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                               Release Notes
+                           7.4 Development Branch
+   Below is a subset of the changes that have gone into the development
+   branch of PostgreSQL since version 7.3. For a complete list of
+   changes, consult the CVS logs.
+     _________________________________________________________________
                                Release 7.3
-     Release date: 2002-11-??
+     Release date: 2002-11-27
     _________________________________________________________________
-Overview
+                                  Overview
   Major changes in this release:
   Schemas
-          Schemas allow users to create objects in their own namespace so
+          Schemas allow users to create objects in separate namespaces,
-          two people or applications can have tables with the same name.
+          so two people or applications can have tables with the same
-          There is also a public schema for shared tables. Table/index
+          name. There is also a public schema for shared tables.
-          creation can be restricted by removing permissions on the
+          Table/index creation can be restricted by removing permissions
-          public schema.
+          on the public schema.
   Drop Column
          PostgreSQL now supports the ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN
@@ -55,10 +62,13 @@ Overview
   Functions/Identifiers
          By default, functions can now take up to 32 parameters, and
-          identifiers can be up to 63 bytes long.
+          identifiers can be up to 63 bytes long. Also, OPAQUE is now
+          deprecated: there are specific "pseudo-datatypes" to represent
+          each of the former meanings of OPAQUE in function argument and
+          result types.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.3
+                          Migration to version 7.3
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release. If your application examines the
@@ -71,24 +81,29 @@ Migration to version 7.3
     * Pre-6.3 clients are no longer supported.
     * "pg_hba.conf" now has a column for the user name and additional
       features. Existing files need to be adjusted.
-     * Several "postgresql.conf" logging parameters have been renamed and
+     * Several "postgresql.conf" logging parameters have been renamed.
-       improved.
     * LIMIT #,# has been disabled; use LIMIT # OFFSET #.
-     * "INSERT" statements with column lists must specify all values;
+     * "INSERT" statements with column lists must specify a value for
-       e.g., INSERT INTO tab (col1, col2) VALUES ('val1') is now invalid.
+       each specified column. For example, INSERT INTO tab (col1, col2)
-     * An index is now not automatically created for serial columns.
+       VALUES ('val1') is now invalid. It's still allowed to supply fewer
+       columns than expected if the "INSERT" does not have a column list.
+     * serial columns are no longer automatically UNIQUE; thus, an index
+       will not automatically be created.
     * A "SET" command inside an aborted transaction is now rolled back.
     * "COPY" no longer considers missing trailing columns to be null.
-       All columns need to be specified.
+       All columns need to be specified. (However, one may achieve a
+       similar effect by specifying a column list in the "COPY" command.)
     * The data type timestamp is now equivalent to timestamp without
-       timezone, instead of timestamp with timezone.
+       time zone, instead of timestamp with time zone.
     * Pre-7.3 databases loaded into 7.3 will not have the new object
       dependencies for serial columns, unique constraints, and foreign
       keys. See the directory "contrib/adddepend/" for a detailed
       description and a script that will add such dependencies.
+     * An empty string ('') is no longer allowed as the input into an
+       integer field. Formerly, it was silently interpreted as 0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Server Operation
@@ -113,7 +128,7 @@ Performance
   Speed improvement for large object restore (Mario Weilguni)
   Mark expired index entries on first lookup, saving later heap fetches
     (Tom)
-   Eliminate NULL bitmap padding when not required (Manfred)
+   Avoid excessive NULL bitmap padding (Manfred Koizar)
   Add BSD-licensed qsort() for Solaris, for performance (Bruce)
   Reduce per-row overhead by four bytes (Manfred Koizar)
   Fix GEQO optimizer bug (Neil Conway)
@@ -173,7 +188,7 @@ Queries
   Disable LIMIT #,# syntax; now only LIMIT # OFFSET # supported (Bruce)
   Increase identifier length to 63 (Neil, Bruce)
   UNION fixes for merging >= 3 columns of different lengths (Tom)
-   Add DEFAULT keyword to INSERT, e.g., INSERT ... (..., DEFAULT, )
+   Add DEFAULT keyword to INSERT, e.g., INSERT ... (..., DEFAULT, ...)
