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Reorder some 9.1 release item documentation entries, fix some awkward wording.

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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add new buffers_backend_fsync field to <link Add buffers_backend_fsync field to <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_bgwriter</></link> linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_bgwriter</></link>
(Greg Smith) (Greg Smith)
</para> </para>
@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3> <sect3>
<title>Continuous Archiving and Streaming Replication</title> <title>Streaming Replication and Continuous Archiving</title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add new replication <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">permission</link> Add replication <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">permission</link>
for roles (Magnus Hagander) for roles (Magnus Hagander)
</para> </para>
@ -831,7 +831,7 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add per-column <link Add per-column <link
linkend="sql-syntax-collate-exprs">collation</link> support linkend="collation">collation</link> support
(Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane) (Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane)
</para> </para>
@ -918,22 +918,10 @@
</sect4> </sect4>
<sect4> <sect4>
<title><link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TABLE</></link></title> <title><link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE/ALTER TABLE</></link></title>
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TABLE IF
NOT EXISTS</></link> syntax (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
This allows table creation without causing an error if the
table already exists.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE ... Add <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE ...
@ -974,6 +962,18 @@
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TABLE IF
NOT EXISTS</></link> syntax (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
This allows table creation without causing an error if the
table already exists.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect4> </sect4>
@ -1007,15 +1007,16 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add true a <link linkend="xact-serializable">serializable Add a true <link linkend="xact-serializable"><literal>serializable</>
isolation level</link> (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports) </link> isolation level (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Previously asking for serializable isolation level produced Previously asking for serializable isolation produced
snapshot isolation, which had certain documented anomalies. snapshot isolation, which had certain documented anomalies.
The old snapshot isolation is still accessible by the requesting The old snapshot isolation level is still accessible by the
repeatable read isolation level. requesting <link linkend="xact-repeatable-read"><literal>REPEATABLE
READ</></link> isolation level.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@ -1087,15 +1088,14 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></link> Have <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</>
show the function call expression in <literal>VERBOSE </> show the function call expression (Tom Lane)
mode (Tom Lane)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</></link> Fix <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</>
with rules to use the same snapshot behavior as ordinary with rules to use the same snapshot behavior as ordinary
queries (Marko Tiikkaja) queries (Marko Tiikkaja)
</para> </para>
@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add new SQL function, <link Add SQL function <link
linkend="format"><function>format(text)</></link>, which linkend="format"><function>format(text)</></link>, which
behaves like C's <function>printf()</> (Pavel Stehule, Robert behaves like C's <function>printf()</> (Pavel Stehule, Robert
Haas) Haas)
@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add string functions: <link Add string functions <link
linkend="functions-string-other"><function>concat()</></link>, linkend="functions-string-other"><function>concat()</></link>,
<link <link
linkend="functions-string-other"><function>concat_ws()</></link>, linkend="functions-string-other"><function>concat_ws()</></link>,
@ -1452,8 +1452,8 @@
Reduce lock levels for <link Reduce lock levels for <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><command>CREATE TRIGGER</></link> linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><command>CREATE TRIGGER</></link>
and some <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER and some <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER
TABLE</></link>, <link linkend="SQL-CREATERULE"><command>CREATE TABLE</></link> and <link linkend="SQL-CREATERULE"><command>CREATE
RULE</></link> actions (Simon Riggs) RULE</></link> operations (Simon Riggs)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
@ -1470,26 +1470,21 @@
<sect3> <sect3>
<title>Server-Side Languages</title> <title>Server-Side Languages</title>
<sect4> <itemizedlist>
<title><link linkend="plpgsql">PL/pgSQL</link> Server-Side Language</title>
<itemizedlist> <listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="plpgsql-foreach-array"><command>FOREACH IN
ARRAY</></link> to <link linkend="plpgsql">PL/pgSQL</link> to
allow array iteration (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<listitem> <para>
<para> This is more efficient than previous methods.
Add <link linkend="plpgsql-foreach-array"><command>FOREACH IN </para>
ARRAY</></link> to plpgsql to allow array iteration (Pavel </listitem>
Stehule)
</para>
<para> </itemizedlist>
This is more efficient than previous methods.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
<sect4> <sect4>
<title><link linkend="plperl">PL/Perl</link> Server-Side Language</title> <title><link linkend="plperl">PL/Perl</link> Server-Side Language</title>
@ -1656,21 +1651,15 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Allow <application>psql</>'s <literal>\e</> and <literal>\ef</> Add <application>psql</> command <literal>\sf</> command to
commands to accept a line number to be used to position the show a function's definition (Pavel Stehule)
cursor in the editor (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
This is passed to the editor using the
<literal>EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH</> environment variable.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add <application>psql</> command <literal>\sf</> command to Add <application>psql</> <literal>\dL</> command
show a function's definition (Pavel Stehule) <literal>\dL</> to list languages (Fernando Ike)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
@ -1688,8 +1677,14 @@
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Add new <application>psql</> <literal>\dL</> command Allow <application>psql</>'s <literal>\e</> and <literal>\ef</>
<literal>\dL</> to list languages (Fernando Ike) commands to accept a line number to be used to position the
cursor in the editor (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
This is passed to the editor using the
<literal>EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH</> environment variable.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>