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Add links to documentation sections in 9.0 release notes. 

Also update tagging instructions, and add id tags to a few documentation
sections.
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<refsect2 id="APP-PSQL-meta-commands">
<title>Meta-Commands</title>
<para>
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doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml
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<sect1 id="release-9-0">
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<listitem>
<para>
Fix <literal>SIMILAR TO</> to match the SQL standard-specified behavior
by processing <literal>?</> and <literal>{}</> the same way they are
processed in regular expressions (Tom)
Fix <link linkend="functions-similarto-regexp"><literal>SIMILAR
TO</></link> to match the SQL standard-specified behavior
by processing <literal>?</> and <literal>{}</> the same way
they are processed in regular expressions (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -178,10 +179,11 @@
</para>
<para>
This behavior can be changed via the server variable
<varname>plpgsql.variable_conflict</>, or by the per-function option
<literal>#variable_conflict</>. The former behavior was to bind to
variable names over column names.
This behavior can be changed via the server variable <link
linkend="plpgsql-var-subst"><varname>plpgsql.variable_conflict</></link>,
or by the per-function option <literal>#variable_conflict</>.
The former behavior was to bind to variable names over
column names.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -191,8 +193,10 @@
</para>
<para>
Instead, use <literal>ALIAS</>, which can now alias any variable,
not just dollar sign variables, e.g. <literal>$1</>.
Instead, use <link
linkend="plpgsql-declaration-parameters"><literal>ALIAS</></link>,
which can now alias any variable, not just dollar sign
variables, e.g. <literal>$1</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -229,32 +233,35 @@
<para>
This feature is called Hot Standby. There are new
<filename>postgresql.conf</> and <filename>recovery.conf</> settings
to enable this feature, as well as extensive documentation.
<filename>postgresql.conf</> and <filename>recovery.conf</>
settings to enable this feature, as well as extensive
<link linkend="hot-standby">documentation</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow continuous archive (<acronym>WAL</>) files to be streamed to a
standby system (Fujii Masao, Heikki)
standby system (Fujii Masao, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
Previously <acronym>WAL</> files could be sent to standby systems only
as 16 megabytes files; this allows master changes to be sent to the
slave with very little delay. There are new <filename>postgresql.conf</>
and <filename>recovery.conf</> settings to enable this feature, as
well as extensive documentation.
and <filename>recovery.conf</> settings to enable this
feature, as well as extensive <link
linkend="streaming-replication">documentation</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</> and
<function>pg_last_xlog_replay_location()</>, which can be used to
monitor standby server <acronym>WAL</> activity (Fujii Masao,
Heikki)
Add <link
linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</></link>
and <function>pg_last_xlog_replay_location()</>, which
can be used to monitor standby server <acronym>WAL</>
activity (Fujii Masao, Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -339,10 +346,11 @@
</para>
<para>
While the Genetic Query Optimizer (GEQO) still selects random plans,
it now selects the same random plans for identical queries. You
can modify <varname>geqo_seed</> to randomize the starting value
of the random plan generator.
