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Rearrange "big features" section of the release notes.

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Josh Berkus
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Robert Haas 2010-08-06 17:56:43 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.44 2010/07/29 21:18:11 tgl Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.45 2010/08/06 17:56:43 rhaas Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="release-9-0"> <sect1 id="release-9-0">
<title>Release 9.0</title> <title>Release 9.0</title>
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for compiling on <link
linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit
<productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit
mode.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Broadly enhanced stored procedure support. Broadly enhanced stored procedure support.
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
More advanced reporting queries with additional windowing functions
(PRECEDING and FOLLOWING) and the ability to ORDER BY inside aggregate
functions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Triggers now support two new features, Triggers now support two new features,
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness New and enhanced security features, including RADIUS authentication,
based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such LDAP authentication improvements, and the new checkpassword optional module
as time periods, ranges and arrays. for testing password strength.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link>
to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Multiple performance enhancements for specific types of queries,
including join elimination, which optimizes automatically generated
queries, such as those produced by object-relational mappers (ORMs).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness
based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such
as time periods, ranges and arrays.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM, As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM,
<command>VACUUM FULL</> is now substantially faster by <command>VACUUM FULL</> is not substantially faster by
rewriting the entire table and rewriting the entire table and
indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space. indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space.
</para> </para>
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add support for compiling on <link EXPLAIN plans are now available in JSON, XML and YAML format, and include
linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit buffer utilization and other data not previously available.
<productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit
mode.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link> The HStore optional module has been improved with new functions and greater
to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. data capacity to make it a high-performance key-value store.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>