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<appendix id="release">
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<sect2><title>Overview</title>
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<para> Major changes in this release:
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<glosslist>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Performance</glossterm>
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<itemizedlist>
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<glossdef><para> IN/NOT IN subqueries are now much more efficient
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<listitem><para> IN/NOT IN subqueries are now much more efficient</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In previous releases, IN/NOT IN subqueries were joined to the
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than EXISTS subqueries.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> Improved GROUP BY processing by using hash buckets
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<listitem><para> Improved GROUP BY processing by using hash buckets</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In previous releases, GROUP BY totals were accumulated by
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number of distinct GROUP BY values.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> New multi-key hash join capability
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<listitem><para> New multi-key hash join capability</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In previous releases, hash joins could only occur on single-column
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joins. This release allows multi-column hash joins.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> ANSI joins are now better optimized
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<listitem><para> ANSI joins are now better optimized</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Prior releases evaluated ANSI join syntax only in the order
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all possible join orderings and chooses the most efficient.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> Faster and more powerful regular expression code
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<listitem><para> Faster and more powerful regular expression code
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</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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The entire regular expression module has been replaced with a new
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of regular expressions.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> Function-inlining for simple SQL functions
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<listitem><para> Function-inlining for simple SQL functions</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Simple SQL functions can now be inlined by including their SQL
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SQL functions to behave like macros.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry> <glossterm> IPv6</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para> Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address
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data types
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<listitem><para> Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address
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data types</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Prior releases allowed only IPv6 connections and IP data types only
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both of these areas.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry><glossterm> SSL</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para> Major improvements in SSL performance and
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reliability
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<listitem><para> Major improvements in SSL performance and
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reliability</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Several people very familiar with the SSL API have overhauled our
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SSL code to improve SSL key negotiation and error recovery.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Index Growth Prevention</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para> Allow free space map to efficiently reuse empty index
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pages, and other free space management improvements.
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<listitem><para> Allow free space map to efficiently reuse empty index
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pages, and other free space management improvements.</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In prior releases, index pages that were left empty because of
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rows.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Standards Compliance</glossterm>
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<listitem><para>Implement information schema</para>
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</listitem>
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<glossdef><para>Implement information schema</para>
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<listitem><para>Support for read-only transactions </para>
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</listitem>
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<para>Support for read-only transactions </para>
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<para>Make cursors comply more closely with the SQL standard
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<listitem><para>Make cursors comply more closely with the SQL standard
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</para></glossdef>
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</listitem>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry><glossterm> New Client/Server Communication
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Protocol</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para> New protocol improves connection speed/reliability,
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<listitem><para> New protocol improves connection speed/reliability,
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and adds error codes, status information, a binary protocol, error
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reporting verbosity, and cleaner startup packets.</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Holdable Cursors</glossterm>
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<listitem><glossdef><para> Allow cursors to exist outside transactions,
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also called holdable cursors
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<glossdef><para> Allow cursors to exist outside transactions
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Threads</glossterm>
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<glossdef><para> libpq and ecpg are now fully thread-safe with
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--enable-thread-safety
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<listitem><glossdef><para> libpq and ecpg are now fully thread-safe with
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--enable-thread-safety</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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While prior libpq releases already supported threads, this release
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was used in the database connection routines.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</listitem>
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<glossentry><glossterm> Contrib</glossterm>
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<listitem><para> New version of full text indexing in /contrib/tsearch2</para>
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</listitem>
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<glossdef><para> New version of full text indexing (tsearch2)</para>
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<para> New autovacuum tool
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<listitem><para> New autovacuum tool in /contrib</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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This new tool monitors the database statistics tables for
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needed.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para> Array handling has been improved and moved into the main
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server
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<listitem><para> Array handling has been improved and moved into the main
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server</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Many array limitations have been removed and they behave more like
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fully-supported data types.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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</glosslist></para></sect2>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para></sect2>
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<sect2><title> Migration to version 7.4</title>
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<para> Observe the following incompatibilities:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para> The server-side autocommit setting was removed and reimplemented
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in client applications and languages.
