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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.613 2009/03/29 03:01:56 momjian Exp $ -->
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</para>
<para>
This change was made because some users wanted a constant log
filename, for use with an external log rotation tool.
This change was made because some users wanted a fixed filename,
for use with an external log rotation tool.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove explain_pretty_print <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
Remove <varname>explain_pretty_print</> <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
(no longer needed) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove log_restartpoints from <filename>recovery.conf</>;
instead use log_checkpoints (Simon Riggs)
Remove <varname>log_restartpoints</> from <filename>recovery.conf</>;
instead use <varname>log_checkpoints</> (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove support for the (insecure) crypt authentication method
Remove support for the (insecure) <literal>crypt</> authentication method
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
This breaks compatibility with pre-7.2 versions.
This breaks compatibility with pre-<productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.2 versions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove krb_realm and krb_server_hostname, now
Remove <varname>krb_realm</> and <varname>krb_server_hostname</>, now
<filename>pg_hba.conf</>-only settings (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove ipcclean utility command (Bruce)
Remove <application>ipcclean</> utility command (Bruce)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
<filename>pg_hba.conf</> also has extensive changes related to
migration. bjm: add markup
The <filename>pg_hba.conf</> section below also has extensive
changes related to migration.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
This was already the float8 behavior.
This was already the <type>float8</> behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -312,15 +312,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
The changed behavior is more <acronym>IEEE</>-standards
compliant.
The changed behavior is more <acronym>IEEE</>-standards
compliant.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Throw an error if an escape character is the last character in
a <literal>LIKE</> pattern (it has nothing to escape) (Tom)
a <literal>LIKE</> pattern (there is nothing to escape) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
(<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations (Brendan
Jurd)
</para>
<para>
For example, input value <literal>ad</> now matches the format
string <literal>AD</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
......@@ -365,29 +370,31 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
For example, input value <literal>AD</> does not match format
string <literal>A.D.</>.
For example, input value <literal>AD</> now does not match
format string <literal>A.D.</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
DateStyle no longer controls interval output (use new variable
IntervalStyle)
<varname>DateStyle</> no longer controls <type>INTERVAL</>
output (use new variable <varname>IntervalStyle</>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove ~=~ and ~&lt;&gt;~ operators used for <literal>LIKE</>
index comparisons (Tom) bjm: needed?
Remove <literal>~=~</> and <literal>~&lt;&gt;~</> operators
used for <literal>LIKE</> index comparisons (Tom) bjm: needed,
pg_upgrade impact?
</para>
<para>
A not-immediately-obvious incompatibility is that the sort
order within bpchar_pattern_ops indexes changes --- it had been
identical to plain strcmp, but is now trailing-blank-insensitive.
This will impact in-place upgrades, if those ever happen.
order within <literal>bpchar_pattern_ops</> indexes changes
--- it had been identical to plain <function>strcmp()</>, but
is now trailing-blank-insensitive. This will impact in-place
upgrades, if those ever happen.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -493,25 +500,27 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Increase the default value of default_statistics_target from
10 to 100 (Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom)
Increase the default value of <varname>default_statistics_target</>
from <literal>10</> to <literal>100</> (Greg Sabino Mullane,
Tom)
</para>
<para>
The maximum value was also increased from 1000 to 10000.
The maximum value was also increased from <literal>1000</> to
<literal>10000</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Modify 'constraint_exclusion' to check for partitioned tables
by default when inheritance or <literal>UNION ALL</> is used
(Tom)
Modify <varname>constraint_exclusion</> to check for partitioned
tables by default when inheritance or <literal>UNION ALL</> is
used (Tom)
</para>
<para>
A new constraint_exclusion setting, <literal>partition</>, was
added to match this behavior.
A new <varname>constraint_exclusion</> setting,
<literal>partition</>, was added to match this behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
The amount of read-ahead is controlled by effective_io_concurrency.
