From 2804442da64ca02a5f7cae571392c273255d27ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:47:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor incremental improvements to the release notes. --- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 118bf20a0a..623867cf24 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.453 2006/09/22 18:09:40 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.454 2006/09/24 18:47:56 neilc Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> - New FILLFACTOR support for tables and indexes + New <literal>FILLFACTOR</literal> support for tables and indexes </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Many query optimization improvements + Many query optimization improvements, including support for + reordering outer joins </para> </listitem> @@ -94,8 +95,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> - Query enhancements including RETURNING values, multi-VALUES, - support, and self-joins for DELETE + Query enhancements including <literal>RETURNING</literal> + values, multi-<literal>VALUES</literal>, support, and + self-joins for <command>DELETE</command> </para> </listitem> @@ -107,13 +109,15 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> - Index creation without blocking INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE + Index creation without blocking concurrent + <command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</> + commands </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - COPY TO support for SELECT statements + <command>COPY TO</command> support for <command>SELECT</command> statements </para> </listitem> @@ -697,14 +701,14 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> Improve performance of statistics monitoring, especially - <literal>stats_command_string</> (Tom, Bruce) + <varname>stats_command_string</> (Tom, Bruce) </para> <para> - This release sets <varname>stats_command_string</> to - <literal>on</> by default, now that its overhead is minimal. - This means <literal>pg_stat_activity</> now will show all - active queries by default. + This release enables <varname>stats_command_string</> by + default, now that its overhead is minimal. This means + <literal>pg_stat_activity</> will now show all active queries + by default. </para> </listitem> @@ -1116,10 +1120,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. </para> <para> - This allow inheritance to be added and removed dynamically, - rather than just at table creation and destruction. This - is very valuable for table partitioning using constraint - exclusion. + This allow inheritance to be adjusted dynamically, rather than + just at table creation and destruction. This is very valuable + for table partitioning using constraint exclusion. </para> </listitem> @@ -1306,8 +1309,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> - Interval computation improvements (Michael Glaesemann, - Bruce) + Interval computation improvements (Michael Glaesemann, Bruce) </para> </listitem> @@ -1390,7 +1392,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <listitem> <para> - Properly enforce <literal>DOMAIN</> check constraints + Properly enforce domain <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints everywhere (Neil, Tom) </para> @@ -1893,7 +1895,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. </para> <para> - Rtree has been re-implemented using <acronym>GIST</>. + Rtree has been re-implemented using <acronym>GIST</>. Among + other differences, this means that rtree indexes now have + support for crash recovery via write-ahead logging (WAL). </para> </listitem> -- 2.24.1