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in client applications and languages.</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Server-side autocommit was causing too many problems with
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and added to individual client API's as appropriate.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> Error message wording has changed substantially in this release,
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and error codes have been added.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> ANSI inner joins may behave differently because they are now better optimized</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> A number of server variables have been renamed for
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clarity, primarily those related to logging</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH 0 now does nothing
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<listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH 0 now does nothing</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In prior releases, FETCH 0 would fetch all remaining rows, and
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MOVE 0 would move to the end of the cursor.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> MOVE/FETCH now returns the actual number of rows moved/fetched, or zero
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if at the beginning/end of the cursor
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if at the beginning/end of the cursor</para>
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<para>
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Prior releases would return the tuple count passed to the
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command, not the actual number of rows FETCHed or MOVEd.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> COPY now can process carriage-return and
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carriage-return/line-feed end-of-line terminated files.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Literal carriage-returns and line-feeds are no
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from <type>CHAR(n)</type> to
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<type>VARCHAR(n)</type> / <type>TEXT</type></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> <function>FLOAT(p)</function> now measures 'p' in bits, not digits</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> Ambiguous date values now must match the ordering specified by DateStyle
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<listitem><para> Ambiguous date values now must match the ordering specified by DateStyle</para>
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current <varname>DateStyle</>.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> The <function>oidrand()</function>, <function>oidsrand()</function>,
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and <function>userfntest()</function> functions have been removed.
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and <function>userfntest()</function> functions have been removed.</para>
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These functions were determined to be no longer useful.
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</para>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> <literal>'now'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>now()</> or
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<function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</> should be used instead
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<function>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</> should be used instead</para>
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<para>
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In prior releases, there was special code so the string
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situations.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> <literal>'today'</literal> will no longer work as a column default; <function>CURRENT_DATE</>
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should be used instead
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should be used instead</para>
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<para>
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Same description as above.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) is no longer allowed in operator names</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) can be a non-first character in identifiers
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<listitem><para> Dollar sign (<literal>$</>) can be a non-first character in identifiers</para>
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This was done to improve compatibility with other database
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para></sect2>
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<sect2><title> Server Operation Changes</title>
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</sect3>
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<listitem><para>SSL protocol security and performance improvements (Sean Chittenden)
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<listitem><para>SSL protocol security and performance improvements (Sean Chittenden)</para>
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SSL key renegotiation was happening too frequently, causing poor SSL
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performance. Also, initial key handling was improved.
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<listitem><para>Print lock information when a deadlock is detected (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Print lock information when a deadlock is detected (Tom)</para>
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This allows easier debugging of deadlock situations.
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<listitem><para>Update <filename>/tmp</filename> socket mod. times regularly to avoid their removal (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Update <filename>/tmp</filename> socket mod. times regularly to avoid their removal (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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This should help prevent <filename>/tmp</filename> directory cleaner
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<listitem><para>Enable PAM for MAC OS X (Aaron Hillegass)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Make btree indexes fully WAL-safe (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Make btree indexes fully WAL-safe (Tom)</para>
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last few rare cases.
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<listitem><para>Allow btree index compaction and empty page reuse (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix inconsistent index lookups during split of first root page (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Fix inconsistent index lookups during split of first root page (Tom)</para>
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multi-cpu machines. This release fixes that rare failure case.
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<listitem><para>Improve free space map allocation logic (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Preserve free space information between postmaster restarts (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Preserve free space information between postmaster restarts (Tom)</para>
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<listitem><para>Set proper schema permissions in initdb (Peter)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Add start time to pg_stat_activity (Neil)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>New code to detect corrupt disk pages; erase with zero_damaged_pages (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow multi-key hash joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve constant folding (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Add ability to inline simple SQL functions (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Reduce memory usage for queries using complex functions (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Reduce memory usage for queries using complex functions (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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In prior releases, functions returning allocated memory would
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completes, reducing the total memory used by functions.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve GEQO optimizer performance (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Improve GEQO optimizer performance (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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There were several inefficiencies in the way the GEQO optimizer
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managed potential query paths. This release fixes this.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow IN/NOT IN to be handled via hash tables (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve NOT IN (subquery) performance (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow most IN subqueries to be processed as joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries (Joe)
