Minor improvements to the release notes.

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Neil Conway 2004-09-24 01:31:32 +00:00
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<para>
GRANT/REVOKE behavior follows the SQL spec more closely
<command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command> behavior
follows the SQL spec more closely
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add --pwfile option to initdb so the initial password can be set by GUI tools
(Magnus)
Add --pwfile option to <application>initdb</application> so the
initial password can be set by GUI tools (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Detect locale/encoding mismatch in initdb (Peter)
Detect locale/encoding mismatch in
<application>initdb</application> (Peter)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow plpgsql parameter names to be referenced in the function (Dennis Bjorklund)
Allow PL/PgSQL parameter names to be referenced in the function (Dennis Bjorklund)
</para>
<para>
This basically creates an automatic alias for each named parameter.
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<listitem>
<para>
Do minimal syntax checking of plpgsql functions at creation time (Tom)
Do minimal syntax checking of PL/PgSQL functions at creation time (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This allows us to catch simple syntax errors sooner.
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<listitem>
<para>
More support for composite types (row and record variables) in plpgsql
More support for composite types (row and record variables) in PL/PgSQL
</para>
<para>
For example, it now works to pass a rowtype variable to another function
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<listitem>
<para>
Default values for plpgsql variables can now reference previously
Default values for PL/PgSQL variables can now reference previously
declared variables
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve parsing of plpgsql FOR loops (Tom)
Improve parsing of PL/PgSQL FOR loops (Tom)
</para>
<para>
Parsing is now driven by presence of ".." rather than datatype of FOR
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<listitem>
<para>
Major overhaul of plperl server-side language (Command Prompt, Andrew Dunstan)
Major overhaul of PL/Perl server-side language (Command Prompt, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Have pg_dump use ALTER OWNER rather than SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
by default (Christopher)
Have pg_dump use ALTER OWNER rather than SET SESSION
AUTHORIZATION by default (Christopher)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Improvements to the MAC OS-X startup scripts (Ray A.)
Improvements to the Mac OS X startup scripts (Ray A.)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Remove pg_encoding; not needed anymore
Remove <application>pg_encoding</application>; not needed
anymore
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove pg_id; not needed anymore
Remove <application>pg_id</application>; not needed anymore
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove initlocation; not needed anymore
Remove <application>initlocation</application>; not needed
anymore
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
New linked list data structure implementation (Neil)
Reimplement the linked list data structure used throughout the
backend (Neil)
</para>
<para>
This improves performance by allowing list append operations to be
more efficient.
This improves performance by allowing list append and length
operations to be more efficient.
</para>
</listitem>