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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.416 2006/01/05 15:19:05 momjian Exp $ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.417 2006/01/06 02:59:57 tgl Exp $
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...@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PostgreSQL <productname> ...@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PostgreSQL <productname>
pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application> pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
[A-Z][A-Z] <type>, <envar>, <literal> [A-Z][A-Z] <type>, <envar>, <literal>
&<> use & &<> use &
non-ascii convert to & escapes non-ascii convert to & escapes
For new features, add links to the documentation sections. For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
...@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. ...@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<para> <para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
However, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
...@@ -44,37 +47,56 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. ...@@ -44,37 +47,56 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued <listitem><para>Fix Windows code so that postmaster will continue rather
outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem> than exit if there is no more room in ShmemBackendArray (Magnus)</para>
<para>The previous behavior could lead to a denial-of-service situation if too
<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider many connection requests arrive close together. This applies
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. <emphasis>only</> to the Windows port.</para></listitem>
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix bug introduced in 8.0 that could allow ReadBuffer
to return an already-used page as new, potentially causing loss of
recently-committed data (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation <listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation
directories (Tom)</para> <para>Previous releases supported relocation directories (Tom)</para>
only if all directories were the same except the last <para>Previous releases supported relocation only if all installation
component.</para></listitem> directory paths were the same except for the last component.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent crashed caused by the use of <listitem><para>Prevent crashes caused by the use of
<literal>ISO-8859-5</> and <literal>ISO-8859-9</> encodings <literal>ISO-8859-5</> and <literal>ISO-8859-9</> encodings
(Tatsuo)</para></listitem> (Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in strpos() and regular expression handling in <listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo) handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug where COPY CSV mode considered any <listitem><para>Fix bug where COPY CSV mode considered any
<literal>\.</> to terminate the copy data</para> <para>The new code <literal>\.</> to terminate the copy data</para> <para>The new code
requires <literal>\.</> to appear alone on a line, as previously requires <literal>\.</> to appear alone on a line, as per
documented.</para></listitem> documentation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Have COPY output a literal data value of <literal>\.</> <listitem><para>Make COPY CSV mode quote a literal data value of
in double-quotes to prevent it from being interpreted as the end-of-data <literal>\.</> to ensure it cannot be interpreted as the
marker (Bruce)</para></listitem> end-of-data marker (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various fixes for queries returning <literal>RECORD</>s <listitem><para>Various fixes for functions returning <literal>RECORD</>s
(Tom) </para></listitem> (Tom) </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix processing of <filename>postgresql.conf</> so a <listitem><para>Fix processing of <filename>postgresql.conf</> so a
...@@ -82,19 +104,16 @@ final line with no newline is processed properly (Tom) ...@@ -82,19 +104,16 @@ final line with no newline is processed properly (Tom)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt, <listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
which caused it not to use all available salt space for md5 and which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
xdes algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para> XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<para>Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected</para></listitem> <para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix autovacuum crash when processing expression indexes <listitem><para>Fix autovacuum crash when processing expression indexes
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error <listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem> what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
...@@ -2332,6 +2351,9 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1 ...@@ -2332,6 +2351,9 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.3, see the release if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.3, see the release
notes for 8.0.3. notes for 8.0.3.
Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
...@@ -2340,34 +2362,53 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1 ...@@ -2340,34 +2362,53 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued <listitem><para>Fix Windows code so that postmaster will continue rather
outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem> than exit if there is no more room in ShmemBackendArray (Magnus)</para>
<para>The previous behavior could lead to a denial-of-service situation if too
<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider many connection requests arrive close together. This applies
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. <emphasis>only</> to the Windows port.</para></listitem>
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Fix bug introduced in 8.0 that could allow ReadBuffer
to return an already-used page as new, potentially causing loss of
recently-committed data (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation <listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation
directories (Tom)</para> <para>Previous releases supported relocation directories (Tom)</para>
only if all directories were the same except the last <para>Previous releases supported relocation only if all installation
componient.</para></listitem> directory paths were the same except for the last component.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo) <listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various fixes for queries returning <literal>RECORD</>s <listitem><para>Various fixes for functions returning <literal>RECORD</>s
(Tom) </para></listitem> (Tom) </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall <listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem> which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error <para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems <listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem> rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
...@@ -5254,6 +5295,9 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> ...@@ -5254,6 +5295,9 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release
notes for 7.4.8. notes for 7.4.8.
Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
...@@ -5262,26 +5306,35 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> ...@@ -5262,26 +5306,35 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued <listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem> outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider <listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in <para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem> textual columns.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo) <listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall <listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem> which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error <para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems <listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem> rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
...@@ -7990,6 +8043,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; ...@@ -7990,6 +8043,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
notes for 7.3.10. notes for 7.3.10.
Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
<application>plperl</> issues described below.
</para> </para>
</sect2> </sect2>
...@@ -7998,23 +8054,32 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; ...@@ -7998,23 +8054,32 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider <listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g. different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in <para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem> textual columns.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo) <listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall <listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem> which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error <para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems <listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem> rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
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