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Update release notes for 9.2.3, 9.1.8, 9.0.12, 8.4.16, 8.3.23.

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<!-- doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml -->
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
<sect1 id="release-8-3-23">
<title>Release 8.3.23</title>
<note>
<title>Release Date</title>
<simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.22.
For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-8-3">.
</para>
<para>
This is expected to be the last <productname>PostgreSQL</> release
in the 8.3.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer
release branch soon.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 8.3.23</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X.
</para>
<para>
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.17,
see the release notes for 8.3.17.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a
sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Protect against race conditions when scanning
<structname>pg_tablespace</> (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<command>CREATE DATABASE</> and <command>DROP DATABASE</> could
misbehave if there were concurrent updates of
<structname>pg_tablespace</> entries.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent <command>DROP OWNED</> from trying to drop whole databases or
tablespaces (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent misbehavior when a <symbol>RowExpr</> or <symbol>XmlExpr</>
is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as
<literal>CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing
calculations (Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct
code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
This bug affected <application>psql</> and some other client programs.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible crash in <application>psql</>'s <command>\?</> command
when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix one-byte buffer overrun in <application>libpq</>'s
<function>PQprintTuples</> (Xi Wang)
</para>
<para>
This ancient function is not used anywhere by
<productname>PostgreSQL</> itself, but it might still be used by some
client code.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not
fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <application>pgxs</> build executables with the right
<literal>.exe</> suffix when cross-compiling for Windows
(Zoltan Boszormenyi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add new timezone abbreviation <literal>FET</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This is now used in some eastern-European time zones.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-8-3-22">
<title>Release 8.3.22</title>