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<listitem><para>Increment the major version number of all interface
libraries (Bruce)</para>
libraries (Bruce)</para>
<para>
This should have been done in 8.0.0. It is required so 7.4.X versions
of PostgreSQL client applications, like <application>psql</>,
can be used on the same machine as 8.0.X applications. This might require
re-linking user applications that use these libraries.
This should have been done in 8.0.0. It is required so 7.4.X versions
of PostgreSQL client applications, like <application>psql</>,
can be used on the same machine as 8.0.X applications. This might require
re-linking user applications that use these libraries.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add Windows-only <varname>wal_sync_method</> setting of
<option>fsync_writethrough</> (Magnus, Bruce)</para>
<option>fsync_writethrough</> (Magnus, Bruce)</para>
<para>
This setting causes <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to write through
any disk-drive write cache when writing to WAL.
This behavior was formerly called <option>fsync</>, but was
renamed because it acts quite differently from <option>fsync</> on other
platforms.
This setting causes <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to write through
any disk-drive write cache when writing to WAL.
This behavior was formerly called <option>fsync</>, but was
renamed because it acts quite differently from <option>fsync</> on other
platforms.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Enable the <varname>wal_sync_method</> setting of
<option>open_datasync</> on Windows, and make it the default for that
<option>open_datasync</> on Windows, and make it the default for that
platform (Magnus, Bruce)</para>
<para>
Because the default is no longer <option>fsync_writethrough</>,
data loss is possible during a power failure if the disk drive has
write caching enabled. To turn off the write cache on Windows,
from the <application>Device Manager</>, choose the drive properties,
then <literal>Policies</>.
Because the default is no longer <option>fsync_writethrough</>,
data loss is possible during a power failure if the disk drive has
write caching enabled. To turn off the write cache on Windows,
from the <application>Device Manager</>, choose the drive properties,
then <literal>Policies</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>New cache management algorithm <acronym>2Q</> replaces
<acronym>ARC</> (Tom)</para>
<acronym>ARC</> (Tom)</para>
<para>
This was done to avoid a pending US patent on <acronym>ARC</>. The
<acronym>2Q</> code might be a few percentage points slower than
<acronym>ARC</> for some work loads. A better cache management algorithm
will appear in 8.1.
This was done to avoid a pending US patent on <acronym>ARC</>. The
<acronym>2Q</> code might be a few percentage points slower than
<acronym>ARC</> for some work loads. A better cache management algorithm
will appear in 8.1.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Planner adjustments to improve behavior on freshly-created
tables (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow plpgsql to assign to an element of an array that is
initially <literal>NULL</> (Tom)</para>
<para>
Formerly the array would remain <literal>NULL</>, but now it becomes a
single-element array. The main SQL engine was changed to handle
<command>UPDATE</> of a null array value this way in 8.0, but the similar
case in plpgsql was overlooked.
Formerly the array would remain <literal>NULL</>, but now it becomes a
single-element array. The main SQL engine was changed to handle
<command>UPDATE</> of a null array value this way in 8.0, but the similar
case in plpgsql was overlooked.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Convert <literal>\r\n</> and <literal>\r</> to <literal>\n</>
@ -9720,70 +9720,70 @@ in plpython function bodies (Michael Fuhr)</para>
<listitem><para>Allow SPI cursors to handle utility commands that return rows,
such as <command>EXPLAIN</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <command>CLUSTER</> failure after <command>ALTER TABLE
SET WITHOUT OIDS</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
SET WITHOUT OIDS</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reduce memory usage of <command>ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN</>
(Neil)</para></listitem>
(Neil)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <command>ALTER LANGUAGE RENAME</> (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Document the Windows-only <literal>register</> and
<literal>unregister</> options of <application>pg_ctl</> (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Ensure operations done during backend shutdown are counted by
statistics collector</para>
<para>
This is expected to resolve reports of <application>pg_autovacuum</>
not vacuuming the system catalogs often enough &mdash; it was not being
told about catalog deletions caused by temporary table removal during
backend exit.
This is expected to resolve reports of <application>pg_autovacuum</>
not vacuuming the system catalogs often enough &mdash; it was not being
told about catalog deletions caused by temporary table removal during
backend exit.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change the Windows default for configuration parameter
<varname>log_destination</> to <option>eventlog</> (Magnus)</para>
<varname>log_destination</> to <option>eventlog</> (Magnus)</para>
<para>
By default, a server running on Windows will now send log output to the
Windows event logger rather than standard error.
By default, a server running on Windows will now send log output to the
Windows event logger rather than standard error.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make Kerberos authentication work on Windows (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow <command>ALTER DATABASE RENAME</> by superusers
who aren't flagged as having CREATEDB privilege (Tom)</para></listitem>
who aren't flagged as having CREATEDB privilege (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Modify WAL log entries for <command>CREATE</> and
<command>DROP DATABASE</> to not specify absolute paths (Tom)</para>
<para>This allows point-in-time recovery on a different machine with possibly
different database location. Note that <command>CREATE TABLESPACE</> still
poses a hazard in such situations.
