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One last round of copy-editing for the 9.1 release notes.

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Also set the documented release date to 2011-09-12.
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<note>
<title>Release Date</title>
<simpara>2011-??-??</simpara>
<simpara>2011-09-12</simpara>
</note>
<para>CURRENT AS OF 2011-08-17</para>
<sect2>
<title>Overview</title>
@ -74,7 +72,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow data-modification commands
(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE)</> in
(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>) in
<link linkend="queries-with"><literal>WITH</></link> clauses
</para>
</listitem>
@ -262,7 +260,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Require superuser or <literal>CREATEROLE</> permissions in order to
set role comments (Tom Lane)
set comments on roles (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -283,8 +281,8 @@
</para>
<para>
Previously <function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</> could
move backward when streaming replication is restarted.
Previously, the value of <function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</>
could move backward when streaming replication is restarted.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -296,7 +294,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Previously replication connections were always logged.
Previously, replication connections were always logged.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -507,8 +505,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This fixes scenarios where backends might hold open files that
were long since deleted, preventing the kernel from reclaiming
This fixes scenarios in which backends might hold files open long
after they were deleted, preventing the kernel from reclaiming
disk space.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -658,7 +656,7 @@
</para>
<para>
New details show <acronym>WAL</> file and sync activity.
New details include <acronym>WAL</> file and sync activity.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -757,14 +755,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow auto-tuning of <link
Provide auto-tuning of <link
linkend="guc-wal-buffers"><varname>wal_buffers</></link> (Greg
Smith)
</para>
<para>
<varname>wal_buffers</> is now auto-tuned by default based on
the size of <varname>shared_buffers</>.
By default, the value of <varname>wal_buffers</> is now chosen
automatically based on the value of <varname>shared_buffers</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -804,8 +802,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This allows the primary to wait for a standby to write the transaction
information to disk before acknowledging the commit.
This allows the primary server to wait for a standby to write a
transaction's information to disk before acknowledging the commit.
One standby at a time can take the role of the synchronous standby,
as controlled by the
<link linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"><varname>synchronous_standby_names</varname></link>
@ -818,8 +816,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add protocol support for sending file system backups to standbys using
the streaming replication network connection (Magnus Hagander,
Add protocol support for sending file system backups to standby servers
using the streaming replication network connection (Magnus Hagander,
Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
@ -856,7 +854,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add replication <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">permission</link>
Add a <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">replication permission</link>
for roles (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
@ -955,7 +953,7 @@
<para>
Increase the maximum values for
<link linkend="guc-max-standby-archive-delay"><varname>max_standby_archive_delay</varname></link> and
<link linkend="guc-max-standby-streaming-delay"><varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</varname></link>.
<link linkend="guc-max-standby-streaming-delay"><varname>max_standby_streaming_delay</varname></link>
</para>
<para>
@ -1089,7 +1087,7 @@
Previously, asking for serializable isolation guaranteed only that a
single MVCC snapshot would be used for the entire transaction, which
allowed certain documented anomalies. The old snapshot isolation
behavior is still accessible by requesting the <link
behavior is still available by requesting the <link
linkend="xact-repeatable-read"><literal>REPEATABLE READ</></link>
isolation level.
</para>
@ -1098,7 +1096,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow data-modification commands
(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE)</> in
(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>) in
<link linkend="queries-with"><literal>WITH</></link> clauses
(Marko Tiikkaja, Hitoshi Harada)
</para>
@ -1126,7 +1124,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Some other database system already allowed this behavior, and
The SQL standard allows this behavior, and
because of the primary key, the result is unambiguous.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1151,9 +1149,9 @@
</para>
<para>
Previously <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> used a slightly different
snapshot for queries involving rules. The <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</>
behavior was judged to be more logical.
Previously <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> used slightly different
snapshot timing for queries involving rules. The
<command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> behavior was judged to be more logical.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1172,7 +1170,8 @@
</para>
<para>
Previously collation could only be set at database creation.
Previously collation (the sort ordering of text strings) could only be
chosen at database creation.
Collation can now be set per column, domain, index, or
expression, via the SQL-standard <literal>COLLATE</> clause.
</para>
@ -1315,8 +1314,8 @@
</para>
<para>
The new option is called <literal>NOT VALID</>, which can
later be modified to <literal>VALIDATED</> and validation
The new option is called <literal>NOT VALID</>. The constraint's
state can later be modified to <literal>VALIDATED</> and validation
checks performed. Together these allow you to add a foreign key
with minimal impact on read and write operations.
</para>
@ -1352,14 +1351,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible <quote>tuple concurrently updated</quote> error
when two backends attempted to add an inheritance
when two backends attempt to add an inheritance
child to the same table at the same time (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
<link linkend="sql-altertable"><command>ALTER TABLE</command></link>
now takes a stronger lock on the parent table, so that both children do
not try to update it simultaneously.
now takes a stronger lock on the parent table, so that the sessions
cannot try to update it simultaneously.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1401,8 +1400,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This is similar to the existing session-level advisory locks,
but the locks are automatically released at transaction end.
These are similar to the existing session-level advisory locks,
but such locks are automatically released at transaction end.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
Previously all <type>numeric</> values had four-byte headers;
this saves on disk storage.
this change saves on disk storage.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add support for casting from <type>int4</> and <type>int8</>
to <type>numeric</> (Joey Adams)
to <type>money</> (Joey Adams)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add SQL function <link
linkend="format"><function>format(text)</></link>, which
behaves like C's <function>printf()</> (Pavel Stehule, Robert
Haas)
linkend="format"><function>format(text, ...)</></link>, which
behaves analogously to C's <function>printf()</> (Pavel Stehule,
Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
@ -2027,7 +2026,7 @@ SELECT * FROM places ORDER BY location <-> point '(101,456)' LIMIT 10;
</para>
<para>
The functions are <link
These functions are <link
linkend="plpython-util"><literal>plpy.quote_ident</></link>,
<link linkend="plpython-util"><literal>plpy.quote_literal</></link>,
and <link
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<listitem>
<para>
Modify <filename>contrib</> modules and stored procedure
Modify <filename>contrib</> modules and procedural
languages to install via the new <link
linkend="extend-extensions">extension</link> mechanism (Tom Lane,
Dimitri Fontaine)