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Updates from Jim Nasby.

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.435 2006/09/18 21:45:10 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.436 2006/09/18 22:43:16 momjian Exp $ -->
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<title>Additional Changes</title> <title>Additional Changes</title>
<para> <para>
Below you will find a detailed account of the additional changes Below you will find a detailed account of the additional
between <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.2 and the changes between <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.2 and
previous major release. the previous major release.
</para> </para>
<sect3> <sect3>
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Improve performance of statistics monitoring, especially <literal>pg_stat_activity</> (Tom) Improve performance of statistics monitoring, especially
<literal>stats_command_string</> (Tom, Bruce)
</para>
<para>
This release sets <envar>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.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Default <envar>stats_command_string</> to <literal>on</>, now that its overhead is minimal
(Bruce)
</para>
<para>
This means <literal>pg_stat_activity</> now will show all active queries by default.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add <acronym>GUC</> <envar>update_process_title</> to control whether the <application>ps</> display is Add <acronym>GUC</> <envar>update_process_title</> to control whether the <application>ps</> display is
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</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The old behavior is still available by omitting <literal>.*</>. The new behavior is The new behavior is substantially more useful since it allows, for example,
substantially more useful since it allows, for example, triggers to check triggers to check for data changes with <literal>IF row(new.*) IS DISTINCT FROM row(old.*)</>.
for data changes with <literal>if row(new.*) IS DISTINCT FROM row(old.*)</>. The old behavior is still available by omitting <literal>.*</>.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Allow placeholder (shell) types to be create (Martijn van Oosterhout) Allow placeholder (shell) types to be created (Martijn van Oosterhout)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove dead index entries during btree page split (Junji Teramoto)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being affected by other concurrent Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being affected by other concurrent
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Avoid extra scan of table during <command>VACUUM</> of index-less table (Greg Stark) Avoid extra scan of tables during <command>VACUUM</> of index-less table (Greg Stark)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add option to allow indexes to be created indexes without blocking Add option to allow indexes to be created without blocking
concurrent writes to the table (Greg Stark) concurrent writes to the table (Greg Stark)
</para> </para>
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</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Rtree has been re implemented using <acronym>GIST</>. Rtree has been re-implemented using <acronym>GIST</>.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>