     (Rod)
   Allow views to have default values using ALTER COLUMN ... SET DEFAULT
     (Neil)
@@ -195,7 +210,7 @@ Queries
 Object Manipulation
   Make equals signs optional in CREATE DATABASE (Gavin Sherry)
-   Make ALTER TABLE OWNER to change index ownership (Neil)
+   Make ALTER TABLE OWNER change index ownership too (Neil)
   New ALTER TABLE tabname ALTER COLUMN colname SET STORAGE controls
     TOAST storage, compression (John Gray)
   Add schema support, CREATE/DROP SCHEMA (Tom)
@@ -245,7 +260,7 @@ Utility Commands
     (Rod)
   Rollback SET commands in aborted transactions (Tom)
   EXPLAIN now outputs as a query (Tom)
-   Display sort keys in EXPLAIN (Tom)
+   Display condition expressions and sort keys in EXPLAIN (Tom)
   Add 'SET LOCAL var = value' to set configuration variables for a
     single transaction (Tom)
   Allow ANALYZE to run in a transaction (Bruce)
@@ -335,7 +350,7 @@ Data Types and Functions
 Internationalization
-   Add additional encodings (Korean (JOHAB), Thai (WIN874), Vietnamese
+   Add additional encodings: Korean (JOHAB), Thai (WIN874), Vietnamese
     (TCVN), Arabic (WIN1256), Simplified Chinese (GBK), Korean (UHC)
     (Eiji Tokuya)
   Enable locale support by default (Peter)
@@ -360,7 +375,7 @@ Server-side Languages
   Change PL/Tcl build to use configured compiler and Makefile.shlib
     (Peter)
   Overhaul the PL/pgSQL FOUND variable to be more Oracle-compatible
-     (Tom, Neil)
+     (Neil, Tom)
   Allow PL/pgSQL to handle quoted identifiers (Tom)
   Allow set-returning PL/pgSQL functions (Neil)
   Make PL/pgSQL schema-aware (Joe)
@@ -514,7 +529,7 @@ Contrib
   Add /contrib/tablefunc table function examples (Joe)
   Add /contrib/ltree data type for tree structures (Teodor Sigaev,
     Oleg Bartunov)
-   Move /contrib/pg_controldata into main tree (Bruce)
+   Move /contrib/pg_controldata, pg_resetxlog into main tree (Bruce)
   Fixes to /contrib/cube (Bruno Wolff)
   Improve /contrib/fulltextindex (Christopher)
     _________________________________________________________________
@@ -527,12 +542,12 @@ Contrib
   possible data loss.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.2.3
+                         Migration to version 7.2.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
   Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
   Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
@@ -549,12 +564,12 @@ Changes
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.2.2
+                         Migration to version 7.2.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
   Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
   Fix for compressed transaction log id wraparound (Tom)
@@ -580,12 +595,12 @@ Changes
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.2.1
+                         Migration to version 7.2.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
   Ensure that sequence counters do not go backwards after a crash (Tom)
   Fix pgaccess kanji-coversion key binding (Tatsuo)
@@ -612,7 +627,7 @@ Changes
     Release date: 2002-02-04
     _________________________________________________________________
-Overview
+                                  Overview
   This release improves PostgreSQL for use in high-volume applications.
@@ -650,7 +665,7 @@ Overview
          languages.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.2
+                          Migration to version 7.2
   A dump/restore using "pg_dump" is required for those wishing to
   migrate data from any previous release.
