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Peter Eisentraut 14 years ago
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</para>
<para>
Previously this returned <literal>NULL</>.
Previously this returned a null value.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
</para>
<para>
Previously this returned <literal>NULL</>.
Previously this returned a null value.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE, AFTER, or INSTEAD OF
some action. Trigger function authors should verify that their logic
behaves sanely in all three cases.
Triggers can now be fired in three cases: <literal>BEFORE</>,
<literal>AFTER</>, or <literal>INSTEAD OF</> some action.
Trigger function authors should verify that their logic behaves
sanely in all three cases.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow unlogged tables using <link
Allow unlogged tables using the <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description"><literal>UNLOGGED</></link>
during <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE
clause in <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE
TABLE</></link> (Robert Haas)
</para>
@ -345,7 +346,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This allows the use of commit_siblings with less overhead.
This allows the use of <varname>commit_siblings</varname> with
less overhead.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -412,8 +414,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Support host names and host suffixes (e.g. .example.com) in
<link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link>
Support host names and host suffixes
(e.g. <literal>.example.com</>) in <link
linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link>
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
@ -476,7 +479,7 @@
Add <link
linkend="guc-log-file-mode"><varname>log_file_mode</></link>
which controls the permissions on log files created by the
logging_collector (Martin Pihlak)
logging collector (Martin Pihlak)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <structfield>client_hostname</structfield> field to <link
Add <structfield>client_hostname</structfield> column to <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></link>
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
@ -532,13 +535,13 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add buffers_backend_fsync field to <link
Add <structfield>buffers_backend_fsync</> column to <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_bgwriter</></link>
(Greg Smith)
</para>
<para>
This new field counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a
This new column counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a
buffer.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -560,8 +563,8 @@
</para>
<para>
wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on the size of
shared_buffers.
<varname>wal_buffers</> is now auto-tuned by default based on
the size of <varname>shared_buffers</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -708,7 +711,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add variable <link
Add configuration parameter <link
linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"><varname>hot_standby_feedback</></link>
to enable standbys to postpone cleanup of old row versions on the
primary (Simon Riggs)
@ -804,8 +807,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the
recovery point is the one desired.
This allows a recovery server to be queried to check whether
the recovery point is the one desired.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -876,7 +879,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add a true <link
linkend="xact-serializable"><literal>serializable</></link> isolation
linkend="xact-serializable">serializable</link> isolation
level (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports)
</para>
@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@
<para>
The new option is called <literal>NOT VALID</>, which can
later be modified to <literal>VALIDATED</> and validation
checks performed. Together these allow you to add a Foreign Key
checks performed. Together these allow you to add a foreign key
with minimal impact on read and write operations.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
For example, converting a varchar column to text no longer
requires a rewrite of the table. However, increasing the length
constraint on a varchar column still requires a table rewrite.
For example, converting a <type>varchar</> column to
<type>text</> no longer requires a rewrite of the table.
However, increasing the length constraint on a
<type>varchar</> column still requires a table rewrite.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1115,9 +1119,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server
backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same
table at the same time (Robert Haas)
Fix possible <quote>tuple concurrently updated</quote> error
when two server backends attempted to add an inheritance
parent to the same table at the same time (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
@ -1515,7 +1519,7 @@
linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_to_string()</></link>
and <link
linkend="array-functions-table"><function>string_to_array()</></link>
for <literal>NULL</> processing control (Pavel Stehule)
for null value processing control (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1565,14 +1569,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Add fields to the <link
Add columns to the <link
linkend="infoschema-sequences"><structname>information_schema.sequences</></link>
system view (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
Previously, though the view existed, all of these view fields
were unimplemented.
Previously, though the view existed, the columns about the
sequence parameters were unimplemented.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1777,22 +1781,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<function>plpy.Fatal</function> now raises <literal>FATAL</>, rather
than <literal>ERROR</literal> (Jan Urbanski)
</para>
<para>
The old behavior was incorrect.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Overhaul of PL/Python (Jan Urbanski)
Fix exception handling with Python 3 (Jan Urbanski)
</para>
<para>
This includes exception support for Python 3. **More detail?
Exception classes were previously not available in
<literal>plpy</> under Python 3.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1885,7 +1879,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Make <application>psql</application> distinguish between unique
indices and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt)
indexes and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1951,11 +1945,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Improve <application>pg_ctl</>
start's "wait" (<option>-w</>) mode to handle non-standard
port numbers, non-standard Unix-domain socket locations,
permission problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce
Momjian)
Improve <application>pg_ctl</> start's <quote>wait</quote>
(<option>-w</>) mode to handle non-standard port numbers,
non-standard Unix-domain socket locations, permission
problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2091,8 +2084,8 @@
</para>
<para>
This allows for faster compiles. Also, make <option>-k</>
and make <option>-q</> now work properly in a parallel build.
This allows for faster compiles. Also, <literal>make -k</>
now works properly.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2183,7 +2176,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Improve ability to use C++ compilers for <link
linkend="xfunc-c">backend compiles</link> by removing
linkend="xfunc-c">compiling add-on modules</link> by removing
conflicting key words (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2346,7 +2339,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="intarray"><filename>contrib/intarray</></link>
to work properly on multi-dimensional arrays (Tom Lane)
to work properly on multidimensional arrays (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2582,9 +2575,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Document that it is possible to access all composite fields
using <link linkend="field-selection"><literal>(compositeval).*
syntax</></link> (Peter Eisentraut)
Document that it is possible to access all composite type
fields using <link
linkend="field-selection"><literal>(compositeval).*</></link>
syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>

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