<para>This allows point-in-time recovery on a different machine with possibly
different database location. Note that <command>CREATE TABLESPACE</> still
poses a hazard in such situations.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix crash from a backend exiting with an open transaction
that created a table and opened a cursor on it (Tom)</para></listitem>
that created a table and opened a cursor on it (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>array_map()</> so it can call PL functions
(Tom)</para></listitem>
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Several <filename>contrib/tsearch2</> and
<filename>contrib/btree_gist</> fixes (Teodor)
</para></listitem>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix crash of some <filename>contrib/pgcrypto</>
functions on some platforms (Marko Kreen)</para></listitem>
functions on some platforms (Marko Kreen)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <filename>contrib/intagg</> for 64-bit platforms
(Tom)</para></listitem>
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix ecpg bugs in parsing of <command>CREATE</> statement
(Michael)</para></listitem>
(Michael)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Work around gcc bug on powerpc and amd64 causing problems in
ecpg (Christof Petig)</para></listitem>
ecpg (Christof Petig)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Do not use locale-aware versions of <function>upper()</>,
<function>lower()</>, and <function>initcap()</> when the locale is
<literal>C</> (Bruce)</para>
<function>lower()</>, and <function>initcap()</> when the locale is
<literal>C</> (Bruce)</para>
<para>
This allows these functions to work on platforms that generate errors
for non-7-bit data when the locale is <literal>C</>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>quote_ident()</> to quote names that match keywords (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>to_date()</> to behave reasonably when
<literal>CC</> and <literal>YY</> fields are both used (Karel)</para></listitem>
<literal>CC</> and <literal>YY</> fields are both used (Karel)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent <function>to_char(interval)</> from failing
when given a zero-month interval (Tom)</para></listitem>
when given a zero-month interval (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix wrong week returned by <function>date_trunc('week')</>
(Bruce)</para>
<para>
<function>date_trunc('week')</>
returned the wrong year for the first few days of January in some years.
<function>date_trunc('week')</>
returned the wrong year for the first few days of January in some years.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use the correct default mask length for class <literal>D</>
addresses in <type>INET</> data types (Tom)</para></listitem>
addresses in <type>INET</> data types (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@ -13040,10 +13040,10 @@ This error only occurred when the
<listitem><para>Ensure operations done during backend shutdown are counted by
statistics collector</para>
<para>
This is expected to resolve reports of <application>pg_autovacuum</>
not vacuuming the system catalogs often enough &mdash; it was not being
told about catalog deletions caused by temporary table removal during
backend exit.
This is expected to resolve reports of <application>pg_autovacuum</>
not vacuuming the system catalogs often enough &mdash; it was not being
told about catalog deletions caused by temporary table removal during
backend exit.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Additional buffer overrun checks in plpgsql
(Neil)</para></listitem>
@ -13597,9 +13597,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4">
<sect1 id="release-7-4">
<title>Release 7.4</title>
<note>
@ -15457,7 +15457,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-20">
<title>Release 7.3.20</title>
@ -16169,7 +16169,7 @@ month-related formats</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-9">
<title>Release 7.3.9</title>
@ -16225,7 +16225,7 @@ datestyles</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-8">
<title>Release 7.3.8</title>
@ -16275,7 +16275,7 @@ concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway.
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-7">
<title>Release 7.3.7</title>
@ -16315,7 +16315,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-6">
<title>Release 7.3.6</title>
@ -16380,7 +16380,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-5">
<title>Release 7.3.5</title>
@ -16431,7 +16431,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-4">
<title>Release 7.3.4</title>
@ -16473,7 +16473,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-3">
<sect1 id="release-7-3-3">
<title>Release 7.3.3</title>
<note>
@ -16580,10 +16580,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Better error message for character set conversion problems in JDBC</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-2">
<sect1 id="release-7-3-2">
<title>Release 7.3.2</title>
<note>
@ -16641,10 +16641,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>fastpath code now checks for privilege to call function</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-1">
<sect1 id="release-7-3-1">
<title>Release 7.3.1</title>
<note>
@ -16691,10 +16691,10 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prevent composite column creation via ALTER TABLE (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3">
<sect1 id="release-7-3">
<title>Release 7.3</title>
<note>
@ -17328,7 +17328,7 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)</para></listitem>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-8">
<title>Release 7.2.8</title>
@ -17379,7 +17379,7 @@ month-related formats</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-7">
<title>Release 7.2.7</title>
@ -17427,7 +17427,7 @@ datestyles</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-6">
<title>Release 7.2.6</title>
@ -17478,7 +17478,7 @@ concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway.
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-5">
<title>Release 7.2.5</title>
@ -17521,9 +17521,9 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<listitem><para>Avoid conflict with system definition of <function>isblank()</function> function or macro</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-4">
<sect1 id="release-7-2-4">
<title>Release 7.2.4</title>
<note>
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<listitem><para>Repair long-standing logic errors in lseg_eq(), lseg_ne(), lseg_center()</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-3">
<sect1 id="release-7-2-3">
<title>Release 7.2.3</title>
<note>
@ -17596,10 +17596,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<listitem><para>Fix <application>pg_dump</> to properly dump FULL JOIN USING (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-2">
<sect1 id="release-7-2-2">
<title>Release 7.2.2</title>
<note>
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<listitem><para>Fix for repeat(), lpad(), rpad() and long strings (Neil)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2-1">
<sect1 id="release-7-2-1">
<title>Release 7.2.1</title>
<note>
@ -17685,10 +17685,10 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
<listitem><para>Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-2">
<sect1 id="release-7-2">
<title>Release 7.2</title>
<note>
@ -18241,7 +18241,7 @@ since <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.1.
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-1-3">