously prepared statements (Tom)</para></listitem> perform Bind/Execute of previously prepared statements (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>JDBC</title> <sect2><title>JDBC Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Allow setNull on updateable resultsets</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow setNull on updateable resultsets</para></listitem>
...@@ -686,18 +767,18 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -686,18 +767,18 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Support SSL connections (Barry)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Support SSL connections (Barry)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Handle schema names in result sets (Paul Sorenson)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Handle schema names in result sets (Paul Sorenson)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add refcursor support (Nic Ferrier)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add refcursor support (Nic Ferrier)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Miscellaneous Interfaces</title> <sect2><title>Miscellaneous Interface Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Prevent possible memory leak or core dump during libpgtcl shutdown (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent possible memory leak or core dump during libpgtcl shutdown (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ecpg Informix compatibility (Michael)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add ecpg Informix compatibility (Michael)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ecpg DECIMAL type that is fixed length, for Informix (Michael)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add ecpg DECIMAL type that is fixed length, for Informix (Michael)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow thread-safe ecpg with --enable-thread-safety (Lee Kindness, Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow thread-safe ecpg with --enable-thread-safety (Lee Kindness, Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Move python client interface to http://www.pygresql.org (Marc)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Move python client interface to http://www.pygresql.org (Marc)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Source Code</title> <sect2><title>Source Code Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
...@@ -722,9 +803,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -722,9 +803,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Add support for AMD Opteron and Itanium (Jeffrey W. Baker, Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add support for AMD Opteron and Itanium (Jeffrey W. Baker, Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Remove --enable-recode option to configure</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Remove --enable-recode option to configure</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Generate a compile error if spinlock code is not found (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Generate a compile error if spinlock code is not found (Bruce)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3><title>Contrib</title> <sect2><title>Contrib Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Change dbmirror license to BSD</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Change dbmirror license to BSD</para></listitem>
...@@ -749,16 +830,15 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -749,16 +830,15 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Update spi/timetravel (B?jthe Zolt?n)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Update spi/timetravel (B?jthe Zolt?n)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix dbase -s option and improve non-ASCII handling (Thomas Behr,M?rcio Smiderle)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix dbase -s option and improve non-ASCII handling (Thomas Behr,M?rcio Smiderle)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Remove array module because features now included by default (Joe)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Remove array module because features now included by default (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
<sect3> <title> Other Uncategorized</title> <sect2> <title> Other Uncategorized Changes</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><command>DATESTYLE</command> can now be set to DMY, YMD, or MDY to specify input field order</para></listitem> <listitem><para><command>DATESTYLE</command> can now be set to DMY, YMD, or MDY to specify input field order</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Input date order must now be YYYY-MM-DD (with 4-digit <listitem><para>Input date order must now be YYYY-MM-DD (with 4-digit
year) or match <envar>DATESTYLE</envar></para></listitem> year) or match <envar>DATESTYLE</envar></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pattern matching operations can use indexes regardless of locale</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Pattern matching operations can use indexes regardless of locale</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3> </itemizedlist></sect2>
</sect2>
</sect1> </sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-4"> <sect1 id="release-7-3-4">
...@@ -938,13 +1018,13 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -938,13 +1018,13 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Restore creation of OID column in CREATE TABLE AS / SELECT INTO</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Restore creation of OID column in CREATE TABLE AS / SELECT INTO</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application/pg_dump/ core dump when dumping views having comments</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_dump</> core dump when dumping views having comments</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Dump DEFERRABLE/INITIALLY DEFERRED constraints properly</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Dump DEFERRABLE/INITIALLY DEFERRED constraints properly</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix UPDATE when child table's column numbering differs from parent</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix UPDATE when child table's column numbering differs from parent</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Increase default value of max_fsm_relations</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Increase default value of max_fsm_relations</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problem when fetching backwards in a cursor for a single-row query</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix problem when fetching backwards in a cursor for a single-row query</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make backward fetch work properly with cursor on SELECT DISTINCT query</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make backward fetch work properly with cursor on SELECT DISTINCT query</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problems with loading <application/pg_dump/ files containing contrib/lo usage</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix problems with loading <application>pg_dump</> files containing contrib/lo usage</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problem with all-numeric user names</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix problem with all-numeric user names</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix possible memory leak and core dump during disconnect in libpgtcl</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix possible memory leak and core dump during disconnect in libpgtcl</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make plpython's spi_execute command handle nulls properly (Andrew Bosma)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make plpython's spi_execute command handle nulls properly (Andrew Bosma)</para></listitem>
