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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.28 2010/06/07 02:01:08 itagaki Exp $ -->
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<sect1 id="release-9-0">
<title>Release 9.0</title>
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<simpara>2010-??-??</simpara>
</note>
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recovery_connections -> hot_standby
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<sect2>
<title>Overview</title>
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<!-- This list duplicates items below, but without authors or details-->
<listitem>
<para>
Allow continuous archive standby systems to accept read-only queries
Built-in, binary, log-based replication. This advance consists of two features:
Hot Standby allows continuous archive standby database servers to accept read-only
queries, and Streaming Replication allows continuous archive (<acronym>WAL</>) files
to be streamed over a network port to a standby database server.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow continuous archive (<acronym>WAL</>) files to be streamed to a
standby system
Easier database object permissions management. <link
linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE
IN SCHEMA</></link> supports mass permissions changes, and
the <link linkend="SQL-ALTERDEFAULTPRIVILEGES"><command>ALTER
DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</></link> command controls privileges
of all newly-created objects. Large object permissions now
support <command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE</> as well.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability to make mass permission changes per
schema using the new <link
linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE
IN SCHEMA</></link> clause
Broadly enhanced stored procedure support.
The <link linkend="SQL-DO"><command>DO</></link> statement permits
ad-hoc or anonymous code blocks. Functions can now be called using named
parameters. PL/pgSQL is now installed by default, and PL/Perl and PL/Python
have been enhanced in several ways.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability to control large object permissions with
<command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE</>
Triggers now support two new features,
SQL-compliant <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER">per-column triggers</link>, and
conditional trigger execution.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Implement anonymous functions using the <link
linkend="SQL-DO"><command>DO</></link> statement
<link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-compatibility">Deferrable
unique constraints, now permit mass updates to unique keys.</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow function calls to supply parameter names and match them to named
parameters in the function definition (Pavel Stehule)
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>
<para>
Install server-side language PL/pgSQL by default
The <link linkend="SQL-LISTEN"><command>LISTEN</></link>/<link
linkend="SQL-NOTIFY"><command>NOTIFY</></link>
feature has been overhauled to make it into
a high-performance event queuing system. It now stores
events in a memory-based queue, and it now allows delivery
of a string payload to listeners with each event.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Major PL/Perl enhancements
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow SQL-compliant <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER">per-column triggers</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-compatibility">deferrable
unique constraints</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-LISTEN"><command>LISTEN</></link>/<link
linkend="SQL-NOTIFY"><command>NOTIFY</></link> store events
in a memory queue, rather than a system table
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-NOTIFY"><command>NOTIFY</></link>
to pass an optional string to listeners
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change <command>VACUUM FULL</> to rewrite the entire table and
indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add prefix support for the full text search synonym dictionary
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use red-black trees for <acronym>GIN</> index creation
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link
linkend="functions-binarystring-other"><function>get_bit()</></link>
and <function>set_bit()</> functions for <type>bit</>
strings, mirroring those for <type>bytea</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability for clients to set an <link
linkend="libpq-connect-application-name">application
name</link>, which is displayed in
<structname>pg_stat_activity</>
As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM,
<command>VACUUM FULL</> is not substantially faster by
rewriting the entire table and
indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link>
to support in-place upgrades
to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0.
</para>
</listitem>
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Remove server variable <varname>regex_flavor</>, which
was defaulted to <link
linkend="posix-syntax-details"><literal>advanced</></link>
(e.g. Perl-regex compatible) for many years (Tom Lane)
(e.g. Perl-regex compatible) for many years. (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Administrators still can rename such columns manually. Expression
index names are also not renamed. WHY ARE EXPRESSION INDEXES
SIGNIFICANT?
Administrators still can rename such columns manually. This change
will require an update of the JDBC driver and possibly other drivers
so that unique indexes are correctly recognized.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
No longer change function input variable names via
<command>REPLACE FUNCTION</command>(Pavel Stehule).
</para>
<para>
In order to support names parameter calls, it is
no longer possible to change the aliases for input variables
in the function declaration in place. You now have to <command>DROP
</command> and recreate the function.
</para>
</listitem>
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linkend="plpgsql-var-subst"><varname>plpgsql.variable_conflict</></link>,
or by the per-function option <literal>#variable_conflict</>.
