More release note word-smithing.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.530 2007/10/20 20:19:06 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.531 2007/10/20 23:41:23 momjian Exp $ -->
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Typical markup:
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@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Support for the SQL/XML standard, including new operators and
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an <type>XML</type> data type
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Support the SQL/XML standard, including new operators and an
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<type>XML</type> data type
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -79,25 +79,25 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Universally Unique Identifier (<type>UUID</>) data type
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Add Universally Unique Identifier (<type>UUID</>) data type
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Arrays of composite types
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Support arrays of composite types
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Control over whether <literal>NULL</>s sort first or last
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Add control over whether <literal>NULL</>s sort first or last
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Updatable cursors
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Support updatable cursors
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Multiple autovacuum worker processes, and other autovacuum improvements
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Support multiple concurrent autovacuum processes, and other
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autovacuum improvements
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The backend database server can now be compiled with
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Allow the backend database server to be compiled with
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<productname>Microsoft Visual C++</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -159,8 +160,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Asynchronous commit allows transactions to be committed but on-disk
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changes to be delayed
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Asynchronous commit delays writes to WAL for committed transactions
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate <command>UPDATE</>
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space reuse
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Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate space reuse for
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<command>UPDATE</>s
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Reduction of per-field and per-row storage requirements
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Reduce per-field and per-row storage requirements
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The array name for a base data type is no longer required to
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be the data type name with an underscore prefix
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The array name for a base data type is no longer always the data
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type name with an underscore prefix
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</para>
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<para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Commands that are disallowed in transaction blocks are now also
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disallowed in multiple-statement query strings (Tom)
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Commands rejected in transaction blocks are now also rejected in
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multiple-statement query strings (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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More checks for invalidly-encoded data (Andrew)
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Add more checks for invalidly-encoded data (Andrew)
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</para>
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<para>
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@ -370,18 +370,17 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Ensure that <function>chr()</function> cannot create invalidly
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encoded values (Andrew)
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Ensure that <function>chr()</function> cannot create
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invalidly-encoded values (Andrew)
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</para>
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<para>
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In UTF8-encoded databases the argument is processed as a Unicode
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code point. In other multi-byte encodings the argument must
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designate a 7-bit ASCII character, or an error is raised. Zero
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also causes an error. <function>ascii()</function> has been
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adjusted as well to match this behavior.
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</para>
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In UTF8-encoded databases the argument is now processed as a Unicode
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code point. In other multi-byte encodings the argument must designate
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a 7-bit ASCII character, or an error is raised. Zero also causes an
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error. <function>ascii()</function> has been adjusted as well to
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match this behavior.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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The two argument form of <function>convert()</function> has been
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removed. The three argument form now takes a <type>BYTEA</type>
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first argument and returns a <type>BYTEA</type>. To cover this
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loss three new functions are introduced:
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loss three new functions were added:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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For example, <function>pg_database_size()</function> now
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requires <literal>CONNECT</> permission, which is granted to
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everyone by default. <function>pg_tablespace_size()</function>
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requires <literal>CREATE</> permission in the tablespace, or the
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tablespace is the default tablespace for the database.
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For example, <function>pg_database_size()</function> now requires
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<literal>CONNECT</> permission, which is granted to everyone by
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default. <function>pg_tablespace_size()</function> requires
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<literal>CREATE</> permission in the tablespace, or is allowed if
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the tablespace is the default tablespace for the database.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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New C macros for handling variable-length data values (Greg
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Add C macros for handling variable-length data values (Greg
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Stark, Tom)
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</para>
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@ -483,20 +482,21 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Asynchronous commit allows transactions to be committed but on-disk
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changes to be delayed (Simon)
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Asynchronous commit delays writes to WAL for committed transactions
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(Simon)
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</para>
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<para>
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This feature dramatically increases performance for data
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modification queries. The disadvantage is that because on-disk
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changes are delayed, if the operating system crashes before data
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is written to the disk, committed data will be lost. This is
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useful only for applications that can accept some data loss.
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Unlike <varname>fsync</varname>, asynchronous commit does not
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risk database corruption; the worst case is that after an
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operating system crash the last few reportedly-committed
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transactions will be missing.
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This feature dramatically increases performance for data-modifying
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queries. The disadvantage is that because on-disk changes are
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delayed, if the operating system crashes before data is written to
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the disk, committed data will be lost. This is useful only for
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applications that can accept some data loss. Unlike
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<varname>fsync</varname>, asynchronous commit does not risk database
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corruption; the worst case is that after an operating system crash
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the last few reportedly-committed transactions will be missing.
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This feature is enabled turning <varname>synchronous_commit</>
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<literal>off</> and setting <varname>wal_writer_delay</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate <command>UPDATE</>
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space reuse (Pavan Deolasee, with ideas from many others)
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Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate space reuse for
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<command>UPDATE</>s (Pavan Deolasee, with ideas from many others)
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</para>
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<para>
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@ -546,8 +546,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Reduction of per-field and per-row storage requirements (Greg
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Stark)
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Reduce per-field and per-row storage requirements (Greg Stark)
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</para>
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<para>
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Unless WAL archiving is enabled, it is possible to just
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<function>fsync()</> the table at the end of the command,
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increasing performance. Additional WAL efficiencies were also
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added.
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made.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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This is accomplished by starting the new sequential scan in the
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middle of the table (where the other sequential scan is already
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in-progress) and wrapping around to the beginning to finish.
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This may affect the order in which rows are returned in a
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non-<literal>ORDER BY</> query.
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in-progress) and wrapping around to the beginning to finish. This
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may affect the order of returned rows in a non-<literal>ORDER BY</>
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query.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add support for GSSAPI authentication (Henry Hotz, Magnus)
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Support GSSAPI authentication (Henry Hotz, Magnus)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Arrange to put TOAST tables belonging to temporary tables into
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special schemas named
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Place temporary table TOAST tables in a special schemas named
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<literal>pg_toast_temp_<replaceable>nnn</></literal> (Tom)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Text search capability is now in core Postgres (Teodor, Oleg)
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Full text search now fully integrated into the core database
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system (Teodor, Oleg)
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</para>
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<para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Control over whether <literal>NULL</>s sort first or last (Teodor, Tom)
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Add control over whether <literal>NULL</>s sort first or last (Teodor, Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Updatable cursors using <literal>UPDATE/DELETE WHERE CURRENT
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OF</> (Arul Shaji, Tom)
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Support updatable cursors (Arul Shaji, Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <command>ALTER VIEW ... RENAME TO</command> and <command>ALTER
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Add <command>ALTER VIEW ... RENAME TO</command> and <command>ALTER
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SEQUENCE ... RENAME TO</command> (David Fetter, Neil)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Support for the SQL/XML standard, including new operators and an
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<type>XML</type> data type (Nikolay Samokhvalov, Peter)
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Support the SQL/XML standard, including new operators and an
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<type>XML</type> data type (Nikolay Samokhvalov, Peter)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Universally Unique Identifier (<type>UUID</>) data type (Gevik
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Add Universally Unique Identifier (<type>UUID</>) data type (Gevik
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Babakhani, Neil)
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</para>
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@ -1934,7 +1932,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The backend database server can now be compiled with
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Allow the backend database server to be compiled with
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<productname>Microsoft Visual C++</> (Magnus and others)
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</para>
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@ -1956,7 +1954,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Native shared memory implementation for Windows (Magnus)
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Add native shared memory implementation for Windows (Magnus)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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