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<listitem><para>Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries (Joe)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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For shared libraries that require a long time to load, this option
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@ -409,7 +389,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
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inherited by all database sessions.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve optimizer cost computations, particularly for subqueries (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Avoid sort when subquery ORDER BY matches upper query (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Assume WHERE a.x = b.y and b.y = 42 also means a.x = 42 (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Add from_collapse_limit to control conversion of subqueries to joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Use faster and more powerful regular expression code from TCL (Henry Spencer, Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Use bit-mapped relation sets in the optimizer (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve backend startup time (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Improve backend startup time (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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The new network protocol requires fewer network packets to start a
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database session.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve trigger/constraint performance (Stephan)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve speed of col IN (const, const, const, ...) (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fix hash indexes which were broken in rare cases (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Improve hash index concurrency and speed (Tom)
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<listitem><para>Improve hash index concurrency and speed (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Prior releases suffered from poor hash index performance,
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@ -439,40 +419,40 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
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btree and hash index performance.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Align shared buffers on 32-byte boundary for copy speed improvement (Manfred Spraul)
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>Align shared buffers on 32-byte boundary for copy speed improvement (Manfred Spraul)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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Certain CPU's perform faster data copies when addresses are 32-bit
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aligned.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The NUMERIC datatype has been reimplemented for better performance (Tom)
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>The NUMERIC datatype has been reimplemented for better performance (Tom)</para>
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<sect3>
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<para>
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NUMERIC used to be stored in base-100. The new code uses base-10000,
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for significantly better performance.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</para></listitem>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></sect2>
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<sect2><title>Server Configuration Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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||||
<listitem><para>Rename server parameter server_min_messages to log_min_messages (Bruce)
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||||
<listitem><para>Rename server parameter server_min_messages to log_min_messages (Bruce)ara></l
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<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This was done so most parameters that control the server logs being
|
||||
with <literal>log_</>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</pistitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Rename show_*_stats to log_*_stats (Bruce)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Rename show_source_port to log_source_port (Bruce)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Rename hostname_lookup to log_hostname (Bruce)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add checkpoint_warning to warn of excessive checkpointing (Bruce)
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add checkpoint_warning to warn of excessive checkpointing (Bruce)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In prior releases, it was difficult to determine if checkpoint was
|
||||
|
|
@ -480,60 +460,60 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
|
|||
logs when excessive checkpointing happens.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>New read-only server parameters for localization (Tom)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Change debug server log messages to output as DEBUG rather than LOG (Bruce)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Prevent server log variables from being turned off by non-super users (Bruce)
|
||||
<listitem><para>Prevent server log variables from being turned off by non-super users (Bruce)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is a security feature so non-super-users can't disable logging
|
||||
that was enabled by the administrator.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>log_min_messages/client_min_messages now controls debug_* output (Bruce)
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>log_min_messages/client_min_messages now controls debug_* output (Bruce)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This centralizes client debug information so all debug output can
|
||||
be sent to either the client or server logs.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add OS X Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add OS X Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This allows OS X machines to query the network for available
|
||||
PostgreSQL servers.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add ability to print only slow statements using log_min_duration_statement
|
||||
(Christopher)
|
||||
(Christopher) </par
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is an often requested debugging feature that allows administrators to
|
||||
see only slow queries in their server logs.
|
||||
see only slow queries in their server logs.</para>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Allow pg_hba.conf to accept netmasks in CIDR format (Andrew Dunstan)
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Allow pg_hba.conf to accept netmasks in CIDR format (Andrew Dunstan)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This allows administrators to merge the host IP address and netmask
|
||||
fields into a single CIDR field in pg_hba.conf.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>New is_superuser read-only variable (Tom)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>New server-side parameter log_error_verbosity to control error detail (Tom)
|
||||
<listitem><para>New server-side parameter log_error_verbosity to control error detail (Tom)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This works with the new error reporting feature to supply additional
|
||||
error information like hints, file names and line numbers.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>postgres --describe-config now dumps server config variables (Aizaz Ahmed, Peter)
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>postgres --describe-config now dumps server config variables (Aizaz Ahmed, Peter)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This option is useful for administration tools that need to know the
|
||||
|
|
@ -541,8 +521,8 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
|
|||
and descriptions.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Make default shared_buffers 1000 and max_connections 100, if possible (Tom)
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Make default shared_buffers 1000 and max_connections 100, if possible (Tom)</para>
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prior versions defaulted to 64 shared buffers so PostgreSQL would
|
||||
|
|
@ -552,7 +532,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
|
|||
and size shared_buffers accordingly.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Add new columns in pg_settings: context, type, source, min_val, max_val (Joe)</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>New pg_hba.conf 'hostnossl' to prevent SSL connections (Jon Jensen)
|
||||
<sect3>
|
||||
|
|
@ -562,7 +542,7 @@ required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.</para>
|
|||
capability.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect3>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>Remove geqo_random_seed server parameter (Tom)</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist></sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
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