@@ -679,7 +694,7 @@ Migration to version 7.2
   clauses, e.g. LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Server Operation
@@ -1061,12 +1076,12 @@ Contrib
     Release date: 2001-08-15
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.1.3
+                         Migration to version 7.1.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Remove unused WAL segements of large transactions (Tom)
 Multiaction rule fix (Tom)
@@ -1088,12 +1103,12 @@ Cygwin build (Jason Tishler)
   This has one fix from 7.1.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.1.2
+                         Migration to version 7.1.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Fix PL/pgSQL SELECTs when returning no rows
 Fix for psql backslash core dump
@@ -1110,12 +1125,12 @@ pg_dump cleanups
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.1.1
+                         Migration to version 7.1.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Fix for numeric MODULO operator (Tom)
 pg_dump fixes (Philip)
@@ -1178,13 +1193,13 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
          default. Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.1
+                          Migration to version 7.1
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1381,12 +1396,12 @@ New FreeBSD tools ipc_check, start-scripts/freebsd
   This has a variety of fixes from 7.0.2.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.0.3
+                         Migration to version 7.0.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Jdbc fixes (Peter)
 Large object fix (Tom)
@@ -1437,12 +1452,12 @@ Fix for crash of backend, on abort (Tom)
   This is a repackaging of 7.0.1 with added documentation.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.0.2
+                         Migration to version 7.0.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Added documentation to tarball.
@@ -1455,12 +1470,12 @@ Added documentation to tarball.
   This is a cleanup release for 7.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.0.1
+                         Migration to version 7.0.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom)
 Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom)
@@ -1521,7 +1536,7 @@ ecpg changes (Michael)
          are available, as are column correlation names.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 7.0
+                          Migration to version 7.0
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. For those upgrading from
@@ -1552,7 +1567,7 @@ Migration to version 7.0
       geometric types.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -1885,12 +1900,12 @@ New multibyte encodings
   PgAccess that was missing in 6.5.2, and installed an NT-specific fix.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.5.3
+                         Migration to version 6.5.3
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
 NT-specific patch
@@ -1906,12 +1921,12 @@ Fix dumping rules on inherited tables
   of problems reported by 6.5.1 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.5.2
+                         Migration to version 6.5.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 subselect+CASE fixes(Tom)
 Add SHLIB_LINK setting for solaris_i386 and solaris_sparc ports(Daren Sefcik)
@@ -1950,12 +1965,12 @@ Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
   of problems reported by 6.5 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.5.1
+                         Migration to version 6.5.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Add NT README file
 Portability fixes for linux_ppc, IRIX, linux_alpha, OpenBSD, alpha
@@ -2053,7 +2068,7 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
          CVSup.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.5
+                          Migration to version 6.5
   A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
   data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. pg_upgrade can *not* be
@@ -2099,7 +2114,7 @@ Multiversion Concurrency Control
   referential integrity will be implemented.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -2276,12 +2291,12 @@ New install commands for plpgsql(Jan)
   additional bug fix.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.4.2
+                         Migration to version 6.4.2
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.*.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
     _________________________________________________________________
@@ -2294,12 +2309,12 @@ Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
   of problems reported by 6.4 users.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.4.1
+                         Migration to version 6.4.1
   A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers.  This is
        the default(Thomas)
@@ -2372,13 +2387,13 @@ Upgrade to PyGreSQL 2.2(D'Arcy)
       it has ever been.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.4
+                          Migration to version 6.4
   A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
   wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -2601,7 +2616,7 @@ new Makefile.shlib for shared library configuration(Tom)
   migration instructions for version 6.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Configure detection improvements for tcl/tk(Brook Milligan, Alvin)
 Manual page improvements(Bruce)
@@ -2644,7 +2659,7 @@ ASSERT fixes(Bruce)
   migration instructions for version 6.3.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
 pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
@@ -2757,13 +2772,13 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
   using are no longer needed.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.3
+                          Migration to version 6.3
   A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
   wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -2951,7 +2966,7 @@ Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
   notes for instructions.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
+                Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
   This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
   version 6.2, but is required from any release prior to 6.2.
