Finalize 8.5alpha2 release notes, with updates from Josh Berkus
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<sect1 id="release-8-5">
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<title>Release 8.5alpha2</title>
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reported.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Testing</title>
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<para>
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The primary reason we release alphas is to get users to test new
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features as early as possible. If you are interested in helping
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with organized testing, please see
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<ulink url="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HowToBetaTest">the
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testing information page</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<sect3>
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<title>SQL Features</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem override="box">
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<para>
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<emphasis>Modify the definition of window-function PARTITION
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BY and ORDER BY clauses so that their elements are always
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taken as simple expressions over the query's input
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columns.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Fix bug with WITH RECURSIVE immediately inside WITH
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RECURSIVE.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Define a new, more extensible syntax for COPY options.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command, which allows
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users to adjust the privileges that will be applied to
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subsequently-created objects.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Support use of function argument names to identify which
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actual arguments match which function parameters. The syntax
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uses AS, for example funcname(value AS arg1, anothervalue AS
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arg2).</>
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<emphasis>Add SQL-compliant triggers on columns, which fire only if
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certain columns are named in the UPDATE's SET list.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add CREATE LIKE INCLUDING COMMENTS and STORAGE, and INCLUDING
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ALL shortcut.</>
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ALL shortcut to allow users to make an exact copy of a table including
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all options and features.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add GRANT/REVOKE ON ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES/FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA.</>
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<emphasis>Define a new, more extensible syntax for COPY options
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in order to support additional COPY options in the future.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add SQL-compliant triggers on columns, ie fire only if
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certain columns are named in the UPDATE's SET list.</>
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<emphasis>Modify the definition of window-function PARTITION
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BY and ORDER BY clauses so that their elements are always
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taken as simple expressions over the query's input
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columns. This fixes a bug.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Fix bug with nested WITH RECURSIVE statements.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Implement "join removal" for cases where the inner side
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of a left join is unique and is not referenced above the join.</>
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of a left join is unique and is not referenced above the join. This should
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speed up many ORM-generated and reporting tool queries.</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Remove the use of the flat files pg_auth and
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pg_database in order to improve performance. (Warning: pgbouncer
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and possibly other tools currently suggest referring to the pg_auth
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file for its user database. Such schemes will no longer work.)</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Make it possibly to specify server configuration parameters
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per user and per database. psql has gained a drds command to
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per user-database combination. Add a \drds command to psql to
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display the settings.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<emphasis>Allow the collection of statistics on sequences.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Increase the maximum value of extra_float_digits to
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3, and have pg_dump use that value when the backend is new
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enough to allow it, because it is possible to need 3 extra
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digits for float4 values (but not for float8 values).</>
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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 the ability to include the SQLSTATE error code of any error
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Server Configuration</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Increase the maximum value of extra_float_digits to
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3, and have pg_dump use that value when the backend is new
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enough to allow it, because it is possible to need 3 extra
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digits for float4 values (but not for float8 values).</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Security</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command, which allows
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users to adjust the privileges that will be applied to
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subsequently-created objects.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add GRANT/REVOKE ON ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES/FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA.
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This makes it easier to manage permissions on database objects.</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Support "samehost" and "samenet" specifications
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in pg_hba.conf.</emphasis>
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in pg_hba.conf. This allows users with dynamic server addresses to run
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PostgreSQL without frequently modifying pg_hba.conf</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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the postmaster from a boot-time script.</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Remove the use of the flat files pg_auth and
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pg_database. (At least pgbouncer currently suggests referring
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to the pg_auth file for its user database. Such schemes will
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no longer work.)</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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pg_dump/pg_restore --clean now drops large objects.
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code without having to create a function for it.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Support use of function argument names to identify which
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actual arguments match which function parameters. The syntax
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uses AS, for example funcname(value AS arg1, anothervalue AS
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arg2).</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Fix/improve bytea and boolean support in PL/Python. Data type
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Allow plpgsql IN parameters to be assigned to.</>
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<emphasis>PL/pgSQL IN parameters now accept value assignments.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Allow MOVE FORWARD n, MOVE BACKWARD n, MOVE FORWARD ALL, MOVE
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BACKWARD ALL in PL/pgSQL.</>
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<emphasis>Allow cursor commands MOVE FORWARD n, MOVE BACKWARD n,
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MOVE FORWARD ALL, MOVE BACKWARD ALL in PL/pgSQL.</>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Assorted improvements in contrib/hstore.</>
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<emphasis>Multiple improvements in contrib/hstore, including
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raising limits on keys and values, conversions to and from
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records and arrays, and support for GROUP BY and DISTINCT.</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Programming Tools</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<title>Development</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Add ECPG function that returns the current transaction status.</>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Make libpq reject non-numeric and out-of-range port numbers with a
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suitable error message.</>
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suitable error message.</emphasis>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Development</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Functions which conflict with C++ reserved words have been renamed,
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