While the Genetic Query Optimizer (GEQO) still selects
random plans, it now selects the same random plans for
identical queries. You can modify <xref
linkend="guc-geqo-seed"> to
randomize the starting value of the random plan generator.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -384,7 +392,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Improve optimizer statistics for greater/less-than comparisons
(Tom)
(Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -419,17 +427,19 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for <acronym>RADIUS</> (Remote Authentication Dial In
User Service) authentication (Magnus)
Add support for <link
linkend="auth-radius"><acronym>RADIUS</></link> (Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service) authentication
(Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <acronym>LDAP</> (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
authentication to operate in "search/bind" mode (Robert Fleming,
Magnus)
Allow <link linkend="auth-ldap"><acronym>LDAP</></link>
(Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) authentication
to operate in "search/bind" mode (Robert Fleming, Magnus)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -440,7 +450,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <literal>samehost</> and <literal>samenet</> designations to
Add <link
linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><literal>samehost</></link>
and <literal>samenet</> designations to
<filename>pg_hba.conf</> (Stef Walter)
</para>
......@@ -460,14 +472,17 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability for clients to set an application name, which is
displayed in <structname>pg_stat_activity</> (Dave Page)
Add the ability for clients to set an <link
linkend="libpq-connect-application-name">application
name</link>, which is displayed in
<structname>pg_stat_activity</> (Dave Page)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add an SQL state option (<literal>%e</>) to <varname>log_line_prefix</>
Add an SQL state option (<literal>%e</>) to <link
linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"><varname>log_line_prefix</></link>
(Guillaume Smet)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -489,17 +504,20 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>pg_stat_reset_shared('bgwriter')</> to reset the
cluster-wide shared statistics of the bgwriter (Greg Smith)
Add <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-funcs-table"><function>pg_stat_reset_shared('bgwriter')</></link>
to reset the cluster-wide shared statistics of the
bgwriter (Greg Smith)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters()</> and
<function>pg_stat_reset_single_function_counters()</> to allow the
reseting of statistics counters for individual tables and indexes
(Magnus)
Add <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-funcs-table"><function>pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters()</></link>
and <function>pg_stat_reset_single_function_counters()</>
to allow the reseting of statistics counters for individual
tables and indexes (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow setting of configuration variables based on database/role
Allow setting of configuration variables based on <link
linkend="sql-alterrole-title">database/role</link>
combinations (Alvaro)
</para>
......@@ -528,9 +547,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add boolean variable <varname>bonjour</>, which controls whether
a Bonjour-enabled binary advertises itself via <productname>Bonjour</>
(Tom)
Add boolean variable <link
linkend="guc-bonjour"><varname>bonjour</></link>, which
controls whether a Bonjour-enabled binary advertises
itself via <productname>Bonjour</> (Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -580,7 +600,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Increase the supported frame options in window functions (Hitoshi
Increase the supported frame options in <link
linkend="SQL-WINDOW">window functions</link> (Hitoshi
Harada)
</para>
......@@ -591,6 +612,17 @@
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <command>SELECT</> and <command>CREATE TABLE AS</> return
row counts to the client
(Boszormenyi Zoltan)
</para>
<para>
<application>psql</> does not display these counts.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
......@@ -600,18 +632,21 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add Unicode surrogate pair (dual 16-bit) support to <literal>U&amp;</>
Add Unicode surrogate pair (dual 16-bit) support to
<link
linkend="sql-syntax-strings-uescape"><literal>U&amp;</></link>
strings and identifiers (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow Unicode escapes in <literal>E'...'</> strings (Marko Kreen)
Allow Unicode escapes in <link
linkend="sql-syntax-strings-escape"><literal>E'...'</></link>
strings (Marko Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
......@@ -667,8 +702,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <command>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</> command to control privileges of
all newly-created objects (Petr Jelinek)
Add <link linkend="SQL-ALTERDEFAULTPRIVILEGES"><command>ALTER
DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</></link> command to control privileges
of all newly-created objects (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -702,7 +738,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><command>CREATE TABLE</></title>
<title><link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TABLE</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -733,18 +769,6 @@
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <command>SELECT</> and <command>CREATE TABLE AS</> return
row counts to the client
(Boszormenyi Zoltan)
</para>
<para>
<application>psql</> does not display these counts.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
......@@ -802,9 +826,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability to make mass permission changes per schema using
the new <command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE IN SCHEMA</> clause
(Petr Jelinek)
Add the ability to make mass permission changes per
schema using the new <link
linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</></link>/<command>REVOKE
IN SCHEMA</> clause (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -839,8 +864,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>NOTIFY</> to pass an optional string to listeners
(Joachim Wieland)
Allow <link linkend="SQL-NOTIFY"><command>NOTIFY</></link>
to pass an optional string to listeners (Joachim Wieland)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -857,7 +882,7 @@
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title><command>COPY</></title>
<title><link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -888,7 +913,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><command>EXPLAIN</></title>
<title><link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -934,7 +959,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><command>VACUUM</></title>
<title><link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -972,13 +997,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow an index to be auto-named by not supplying an index name to
<command>CREATE INDEX</> (Tom)
<link linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX"><command>CREATE INDEX</></link> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>REINDEX</> on system indexes (Tom)
Allow <link linkend="SQL-REINDEX"><command>REINDEX</></link>
on system indexes (Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1019,11 +1045,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow hex values to be specified in <type>bytea</> strings (Peter)
Allow hex values to be specified in <link
linkend="datatype-binary"><type>bytea</></link> strings
(Peter)
</para>
<para>
The variable <varname>bytea_output</> controls if hex (default)
The variable <xref linkend="guc-bytea-output"> controls if hex (default)
or octal escapes are used for <type>bytea</> output. (SWITCH
DEFAULT FOR BETA? PETER) Libpq's <function>PQescapeByteaConn()</>
now uses the hex format for <productname>PostgreSQL</> 9.0 servers.