The former behavior was to bind to variable names over
column names.
column names, but not consistently. Stored procedures
with naming conflicts will probably need to be refactored.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Variables can be double-quoted to avoid this restriction.
Variables can be double-quoted to avoid this restriction.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<title>Server</title>
<sect4>
<title>Continuous Archiving</title>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Continuous Archiving and Binary Replication</title>
<para>
PostgreSQL's native standby capability has been expanded both to
support read-only queries on standby slaves and to greatly reduce
the lag between master and standby servers. For many users, this
will be a useful and low-administration form of replication, either
for high availability or for horizontal scalability.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow continuous archive standby systems to accept read-only queries
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</para>
<para>
This feature is called Streaming Replication.
Previously <acronym>WAL</> files could be sent to standby systems only
as 16 megabytes files; this allows master changes to be sent to the
standby with very little delay. There are new <filename>postgresql.conf</>
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<sect4>
<title>Performance</title>
<para>
Version 9.0 also contains several performance and optimizer enhancements to
improve specific uses of PostgreSQL and remedy certain poor-performing cases.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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<title>Optimizer</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <literal>IS NOT NULL</> restrictions to use indexes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This is particularly useful for finding
<function>MAX()</>/<function>MIN()</> values in indexes that also
contain NULLs.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
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<para>
Outer joins where the inner side is unique and not referenced in
the query are unnecessary and are therefore now removed.
the query are unnecessary and are therefore now removed. This will
accelerate many automatically generated queries, such as those created
by object-relational mappers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <literal>IS NOT NULL</> restrictions to use indexes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This is particularly useful for finding
<function>MAX()</>/<function>MIN()</> values in indexes that also
contain NULLs.
</para>
</listitem>
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<para>
This allows user-override of the number or percentage of distinct
values for a column and optionally its child tables. This value
is normally computed by <command>ANALYZE</>.
is normally computed by <command>ANALYZE</>. Database administrators
can use this feature to fix some poor statistics, especially on
tables with millions or billions of rows.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
It currently supports tables, views, sequences, and functions, and
also has per-schema control.
This greatly simplifies the assignment of object priveleges in
a complex database application. Defaults currently support tables
views, sequences, and functions. Defaults may be assigned on a
per-schema basis or database-wide.
</para>
</listitem>
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TABLE CONSTRAINT ... EXCLUDE</></link> clause. While
uniqueness checks could be specified using this syntax,
the real value of this feature is in using complex
operators that do not have built-in constraints.
operators that do not have built-in constraints.
</para>
<para>
The primary use of exclusion constraints is to allow defining
non-overlapping uniqueness, such as for time periods, arrays
or ranges of values. This supports data integrity at the
table level for calendaring, time-management, and scientific
applications.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE
IN SCHEMA</></link> clause (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
This simplifies the assignment of object permissions
and makes it easier to utilize database roles for application
data security.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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</para>
<para>
This greatly improves performance for these operations.
LISTEN/NOTIFY may now be used as a full-featured, high-performance
event queue system for PostgreSQL, with transactional support
and guaranteed delivery.
</para>
</listitem>
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<title><link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>EXPLAIN</> output in <acronym>XML</>, <acronym>JSON</>,
and <acronym>YAML</> formats (Robert Haas, Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
<para>
The new output formats will support the development of new tools
for analysis of EXPLAIN output.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new <command>EXPLAIN (BUFFERS)</> to report query buffer
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</para>
<para>
This allows better query profiling for individual queries.
log_*_stats log output, e.g. <link
linkend="runtime-config-statistics-monitor">log_statement_stats</link>,
no longer shows this information.
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>EXPLAIN</> output in <acronym>XML</>, <acronym>JSON</>,
and <acronym>YAML</> formats (Robert Haas, Greg Sabino Mullane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>EXPLAIN</> options to be specified inside parentheses
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</para>
<para>
The previous method was usually slower and caused index bloat.
The previous method was usually slower and caused index bloat.
Note that the new method may use more disk space during VACUUM
FULL.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Red-black trees are self-balanced so allow for faster index
creation.
Red-black trees are self-balanced. This means much faster
GIN index creation.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>