This requires <function>posix_fadvise()</> support in the
kernel.
The amount of read-ahead is controlled by
<varname>effective_io_concurrency</>. This requires
<function>posix_fadvise()</> support in the kernel.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting cursor_tuple_fraction
to control the fraction of a cursor's rows expected to be
requested by the user (Robert Hell)
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
<varname>cursor_tuple_fraction</> to control the fraction of
a cursor's rows expected to be requested by the user (Robert
Hell)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to safely terminate a
backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal also works) (Tom, Bruce)
backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal works also) (Tom, Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and
runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable 'track_functions'
(Martin Pihlak)
runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable
<varname>track_functions</> (Martin Pihlak)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -635,7 +645,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<para>
Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</>
query string size via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable
track_activity_query_size (Thomas Lee)
<varname>track_activity_query_size</> (Thomas Lee)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables segment_size,
wal_block_size, and wal_segment_size (Bernd Helmle)
Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables <varname>segment_size</>,
<varname>wal_block_size</>, and <varname>wal_segment_size</> (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory
<filename>pg_stat_tmp</> and allow its location to be specified
via stats_temp_directory (Magnus)
via <varname>stats_temp_directory</> (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -725,14 +735,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Previously this was only supported for ident authentication.
Previously this was only supported for <literal>ident</>
authentication.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <literal>ident</> authentication over Unix-domain sockets
on Solaris (Garick Hamlin)
on <productname>Solaris</> (Garick Hamlin)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -805,7 +816,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Report appropriate error message for combination of <literal>MD5</>
authentication and db_user_namespace enabled (Bruce)
authentication and <varname>db_user_namespace</> enabled (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -818,8 +829,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow Kerberos/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters to be changed
without restarting the postmaster (Magnus)
Allow <productname>Kerberos</>/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters
to be changed without restarting the postmaster (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1088,12 +1099,12 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Have <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS</> rewrite the table
to remove oid values (Tom)
to remove <type>OID</> values (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Also, add <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITH OIDS</> to rewrite the
table to add oids.
table to add <type>OID</>s.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1205,7 +1216,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Refactor multi-object <command>DROP</> operations so conflicting
dependencies don't generate an error (Alex Hunsaker)
dependencies do not generate an error (Alex Hunsaker)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1242,7 +1253,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW</> to add columns to the
<emphasis>end</> of the view (Robert Haas)
<emphasis>end</> of a view (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1261,15 +1272,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> had output an internal
Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> output an internal
representation of the query plan. (That behavior is now
available via debug_print_plan.)
available via <varname>debug_print_plan</>.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor debug_print_plan (Tom)
Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor <varname>debug_print_plan</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Indexes</title>
<title>General Indexes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing <acronym>GIN</>
weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom)
Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be
used for simple equality comparisons (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Full Text Indexes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove the requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing
<acronym>GIN</> weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom)
</para>
<para>
The normal <literal>@@</> text search operator can be used
instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text
Add an optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text
search operations (Jan Urbanski)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be
used for simple equality comparisons (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
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<para>
This allows the recording of all free space discovered by vacuum
in *.fsm files, rather than having to limit recording to a
fixed-sized shared memory area; max_fsm_pages and max_fsm_relations
in <filename>*.fsm</> files, rather than having to limit
recording to a fixed-sized shared memory area;
<varname>max_fsm_pages</> and <varname>max_fsm_relations</>
settings have been removed.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1398,9 +1423,10 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add vacuum_freeze_table_age to <filename>postgresql.conf</> to
control when <command>VACUUM</> should ignore the visibility
map and do a full table scan to set frozen xids (Heikki)
Add <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> to
<filename>postgresql.conf</> to control when <command>VACUUM</>
should ignore the visibility map and do a full table scan to
set frozen xids (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1505,15 +1531,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>. (Years
Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>; years
<literal>0</> and <literal>00</> are assumed to be the year
2000.)