......@@ -1032,7 +1060,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <varname>extra_float_digits</> to be increased to <literal>3</>
Allow <xref linkend="guc-extra-float-digits"> to be increased to <literal>3</>
(Tom)
</para>
......@@ -1083,8 +1111,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow case-insensitive regular expression matching with <acronym>UTF-8</>
server encodings.
Allow case-insensitive <link
linkend="functions-posix-regexp">regular expression</link>
matching with <acronym>UTF-8</> server encodings.
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1110,16 +1139,20 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for <function>to_char()</> scientific notation output
(<literal>'EEEE'</>) (Pavel Stehule, Brendan Jurd)
Add support for <link
linkend="functions-formatting"><function>to_char()</></link>
scientific notation output (<link
linkend="functions-formatting-numeric-table"><literal>'EEEE'</></link>)
(Pavel Stehule, Brendan Jurd)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <function>to_char()</> honor <literal>'FM'</> (fill mode) in
<literal>'Y'</>, <literal>'YY'</>, and <literal>'YYY'</> specifications
(Bruce)
Have <function>to_char()</> honor <link
linkend="functions-formatting-datetimemod-table"><literal>'FM'</></link>
(fill mode) in <literal>'Y'</>, <literal>'YY'</>, and
<literal>'YYY'</> specifications (Bruce)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1155,8 +1188,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add the <function>string_agg()</> aggregate function which aggregates
values into a single string (Pavel Stehule)
Add the <link
linkend="functions-aggregate-table"><function>string_agg()</></link>
aggregate function which aggregates values into a single
string (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1187,16 +1222,20 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>get_bit()</> and <function>set_bit()</> functions
for <type>bit</> strings, mirroring those for <type>bytea</>
(Leonardo F)
Add <link
linkend="functions-binarystring-other"><function>get_bit()</></link>
and <function>set_bit()</> functions for <type>bit</>
strings, mirroring those for <type>bytea</> (Leonardo
F)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Implement <function>OVERLAY()</> (replace) for <type>bit</> strings
and <type>bytea</> (Leonardo F)
Implement <link
linkend="functions-string-sql"><function>OVERLAY()</></link>
(replace) for <type>bit</> strings and <type>bytea</>
(Leonardo F)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1210,23 +1249,26 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>pg_table_size()</> and <function>pg_indexes_size()</>
to provide a more user-friendly interface to the
<function>pg_relation_size()</> function (Bernd Helmle)
Add <link
linkend="functions-admin-dbsize"><function>pg_table_size()</></link>
and <function>pg_indexes_size()</> to provide a more
user-friendly interface to the <function>pg_relation_size()</>
function (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>has_sequence_privilege()</> for sequence permission
checking (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
Add <link
linkend="functions-info-access-table"><function>has_sequence_privilege()</></link>
for sequence permission checking (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have information schema properly display date type octet lengths
(Peter)
(Peter)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1251,8 +1293,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Implement anonymous functions using the <command>DO</> statement
(Petr Jelinek, Joshua Tolley, Hannu Valtonen)
Implement anonymous functions using the <link
linkend="SQL-DO"><command>DO</></link> statement (Petr
Jelinek, Joshua Tolley, Hannu Valtonen)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1263,7 +1306,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow SQL-compliant per-column triggers (Itagaki Takahiro)
Allow SQL-compliant <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER">per-column triggers</link>
(Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1275,8 +1320,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <literal>WHERE</> clause to <command>CREATE TRIGGER</> to
allow control over whether a trigger is fired (Takahiro Itagaki)
Add <literal>WHERE</> clause to <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><command>CREATE TRIGGER</></link>
to allow control over whether a trigger is fired (Takahiro
Itagaki)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1298,8 +1345,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add the <literal>OR REPLACE</> clause to <command>CREATE
LANGUAGE</> (Tom)
Add the <literal>OR REPLACE</> clause to <link
linkend="SQL-CREATELANGUAGE"><command>CREATE LANGUAGE</></link>
(Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1312,7 +1360,8 @@
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title>PL/PgSQL Server-Side Language</title>