...@@ -1002,7 +1082,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1002,7 +1082,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix a core dump of COPY TO when client/server encodings don't match (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix a core dump of COPY TO when client/server encodings don't match (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow <application/pg_dump/ to work with pre-7.2 servers (Philip)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow <application>pg_dump</> to work with pre-7.2 servers (Philip)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>contrib/adddepend fixes (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>contrib/adddepend fixes (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problem with deletion of per-user/per-database config settings (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix problem with deletion of per-user/per-database config settings (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>contrib/vacuumlo fix (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>contrib/vacuumlo fix (Tom)</para></listitem>
...@@ -1400,7 +1480,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1400,7 +1480,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Have COPY TO output embedded carriage returns and newlines as \r and \n (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Have COPY TO output embedded carriage returns and newlines as \r and \n (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow DELIMITER in COPY FROM to be 8-bit clean (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow DELIMITER in COPY FROM to be 8-bit clean (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make <application/pg_dump/ use ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY, for performance (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make <application>pg_dump</> use ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY, for performance (Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Disable brackets in multistatement rules (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Disable brackets in multistatement rules (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Disable VACUUM from being called inside a function (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Disable VACUUM from being called inside a function (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow dropdb and other scripts to use identifiers with spaces (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow dropdb and other scripts to use identifiers with spaces (Bruce)</para></listitem>
...@@ -1412,7 +1492,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1412,7 +1492,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Add 'SET LOCAL var = value' to set configuration variables for a single transaction (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add 'SET LOCAL var = value' to set configuration variables for a single transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow ANALYZE to run in a transaction (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow ANALYZE to run in a transaction (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve COPY syntax using new WITH clauses, keep backward compatibility (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Improve COPY syntax using new WITH clauses, keep backward compatibility (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application/pg_dump/ to consistently output tags in non-ASCII dumps (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_dump</> to consistently output tags in non-ASCII dumps (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file (Rod)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make foreign key constraints clearer in dump file (Rod)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add COMMENT ON CONSTRAINT (Rod)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add COMMENT ON CONSTRAINT (Rod)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow COPY TO/FROM to specify column names (Brent Verner)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow COPY TO/FROM to specify column names (Brent Verner)</para></listitem>
...@@ -1421,9 +1501,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1421,9 +1501,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Generate failure on short COPY lines rather than pad NULLs (Neil)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Generate failure on short COPY lines rather than pad NULLs (Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix CLUSTER to preserve all table attributes (Alvaro Herrera)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix CLUSTER to preserve all table attributes (Alvaro Herrera)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New pg_settings table to view/modify GUC settings (Joe)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>New pg_settings table to view/modify GUC settings (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add smart quoting, portability improvements to <application/pg_dump/ output (Peter)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add smart quoting, portability improvements to <application>pg_dump</> output (Peter)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Dump serial columns out as SERIAL (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Dump serial columns out as SERIAL (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Enable large file support, >2G for <application/pg_dump/ (Peter, Philip Warner, Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Enable large file support, >2G for <application>pg_dump</> (Peter, Philip Warner, Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Disallow TRUNCATE on tables that are involved in referential constraints (Rod)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Disallow TRUNCATE on tables that are involved in referential constraints (Rod)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Have TRUNCATE also auto-truncate the toast table of the relation (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Have TRUNCATE also auto-truncate the toast table of the relation (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add clusterdb utility that will auto-cluster an entire database based on previous CLUSTER operations (Alvaro Herrera)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add clusterdb utility that will auto-cluster an entire database based on previous CLUSTER operations (Alvaro Herrera)</para></listitem>
...@@ -1731,7 +1811,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1731,7 +1811,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Handle pre-1970 date values in newer versions of glibc (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix possible hang during server shutdown</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix possible hang during server shutdown</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent spinlock hangs on SMP PPC machines (Tomoyuki Niijima)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application/pg_dump/ to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_dump</> to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect2> </sect2>
</sect1> </sect1>
...@@ -1765,7 +1845,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -1765,7 +1845,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix for compressed transaction log id wraparound (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix for compressed transaction log id wraparound (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix PQescapeBytea/PQunescapeBytea so that they handle bytes > 0x7f (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix PQescapeBytea/PQunescapeBytea so that they handle bytes > 0x7f (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix for psql and <application/pg_dump/ crashing when invoked with non-existent long options (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix for psql and <application>pg_dump</> crashing when invoked with non-existent long options (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix crash when invoking geometric operators (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix crash when invoking geometric operators (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow OPEN cursor(args) (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Allow OPEN cursor(args) (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix for rtree_gist index build (Teodor)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix for rtree_gist index build (Teodor)</para></listitem>
