diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml index e156284b71..58222361d3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Change assignment rules for PL/pgSQL bound cursor variables (Tom Lane) Previously, the string value of such variables was set to match the variable name during cursor assignment; now it will be assigned during OPEN, and will not match the variable name. +To restore the previous behavior, assign the desired portal name to the cursor variable before OPEN. @@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow memoize atop of UNION ALL and partitions (Richard Guo) +Allow memoize atop a UNION ALL (Richard Guo) @@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow anti-joins to be constructed on the right/outer side (Richard Guo) +Allow anti-joins to be performed with the non-nullable input as the inner relation (Richard Guo) @@ -924,7 +925,7 @@ Allow makeaclitem() to accept multiple privilege names (Robins Tharakan) -Previously only a single privilege names, like SELECT, were supported. +Previously only a single privilege name, like SELECT, was accepted. @@ -972,11 +973,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Store server variables in a hash table (Tom Lane) - - - -This allows the faster addition of server variables. +Improve performance of server variable management (Tom Lane) @@ -1081,7 +1078,9 @@ Allow the postmaster to terminate children with an abort signal (Tom Lane) -Abort normally creates a core dump. This is controlled by send_abort_for_crash and send_abort_for_kill. postmaster -T is now the same as setting send_abort_for_crash. +This allows collection of a core dump for a stuck child process. +This is controlled by send_abort_for_crash and send_abort_for_kill. +The postmaster's -T switch is now the same as setting send_abort_for_crash. @@ -1092,7 +1091,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Remove the unnecessary postmaster -n option (Tom Lane) +Remove the non-functional postmaster -n option (Tom Lane) @@ -1462,7 +1461,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Add EXPLAIN option GENERIC_PLAN to display the query's generic plan (Laurenz Albe) +Add EXPLAIN option GENERIC_PLAN to display the generic plan for a parameterized query (Laurenz Albe) @@ -1542,7 +1541,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Add VACUUM option to skip or update all frozen statistics (Tom Lane, Nathan Bossart) +Add VACUUM options to skip or update all frozen statistics (Tom Lane, Nathan Bossart) @@ -1635,13 +1634,22 @@ This can improve readability for long strings of digits. + + + +Accept the spelling "+infinity" in datetime input (Vik Fearing) + + + + -Prevent the specification of "epoch" and "infinity" with other units in datetime strings (Joseph Koshakow) +Prevent the specification of "epoch" and "infinity" together with other fields in datetime strings (Joseph Koshakow) @@ -1652,7 +1660,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Remove support for datetime input that prefixes year-month-day by Y/M/D (Joseph Koshakow) +Remove undocumented support for date input in the form +"YyearMmonthDday" +(Joseph Koshakow) @@ -1909,7 +1919,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow to_reg* functions to accept OIDs parameters (Tom Lane) +Allow to_reg* functions to accept numeric OIDs as input (Tom Lane) @@ -2024,7 +2034,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow ECPG variable declarations to use type names which match SQL keywords (Tom Lane) +Allow ECPG variable declarations to use typedef names that match unreserved SQL keywords (Tom Lane) @@ -2130,7 +2140,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow psql to detect the exit status of shell commands and queries (Corey Huinker, Tom Lane) +Allow psql scripts to obtain the exit status of shell commands and queries +(Corey Huinker, Tom Lane) @@ -2558,7 +2569,11 @@ Author: Andres Freund -Prevent extension libraries from export their symbols by default (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) +Prevent extension libraries from exporting their symbols by default (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) + + + +Functions that need to be called from the core backend or other extensions must now be explicitly marked PGDLLEXPORT. @@ -2980,7 +2995,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow the schemas of dependent extensions to be referenced using the new syntax @extschema:dependent_extension_name@ (Regina Obe) +Allow the schemas of required extensions to be referenced in extension scripts using the new syntax @extschema:referenced_extension_name@ (Regina Obe) @@ -2991,11 +3006,11 @@ Author: Tom Lane -Allow dependent extensions to marked as non-relocatable using "no_relocate" (Regina Obe) +Allow required extensions to marked as non-relocatable using "no_relocate" (Regina Obe) -This allows @extschema:dependent_extension_name@ to be treated as a constant for the lifetime of the extension. +This allows @extschema:referenced_extension_name@ to be treated as a constant for the lifetime of the extension.