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pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
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[A-Z][A-Z] <type>, <envar>, <literal>
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&<> use &
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non-ascii convert to & escapes
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
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However, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
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columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
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<application>plperl</> issues described below.
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued
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outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix Windows code so that postmaster will continue rather
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than exit if there is no more room in ShmemBackendArray (Magnus)</para>
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<para>The previous behavior could lead to a denial-of-service situation if too
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many connection requests arrive close together. This applies
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<emphasis>only</> to the Windows port.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
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different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
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Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
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those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug introduced in 8.0 that could allow ReadBuffer
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to return an already-used page as new, potentially causing loss of
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recently-committed data (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
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outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
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different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
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<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
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to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
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<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
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started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
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<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
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<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
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<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation
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directories (Tom)</para> <para>Previous releases supported relocation
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only if all directories were the same except the last
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component.</para></listitem>
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directories (Tom)</para>
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<para>Previous releases supported relocation only if all installation
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directory paths were the same except for the last component.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Prevent crashed caused by the use of
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<listitem><para>Prevent crashes caused by the use of
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<literal>ISO-8859-5</> and <literal>ISO-8859-9</> encodings
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(Tatsuo)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in strpos() and regular expression handling in
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certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
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handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug where COPY CSV mode considered any
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<literal>\.</> to terminate the copy data</para> <para>The new code
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requires <literal>\.</> to appear alone on a line, as previously
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documented.</para></listitem>
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requires <literal>\.</> to appear alone on a line, as per
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documentation.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Have COPY output a literal data value of <literal>\.</>
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in double-quotes to prevent it from being interpreted as the end-of-data
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marker (Bruce)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Make COPY CSV mode quote a literal data value of
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<literal>\.</> to ensure it cannot be interpreted as the
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end-of-data marker (Bruce)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Various fixes for queries returning <literal>RECORD</>s
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<listitem><para>Various fixes for functions returning <literal>RECORD</>s
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(Tom) </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix processing of <filename>postgresql.conf</> so a
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@ -82,19 +104,16 @@ final line with no newline is processed properly (Tom)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
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which caused it not to use all available salt space for md5 and
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xdes algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
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<para>Salts for blowfish and standard des are unaffected</para></listitem>
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which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
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XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
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<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix autovacuum crash when processing expression indexes
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
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when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
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by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
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with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
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rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
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what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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@ -2332,6 +2351,9 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However,
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.3, see the release
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notes for 8.0.3.
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Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
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columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
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<application>plperl</> issues described below.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued
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outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix Windows code so that postmaster will continue rather
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than exit if there is no more room in ShmemBackendArray (Magnus)</para>
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<para>The previous behavior could lead to a denial-of-service situation if too
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many connection requests arrive close together. This applies
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<emphasis>only</> to the Windows port.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
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different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
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Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
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those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug introduced in 8.0 that could allow ReadBuffer
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to return an already-used page as new, potentially causing loss of
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recently-committed data (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
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outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
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different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
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<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
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to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
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<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
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started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
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<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
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<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
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<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow more flexible relocation of installation
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directories (Tom)</para> <para>Previous releases supported relocation
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only if all directories were the same except the last
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componient.</para></listitem>
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directories (Tom)</para>
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<para>Previous releases supported relocation only if all installation
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directory paths were the same except for the last component.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo)
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
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handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Various fixes for queries returning <literal>RECORD</>s
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<listitem><para>Various fixes for functions returning <literal>RECORD</>s
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(Tom) </para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall
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gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
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which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
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XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
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<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
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when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
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by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
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with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
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rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
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what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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@ -5254,6 +5295,9 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However,
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.8, see the release
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notes for 7.4.8.
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Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
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columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
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<application>plperl</> issues described below.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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@ -5262,26 +5306,35 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level describe portal statements issued
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outside a transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix for protocol-level Describe messages issued
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outside a transaction or in a failed transaction (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
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different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
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Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
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those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
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different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
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<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo)
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<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
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to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
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<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
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started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
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<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
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<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
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<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
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handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall
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gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
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which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
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XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
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<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
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when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
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by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
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with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
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rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
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what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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@ -7990,6 +8043,9 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
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notes for 7.3.10.
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Also, you might need to <command>REINDEX</> indexes on textual
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columns after updating, if you are affected by the locale or
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<application>plperl</> issues described below.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Fix character set sorting for locales that consider
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different character combinations to have the same sorting, e.g.
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Hungarian. (Tom) </para><para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> in
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those locales to fix existing indexes.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix character string comparison for locales that consider
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different character combinations as equal, such as Hungarian (Tom)</para>
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<para>This might require <command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix long standing Asian multibyte charsets bug (Tatsuo)
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<listitem><para>Set locale environment variables during postmaster startup
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to ensure that <application>plperl</> won't change the locale later</para>
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<para>This fixes a problem that occurred if the <application>postmaster</> was
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started with environment variables specifying a different locale than what
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<application>initdb</> had been told. Under these conditions, any use of
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<application>plperl</> was likely to lead to corrupt indexes. You may need
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<command>REINDEX</> to fix existing indexes on
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textual columns if this has happened to you.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix longstanding bug in strpos() and regular expression
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handling in certain rarely used Asian multi-byte character sets (Tatsuo)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> Openwall
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gen_salt processing (Marko Kreen></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix bug in <filename>/contrib/pgcrypto</> gen_salt,
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which caused it not to use all available salt space for MD5 and
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XDES algorithms (Marko Kreen, Solar Designer)</para>
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<para>Salts for Blowfish and standard DES are unaffected.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error
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when the number of columns specified is different from those returned
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by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Set <literal>LC_XXX</> variables to prevent problems
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with <application>plperl</> processing (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to throw an error,
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rather than crashing, when the number of columns specified is different from
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what's actually returned by the query (Joe)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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