<title><link linkend="plpgsql">PL/PgSQL</link> Server-Side
Language</title>
<itemizedlist>
......@@ -1352,7 +1401,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title>PL/pgSQL Cursors</title>
<title><link linkend="plpgsql-cursors">PL/pgSQL Cursors</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1385,7 +1434,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title>PL/Perl Server-Side Language</title>
<title><link linkend="plperl">PL/Perl</link> Server-Side Language</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1400,12 +1449,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add server variable <varname>plperl.on_init</> to specify a PL/Perl
Add server variable <xref linkend="guc-plperl-on-init"> to specify a PL/Perl
Perl initialization function (Tim Bunce)
</para>
<para>
<varname>plperl.on_plperl_init</> and <varname>plperl.on_plperlu_init</>
<xref linkend="guc-plperl-on-plperl-init"> and <varname>plperl.on_plperlu_init</>
are also available for trusted/untrusted-specific initialization.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1486,7 +1535,7 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title>PL/Python Server-Side Language</title>
<title><link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> Server-Side Language</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1531,7 +1580,8 @@
</para>
<para>
The new server-side language is called <literal>plpython3u</>.
The new server-side language is called <link
linkend="plpython-python23"><literal>plpython3u</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1553,21 +1603,22 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <command>vacuumdb</> <option>--analyze-only</> option to only
analyze (Bruce)
Add <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><command>vacuumdb</></link>
<option>--analyze-only</> option to only analyze (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title><application>psql</></title>
<title><link linkend="APP-PSQL"><application>psql</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly escape <application>psql</> variables and identifiers
(Pavel Stehule, Robert Haas)
Properly escape <application>psql</> <link
linkend="APP-PSQL-variables">variables</link> and
identifiers (Pavel Stehule, Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1638,7 +1689,9 @@
</sect5>
<sect5>
<title><application>psql</> <command>\d</> Commands</title>
<title><application>psql</> <link
linkend="APP-PSQL-meta-commands"><command>\d</></link>
Commands</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1676,12 +1729,13 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><application>pg_dump</></title>
<title><link linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_restore</> <option>--clean</>
Have <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_restore</>
<link linkend="pg-dump-options"><option>--clean</></link>
also remove large objects (Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1707,9 +1761,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Have <application>pg_dump</> <option>--verbose</> output the
<application>pg_dump</> and server versions in text output mode (Jim
Cox, Tom)
Have <application>pg_dump</> <link
linkend="pg-dump-options"><option>--verbose</></link>
output the <application>pg_dump</> and server versions
in text output mode (Jim Cox, Tom)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1722,7 +1777,8 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><application>pg_ctl</></title>
<title><link
linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
......@@ -1756,15 +1812,17 @@
<title><application>Development Tools</></title>
<sect4>
<title><application>libpq</></title>
<title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new <application>libpq</> functions
<function>PQconnectdbParams()</> and <function>PQconnectStartParams()</>
(Guillaume Lelarge)
<link
linkend="libpq-connect"><function>PQconnectdbParams()</></link>
and <function>PQconnectStartParams()</> (Guillaume
Lelarge)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1777,8 +1835,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>libpq</> functions <function>PQescapeLiteral()</> and
<function>PQescapeIdentifier()</> (Robert Haas)
Add <application>libpq</> functions <link
linkend="libpq-exec-escape-string"><function>PQescapeLiteral()</></link>
and <function>PQescapeIdentifier()</> (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1790,8 +1849,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add checking for a per-user service file (<filename>.pg_service.conf</>),
which is checked before the site-wide service file (Peter)
Add checking for a per-user service file (<link
linkend="libpq-pgservice"><filename>.pg_service.conf</></link>),
which is checked before the site-wide service file