2000.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid timezone
Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid time zone
abbreviation (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1538,8 +1564,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<para>
Formerly the precision had to be specified after the keyword
<type>INTERVAL</> (the old syntax is still supported). Data
type definitions will now be output using the new format.
<type>INTERVAL</> (this syntax is still supported). Data type
definitions will now be output using the new format.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable IntervalStyle which
controls how interval values are output (Ron Mayer)
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable <varname>IntervalStyle</>
which controls how <type>INTERVAL</> values are output (Ron Mayer)
</para>
<para>
Valid value are: <literal>postgres</>, <literal>postgres_verbose</>,
<literal>sql_standard</>, <literal>iso_8601</>. This also
controls handling of negative <type>INTERVAL</> input when only
controls the handling of negative <type>INTERVAL</> input when only
some fields have positive/negative designations.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Made interval seconds rounding more consistent across output
formats (Ron Mayer)
Make <type>INTERVAL</> seconds rounding more consistent across
output formats (Ron Mayer)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1587,14 +1613,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<para>
This allows <literal>NULL</> <type>ARRAY</> entries as long as
it is properly cast
they are properly cast.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make the <acronym>SQL</> <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional to
match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter)
Make <acronym>SQL</>-syntax <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional
to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1669,14 +1695,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Document that <function>setseed()</> allows values from
<literal>-1</> to <literal>1</> (not <literal>0</> to
<literal>-1</> to <literal>1</> (not just <literal>0</> to
<literal>1</>), and enforce the valid range (Kris Jurka)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add server side <function>lo_import(filename, oid)</> function
Add server side function <function>lo_import(filename, oid)</>
(Tatsuo)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1749,7 +1775,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to handle free space
map (*.fsm) files (Heikki)
map (<filename>*.fsm</>) files (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1850,8 +1876,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Only trailing arguments can be of variable length, and they
all must be of the same data type.
Only trailing arguments can be optional, and they all must be
of the same data type.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1891,27 +1917,27 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL to loop over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</>
Allow looping over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</>
loop (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel
Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> (Pavel
Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the PL/pgSQL <literal>RAISE</> command (Pavel Stehule)
Improve the <literal>RAISE</> command: (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1945,7 +1971,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes
Allow specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes
in <literal>EXCEPTION</> lists (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
......@@ -1956,21 +1982,20 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Support <literal>CASE</> statement in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule)
Support the <literal>CASE</> statement (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add PL/PgSQL <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</>
support for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</>
statement (Pavel Stehule)
Add <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> support
for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</> statement (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add PL/pgSQL translation (Alvaro)
Add message translation support (Alvaro)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1984,50 +2009,49 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Remove psql startup banner; now just suggest <literal>help</>
Remove startup banner; now just suggest <literal>help</>
(Joshua Drake)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg
Have <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg
Sabino Mullane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output
to screen width, or
file/pipe output too if <literal>\pset columns</> is set (Bryce
Nesbitt)
Add <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output to the
screen width, or file/pipe output too if <literal>\pset columns</>
is set (Bryce Nesbitt)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use the psql pager for wide output (Bruce)
Use the pager for wide output (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require a space between a psql backslash command and the first
Require a space between a backslash command and the first
argument (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Display access control rights on multiple lines in psql (Brendan
Display access control rights on multiple lines (Brendan
Jurd, Andreas Scherbaum)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve psql tab completion support for schema qualified and
Improve tab completion support for schema qualified and
quoted identifiers (Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2041,32 +2065,32 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> argument to psql
Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> arguments for
<command>\timing</> (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan)
Have <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions
Have <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions
allow (Andrew Gilligan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add psql <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions
Add the <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions
(Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
<para>
<command>\ef</> without a function names creates an empty
<command>\ef</> without a function name creates an empty
function template for editing.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Have psql <command>\d</> display references to this table as
a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza)
Have <command>\d</> show cases where this table is referenced
as a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have psql <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns
Have <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns
(Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add column storage type and other relation options to psql
Add column storage type and other relation options to the
<command>\d+</> display (Gregory Stark, Euler Taveira de
Oliveira)
</para>
......@@ -2103,49 +2127,49 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Show relation size in psql <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S.
