Add major features list and introductory text for 9.1 release notes.
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<title>Overview</title>
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<para>
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This release of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> adds numerous major features, including:
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This release shows <productname>PostgreSQL</> moving beyond the
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traditional relational feature set with new, ground-breaking
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functionality that is unique to <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
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Additionally, this release improves streaming replication by adding
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a synchronous option and monitoring improvements. Major enhancements
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include:
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</para>
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<para>
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(summary to be added)
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<!-- This list duplicates items below, but without authors or details-->
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<listitem>
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Support unlogged tables using the <link
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linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description"><literal>UNLOGGED</></link>
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option in <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE
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TABLE</></link>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Allow <link linkend="synchronous-replication">synchronous
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replication</link>
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Add support for <link linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNTABLE">foreign
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tables</link>
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<para>
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Add per-column <link
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linkend="collation">collation</link> support
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Add a <link linkend="SQL-SECURITY-LABEL"><command>SECURITY
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LABEL</></link> command
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<para>
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Add a true <link
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linkend="xact-serializable">serializable</link> isolation
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level
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Allow data-modification commands
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(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE)</> in
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<link linkend="queries-with"><literal>WITH</></link> clauses
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Add nearest-neighbor (order-by-operator) searching to <link
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linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</> indexes</link>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Add <link linkend="extend-extensions">extensions</link> which
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simplify packaging of additions to <productname>PostgreSQL</>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update the <link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> server-side
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language
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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The above items are explained in more detail in the sections below.
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