(Peter)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1809,8 +1870,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Issue a warning if the <filename>.pgpass</>-retrieved password fails
(Bruce)
Issue a warning if the <link
linkend="libpq-pgpass"><filename>.pgpass</></link>-retrieved
password fails (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1819,27 +1881,30 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><application>ecpg</></title>
<title><link linkend="ecpg"><application>ecpg</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <acronym>SQLDA</> (SQL Descriptor Area) support to <application>ecpg</>
Add <link linkend="ecpg-descriptors"><acronym>SQLDA</></link>
(SQL Descriptor Area) support to <application>ecpg</>
(Boszormenyi Zoltan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the <command>DESCRIBE</> [<literal>OUTPUT</>] statement to
<application>ecpg</> (Boszormenyi Zoltan)
Add the <link linkend="ecpg-descriptors"><command>DESCRIBE</>
[<literal>OUTPUT</>]</link> statement to <application>ecpg</>
(Boszormenyi Zoltan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add an <application>ecpg</> function to return the current transaction
status (Bernd Helmle)
Add an <application>ecpg</> <link
linkend="ecpg-library">function</link> to return the
current transaction status (Bernd Helmle)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1918,7 +1983,8 @@
</para>
<para>
Thread-safe builds can be disabled with <application>configure</>
Thread-safe builds can be disabled with <link
linkend="configure"><application>configure</></link>
<option>--disable-thread-safety</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1930,12 +1996,14 @@
</para>
<para>
Now that <filename>/proc/self/oom_adj</> allows disabling of the
<productname>Linux</> out-of-memory (<acronym>OOM</>) killer for the
postmaster and its children, the new compile-time option
<literal>-DLINUX_OOM_ADJ=0</> allows the killer to be enabled for
<application>postmaster</> children. <application>pg_config</> shows if
this flag was used during compilation.
Now that <filename>/proc/self/oom_adj</> allows disabling
of the <productname>Linux</> out-of-memory (<acronym>OOM</>)
killer for the postmaster and its children, the new
compile-time option <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><literal>-DLINUX_OOM_ADJ=0</></link>
allows the killer to be enabled for <application>postmaster</>
children. <application>pg_config</> shows if this flag
was used during compilation.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -1954,8 +2022,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
New <filename>Makefile</> targets <literal>world</>,
<literal>install-world</>, and <literal>installcheck-world</> (Andrew)
New <filename>Makefile</> targets <link
linkend="build"><literal>world</></link>,
<literal>install-world</>, and <literal>installcheck-world</>
(Andrew)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -1968,8 +2038,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add data and documentation location control to <acronym>PGXS</>
Makefiles (Mark Cave-Ayland)
Add data and documentation location control to <link
linkend="xfunc-c-pgxs"><acronym>PGXS</></link> Makefiles
(Mark Cave-Ayland)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2018,8 +2089,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for compiling on 64-bit <productname>Windows</> and running
in 64-bit mode (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
Add support for compiling on <link
linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit
<productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit
mode (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2029,7 +2102,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow server builds using <productname>Visual Studio 2008</> (Magnus)
Allow server builds using <link
linkend="install-win32-full"><productname>Visual Studio
2008</></link> (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2142,6 +2217,13 @@
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a new <literal>ERRCODE_INVALID_PASSWORD</> <literal>SQLSTATE</> error
code (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly remove the few remaining personal source code copyright
......@@ -2154,13 +2236,6 @@
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a new <literal>ERRCODE_INVALID_PASSWORD</> <literal>SQLSTATE</> error
code (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
......@@ -2227,9 +2302,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>AggCheckCallContext()</> for use in detecting if a
<productname>C</> function is being called as an aggregate (Hitoshi
Harada)
Add <link
linkend="xaggr"><function>AggCheckCallContext()</></link>
for use in detecting if a <productname>C</> function is
being called as an aggregate (Hitoshi Harada)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2280,8 +2356,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for preservation of all <structname>relfilenodes</>, for