...@@ -2140,9 +2220,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -2140,9 +2220,9 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>BIT VARYING now rejects bit strings that are too long (Peter E)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>BIT VARYING now rejects bit strings that are too long (Peter E)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>BIT now rejects bit strings that do not match declared size (Peter E)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>BIT now rejects bit strings that do not match declared size (Peter E)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>INET, CIDR text conversion functions (Alex Pilosov)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>INET, CIDR text conversion functions (Alex Pilosov)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>INET, CIDR operators << and <<= indexable (Alex Pilosov)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>INET, CIDR operators &lt;&lt; and &lt;&lt;= indexable (Alex Pilosov)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bytea \### now requires valid three digit octal number</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bytea \### now requires valid three digit octal number</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bytea comparison improvements, now supports =, &lt;&gt;, >, >=, <, and <=</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bytea comparison improvements, now supports =, &lt;&gt;, &gt;, &gt;=, &lt;, and &lt;=</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bytea now supports B-tree indexes</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bytea now supports B-tree indexes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bytea now supports LIKE, LIKE...ESCAPE, NOT LIKE, NOT LIKE...ESCAPE</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bytea now supports LIKE, LIKE...ESCAPE, NOT LIKE, NOT LIKE...ESCAPE</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Bytea now supports concatenation</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Bytea now supports concatenation</para></listitem>
...@@ -2175,7 +2255,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -2175,7 +2255,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<sect3> <sect3>
<title>Internationalization</title> <title>Internationalization</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>National language support in psql, <application/pg_dump/, libpq, and server (Peter E)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>National language support in psql, <application>pg_dump</>, libpq, and server (Peter E)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Message translations in Chinese (simplified, traditional), Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish (Peter E, Serguei A. Mokhov, Karel Zak, Weiping He, Zhenbang Wei, Kovacs Zoltan)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Message translations in Chinese (simplified, traditional), Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish (Peter E, Serguei A. Mokhov, Karel Zak, Weiping He, Zhenbang Wei, Kovacs Zoltan)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make trim, ltrim, rtrim, btrim, lpad, rpad, translate multibyte aware (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Make trim, ltrim, rtrim, btrim, lpad, rpad, translate multibyte aware (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add LATIN5,6,7,8,9,10 support (Tatsuo)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add LATIN5,6,7,8,9,10 support (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
...@@ -2321,7 +2401,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para> ...@@ -2321,7 +2401,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
<listitem><para>Python fix fetchone() (Gerhard Haring)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Python fix fetchone() (Gerhard Haring)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use UTF, Unicode in Tcl where appropriate (Vsevolod Lobko, Reinhard Max)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Use UTF, Unicode in Tcl where appropriate (Vsevolod Lobko, Reinhard Max)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add Tcl COPY TO/FROM (ljb)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Add Tcl COPY TO/FROM (ljb)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent output of default index op class in <application/pg_dump/ (Tom)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Prevent output of default index op class in <application>pg_dump</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix libpgeasy memory leak (Bruce)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix libpgeasy memory leak (Bruce)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect3> </sect3>
...@@ -4745,7 +4825,7 @@ Support SQL92 syntax for type coercion of literal strings ...@@ -4745,7 +4825,7 @@ Support SQL92 syntax for type coercion of literal strings
Add conversions for int2, int4, and OID types to and from text(Thomas) Add conversions for int2, int4, and OID types to and from text(Thomas)
Use shared lock when building indexes(Vadim) Use shared lock when building indexes(Vadim)
Free memory allocated for an user query inside transaction block after Free memory allocated for an user query inside transaction block after
this query is done, was turned off in <= 6.2.1(Vadim) this query is done, was turned off in &lt;= 6.2.1(Vadim)
New SQL statement CREATE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE(Jan) New SQL statement CREATE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE(Jan)
New <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> Procedural Language (PL) backend interface(Jan) New <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> Procedural Language (PL) backend interface(Jan)
Rename pg_dump -H option to -h(Bruce) Rename pg_dump -H option to -h(Bruce)
...@@ -5035,7 +5115,7 @@ Check explicitly for points and polygons contained within polygons ...@@ -5035,7 +5115,7 @@ Check explicitly for points and polygons contained within polygons
Add routine to convert circle-box(Thomas) Add routine to convert circle-box(Thomas)
Merge conflicting operators for different geometric data types(Thomas) Merge conflicting operators for different geometric data types(Thomas)
Replace distance operator "<===>" with "<->"(Thomas) Replace distance operator "<===>" with "<->"(Thomas)
Replace "above" operator "!^" with ">^" and "below" operator "!|" with "<^"(Thomas) Replace "above" operator "!^" with "&gt;^" and "below" operator "!|" with "&lt;^"(Thomas)
Add routines for text trimming on both ends, substring, and string position(Thomas) Add routines for text trimming on both ends, substring, and string position(Thomas)
Added conversion routines circle(box) and poly(circle)(Thomas) Added conversion routines circle(box) and poly(circle)(Thomas)
Allow internal sorts to be stored in memory rather than in files(Bruce & Vadim) Allow internal sorts to be stored in memory rather than in files(Bruce & Vadim)
...@@ -5220,7 +5300,7 @@ allow btree indexes to handle NULLs(Vadim) ...@@ -5220,7 +5300,7 @@ allow btree indexes to handle NULLs(Vadim)
timezone fixes(D'Arcy) timezone fixes(D'Arcy)
select SUM(x) can return NULL on no rows(Thomas) select SUM(x) can return NULL on no rows(Thomas)
internal optimizer, executor bug fixes(Vadim) internal optimizer, executor bug fixes(Vadim)
fix problem where inner loop in < or <= has no rows(Vadim) fix problem where inner loop in &lt; or &lt;= has no rows(Vadim)
prevent re-commuting join index clauses(Vadim) prevent re-commuting join index clauses(Vadim)
fix join clauses for multiple tables(Vadim) fix join clauses for multiple tables(Vadim)
fix hash, hashjoin for arrays(Vadim) fix hash, hashjoin for arrays(Vadim)
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