@@ -2969,7 +2984,7 @@ Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
   template1.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Allow TIME and TYPE column names(Thomas)
 Allow larger range of true/false as boolean values(Thomas)
@@ -2993,7 +3008,7 @@ Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
   previous releases of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
+                 Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.1 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.2.
@@ -3002,13 +3017,13 @@ Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
   used to dump the 6.1 database.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
+                 Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
   Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3129,14 +3144,14 @@ SPI and Trigger programming guides (Vadim & D'Arcy)
     Release date: 1997-07-22
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
+                Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
   This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
   version 6.1, but is required from any release prior to 6.1. Refer to
   the release notes for 6.1 for more details.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 fix for SET with options (Thomas)
 allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
@@ -3197,7 +3212,7 @@ pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
   on my test machine (Linux/gcc/i686).
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration to version 6.1
+                          Migration to version 6.1
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.0 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.1.
@@ -3206,7 +3221,7 @@ Migration to version 6.1
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3312,19 +3327,19 @@ DG/UX, Ultrix, IRIX, AIX portability fixes
   previous releases of PostgreSQL.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
+                 Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
   This migration requires a complete dump of the 1.09 database and a
   restore of the database in 6.0.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
+                   Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
   Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
   because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -3447,7 +3462,7 @@ Unused/uninialized variables corrected
     Release date: 1996-08-01
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
+               Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
   Here is a new migration file for 1.02.1. It includes the 'copy' change
   and a script to convert old ASCII files.
@@ -3475,7 +3490,7 @@ Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
       present in 1.02. This is not a cause for concern.
     _________________________________________________________________
-Dump/Reload Procedure
+                           Dump/Reload Procedure
   If you are trying to reload a pg_dump or text-mode, copy tablename to
   stdout generated with a previous version, you will need to run the
@@ -3499,7 +3514,7 @@ create operator !~* (leftarg = varchar, rightarg = text, procedure = texticrege
 xne);
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Source code maintenance and development
 * worldwide team of volunteers
@@ -3511,7 +3526,7 @@ Enhancements
 * pg_dump now output the schema and/or the data, with many fixes to
   enhance completeness.
 * psql used in place of monitor in administration shell scripts.
-   monitor to be depreciated in next release.
+   monitor to be deprecated in next release.
 * date/time functions enhanced
 * NULL insert/update/comparison fixed/enhanced
 * TCL/TK lib and shell fixed to work with both tck7.4/tk4.0 and tcl7.5/tk4.1
@@ -3533,7 +3548,7 @@ New Ports
     Release date: 1996-02-23
     _________________________________________________________________
-Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
+                 Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
   The following notes are for the benefit of users who want to migrate
   databases from Postgres95 1.0 to Postgres95 1.01.
@@ -3623,7 +3638,7 @@ create operator !~* (leftarg = text, rightarg = text, procedure = texticregexne
 );
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Incompatibilities:
 * 1.01 is backwards compatible with 1.0 database provided the user
@@ -3664,7 +3679,7 @@ Bug fixes:
     Release date: 1995-09-05
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Copyright change:
 * The copyright of Postgres 1.0 has been loosened to be freely modifiable
@@ -3712,7 +3727,7 @@ Bug fixes:
     Release date: 1995-07-21
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Incompatible changes:
 * BETA-0.3 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DATABASES CREATED WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS
@@ -3826,7 +3841,7 @@ New documentation:
     Release date: 1995-05-25
     _________________________________________________________________
-Changes
+                                  Changes
 Incompatible changes:
 * The SQL statement for creating a database is 'CREATE DATABASE' instead

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 <appendix id="release">
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ worries about funny characters.
  <note>
   <title>Release date</title>
-   <simpara>2002-11-??</simpara>
+   <simpara>2002-11-27</simpara>
  </note>
  <sect2>