use during binary upgrades (Bruce)
Add support for preservation of all <link
linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>relfilenodes</></link>,
for use during binary upgrades (Bruce)
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -2320,8 +2397,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add multi-threaded option (<option>-j</>) to
<filename>/contrib/pgbench</> (Itagaki Takahiro)
Add multi-threaded option (<option>-j</>) to <link
linkend="pgbench"><filename>/contrib/pgbench</></link>
(Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2338,7 +2416,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
New features for <filename>/contrib/dict_xsyn</> (Sergey Karpov)
New features for <link
linkend="dict-xsyn"><filename>/contrib/dict_xsyn</></link>
(Sergey Karpov)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2349,7 +2429,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add full text dictionary <filename>/contrib/unaccent</> (Teodor)
Add full text dictionary <link
linkend="unaccent"><filename>/contrib/unaccent</></link>
(Teodor)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2359,8 +2441,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <function>dblink_get_notify()</> to <filename>/contrib/dblink</>
(Marcus Kempe)
Add <link
linkend="CONTRIB-DBLINK-GET-NOTIFY"><function>dblink_get_notify()</></link>
to <filename>/contrib/dblink</> (Marcus Kempe)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2370,9 +2453,11 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Greatly increase <filename>/contrib/hstore</>'s length limit and add
btree and hash abilities so <literal>GROUP BY</> and
<literal>DISTINCT</> operations are possible (Andrew Gierth)
Greatly increase <link
linkend="hstore"><filename>/contrib/hstore</></link>'s
length limit and add btree and hash abilities so <literal>GROUP
BY</> and <literal>DISTINCT</> operations are possible
(Andrew Gierth)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2382,8 +2467,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>/contrib/passwordcheck</> which can check the strength of
assigned passwords (Laurenz Albe)
Add <link
linkend="passwordcheck"><filename>/contrib/passwordcheck</></link>
which can check the strength of assigned passwords (Laurenz
Albe)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2394,22 +2481,28 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add query text to <filename>/contrib/auto_explain</> output (Andrew)
Add query text to <link
linkend="auto-explain"><filename>/contrib/auto_explain</></link>
output (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add buffer access counters to <filename>/contrib/pg_stat_statements</>
Add buffer access counters to <link
linkend="pgstatstatements"><filename>/contrib/pg_stat_statements</></link>
(Itagaki Takahiro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update <filename>/contrib/start-scripts/linux</> to use
<filename>/proc/self/oom_adj</> to disable the <productname>Linux</>
out-of-memory (<acronym>OOM</>) killer (Alex Hunsaker, Tom)
Update <link
linkend="server-start"><filename>/contrib/start-scripts/linux</></link>
to use <filename>/proc/self/oom_adj</> to disable the
<link linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><productname>Linux</>
out-of-memory</link> (<acronym>OOM</>) killer (Alex
Hunsaker, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
......
doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.636 2010/03/20 03:12:52 momjian Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.637 2010/03/21 00:43:40 momjian Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
......@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ Typical markup:
&<> use & escapes
PostgreSQL <productname>
postgresql.conf, pg_hba.conf <filename>
[A-Z][A-Z ]+[A-Z] <command>, <literal>
[A-Z][A-Z ]+[A-Z] <command>, <literal>, <envar>
[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]+() <function>
-[-A-Za-z_]+ <option>
[A-Za-z_]/[A-Za-z_]+ <filename>
psql <application>
pg_[A-Za-z0-9_]+ <application>, <structname>
[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z_ ]* <type>, <varname>, <envar>, <literal>
[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z_ ]* <type>, <varname>
non-ASCII characters convert to HTML4 entity (&) escapes
......
doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
View file @ 4748faa5
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.432 2010/03/13 11:00:19 petere Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.433 2010/03/21 00:43:40 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime">
<title>Server Setup and Operation</title>
......@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ default:\
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<sect2 id="linux-memory-overcommit">
<title>Linux Memory Overcommit</title>
<para>
......
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