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Update release notes to today.

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Tom Lane 2009-06-11 21:44:26 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.9 2009/06/08 14:57:21 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.10 2009/06/11 21:44:26 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-4">
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<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-??-??, ITEMS CURRENT AS OF 2009-05-14</simpara>
<simpara>2009-??-??, ITEMS CURRENT AS OF 2009-06-11</simpara>
</note>
<sect2>
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When archiving is enabled, rotate the last WAL segment at shutdown
so that all transactions can be archived immediately
(Guillaume Smet, Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Delay <quote>smart</> shutdown while a continuous archiving base backup
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<listitem>
<para>
Make parsing of <type>interval</> literals more standard-compliant (Tom)
Make parsing of <type>interval</> literals more standard-compliant
(Tom, Ron Mayer)
</para>
<para>
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the second argument of <function>pg_get_expr()</> to be zero
when deparsing an expression that does not contain variables (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to use <literal>regclass</>
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<listitem>
<para>
Fix the behavior of information schema columns
<literal>is_insertable_into</> and <literal>is_updatable</> to
<structfield>is_insertable_into</> and <structfield>is_updatable</> to
be consistent (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the behavior of information schema
<structfield>datetime_precision</> columns (Peter)
</para>
<para>
These columns now show zero for <type>date</> columns, and 6
(the default precision) for <type>time</>, <type>timestamp</>, and
<type>interval</> without a declared precision, rather than showing
null as formerly.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Convert remaining builtin set-returning functions to use
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable <filename>contrib/dblink</> to use connection information
stored in the SQL/MED catalogs (Joe Conway)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve <filename>contrib/dblink</>'s reporting of errors from
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <filename>contrib/dblink</> set <varname>client_encoding</>
to match the local database's encoding (Joe Conway)
</para>
<para>
This prevents encoding problems when communicating with a remote
database that uses a different encoding.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make sure <filename>contrib/dblink</> uses a password supplied