Add mention of new pg_dump feature.

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Bruce Momjian 1999-06-08 16:42:10 +00:00
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<surname>Momjian</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<date>1998-06-01</date>
<date>1998-06-09</date>
</docinfo>
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system. This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for
every row like traditional database systems. So, basically, we no
longer are restricted by simple table-level locking;
we have something better than row-level
locking.
we have something better than row-level locking.
</para>
<para>
Another big benefit of MVCC is that <application>pg_dump</application>
can now generate consistent backups of live, active databases, without
blocking active transactions.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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<title>Migration to v6.5</title>
<para>
A dump/restore using <application>pg_dump</application>
or <application>pg_dumpall</application>
A dump/restore using <application>pg_dump</application>
is required for those wishing to migrate data from any
previous release of <productname>Postgres</productname>.
<application>pg_upgrade</application> can <emphasis>not</emphasis>
be used to upgrade to this release because the on-disk structure
of the tables has changed compared to previous releases.
</para>
<para>
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INET type now respects netmask for comparisons
Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock(Vadim)
Allow VIEWs on UNIONS(Jan)
pg_dump now can generate consistent snapshots on active databases(Vadim)
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(1999-05-01)
(1999-06-09)
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