Doc: still further copy-editing for v11 release notes.

Justin Pryzby and myself.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20181006134249.GD871@telsasoft.com
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<command>CREATE INDEX</command> can now use parallel processing <command>CREATE INDEX</command> can now use parallel processing
while building B-tree indexes while building a B-tree index
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<para> <para>
Many other useful performance improvements, including a significant Many other useful performance improvements, including the ability to
speedup to <command>ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN</command> with a avoid a table rewrite for <command>ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN</command>
non-null column default, as it no longer rewrites the table data with a non-null column default
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2018-01-19 [8b08f7d48] Local partitioned indexes
2018-02-19 [eb7ed3f30] Allow UNIQUE indexes on partitioned tables 2018-02-19 [eb7ed3f30] Allow UNIQUE indexes on partitioned tables
2018-03-26 [555ee77a9] Handle INSERT .. ON CONFLICT with partitioned tables 2018-03-26 [555ee77a9] Handle INSERT .. ON CONFLICT with partitioned tables
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<para> <para>
Allow <literal>UNIQUE</literal> indexes on partitioned tables if Support indexes on partitioned tables (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera,
the partition key is part of the index (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera,
Amit Langote) Amit Langote)
</para> </para>
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2018-01-19 [8b08f7d48] Local partitioned indexes
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<para> <para>
Allow indexes on a partitioned table to be automatically created An <quote>index</quote> on a partitioned table is not a physical
in new child partitions (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera) index across the whole partitioned table, but rather a template for
automatically creating similar indexes on each partition of the
table.
</para>
<para>
If the partition key is part of the index's column set, a
partitioned index may be declared <literal>UNIQUE</literal>.
It will represent a valid uniqueness constraint across the whole
partitioned table, even though each physical index only enforces
uniqueness within its own partition.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The new command <link linkend="sql-alterindex"><command>ALTER The new command <link linkend="sql-alterindex"><command>ALTER
INDEX ATTACH PARTITION</command></link> allows indexes to be INDEX ATTACH PARTITION</command></link> causes an existing index on
attached to partitions. This does not behave as a global index a partition to be associated with a matching index template for its
since the contents are private to each index. partitioned table. This provides flexibility in setting up a new
partitioned index for an existing partitioned table.
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<para> <para>
Perform aggregation on each partition, and then merge the results Allow aggregate functions on partitioned tables to be evaluated
separately for each partition, subsequently merging the results
(Jeevan Chalke, Ashutosh Bapat, Robert Haas) (Jeevan Chalke, Ashutosh Bapat, Robert Haas)
</para> </para>
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<para> <para>
Allow server options related to memory and file sizes to be Allow server options related to memory and file sizes to be
specified as a number of bytes (Beena Emerson) specified in units of bytes (Beena Emerson)
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The new unit is <quote>B</quote>. This is in addition to the The new unit suffix is <quote>B</quote>. This is in addition to the
existing units <quote>kB</quote>, <quote>MB</quote>, <quote>GB</quote> existing units <quote>kB</quote>, <quote>MB</quote>, <quote>GB</quote>
and <quote>TB</quote>. and <quote>TB</quote>.
</para> </para>
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<para> <para>
Add <application>psql</application> command <literal>\gdesc</literal> Add <application>psql</application> command <literal>\gdesc</literal>
to display the column names and types of the query output (Pavel to display the names and types of the columns in a query result
Stehule) (Pavel Stehule)
</para> </para>
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