Show relation size in <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S.
Guedes)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have all psql <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only
Have all <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only
if <literal>S</> is specified (Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
<para>
psql <command>\dt</> already behaved this way.
<command>\dt</> already behaved this way. bjm: accuate?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make psql <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in
Make <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in
their display of system tables (Bruce)
</para>
<para>
Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show pg_class while
<literal>\dt pg_class</> would not.
Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show <literal>pg_class</>
while <literal>\dt pg_class</> would not.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show enumerated values in psql's <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter)
Show enumerated values in <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow psql <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom)
Allow <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow psql <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of
Allow <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</> back to 7.4 (Guillaume Lelarge)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to
Add a <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to
<application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</>/<application>pg_restore</>
so dumps can be restored to clusters that have non-matching
tablespace layouts (Gavin Roy)
......@@ -2174,7 +2198,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Use of the options does not throw an error, but it has no
Use of this option does not throw an error, but it has no
effect. This option was removed because the version checks
are considered necessary.
</para>
......@@ -2194,22 +2218,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
<para>
Allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire shared lock within
the specified amount of time.
This allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire a shared lock
within the specified amount of time.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Reorder <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--data-only</> output
to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys are dumped
before the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom)
to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys before
the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This allows data loads when foreign keys are already present.
If circular references make this impossible, issue a
<literal>NOTICE</>.
If circular references make this impossible, a <literal>NOTICE</>
is issued.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2223,8 +2247,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow pg_restore of a custom format archive to use multiple
concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew)
Allow <application>pg_restore</> of a custom format archive to
use multiple concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2236,7 +2260,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add new <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--binary-upgrade</>
flag to be used by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce)
option for use by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2286,13 +2310,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the <type>OID</> to be specified when importing large
objects using libpq <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo)
objects using <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add events support to libpq (Andrew Chernow, Merlin Moncure)
Add events support (Andrew Chernow, Merlin Moncure)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2303,14 +2327,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Improve libpq error handling to allow the return of multiple
Improve error handling to allow the return of multiple
error messages as multi-line error reports (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have libpq <function>PQexecParams()</> return
Have <function>PQexecParams()</> return
<varname>PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY</> for an empty query (Tom)
</para>
......@@ -2321,8 +2345,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Document how to avoid the libpq overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</>
overhead on Windows (Andrew Chernow)
Document how to avoid the overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</>
on Windows (Andrew Chernow)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2336,30 +2360,30 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Fix libpq certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections
Fix certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
libpq now verifies both the certificate and the name of the
server by default when making <acronym>SSL</> connections. If
a root certificate is not available to use for verification,
<acronym>SSL</> connections will fail. The <literal>sslverify</>
parameter can be used to disable the host and certificate
verification if required.
<application>libpq</> now verifies both the certificate and
the name of the server by default when making <acronym>SSL</>
connections. If a root certificate is not available to use for
verification, <acronym>SSL</> connections will fail. The
<literal>sslverify</> parameter can be used to disable the host
and certificate verification if required.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the file locations for libpq <acronym>SSL</> certificates
Allow the file locations for client <acronym>SSL</> certificates
to be specified (Mark Woodward, Alvaro, Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add libpq connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control
Add connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control
the verification of the server's <acronym>SSL</> certificate
(Magnus)
</para>
......@@ -2391,7 +2415,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add localization support for ecpg messages (Euler Taveira de
Add localization support for messages (Euler Taveira de
Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2417,7 +2441,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <acronym>SPI</> support for single-use plans with out-of-line
Add support for single-use plans with out-of-line
parameters (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
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