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<note> |
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<title>Release date</title> |
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<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara> |
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<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara> |
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</note> |
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<para> |
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X. |
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However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns, |
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you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.3.8. |
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Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.5, |
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see the release notes for 8.3.5. |
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</para> |
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</sect2> |
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Fix Windows shared-memory allocation code (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus) |
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<para> |
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This bug led to the often-reported <quote>could not reattach |
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to shared memory</> error message. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Force WAL segment switch during <function>pg_start_backup()</> |
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(Heikki) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This avoids corner cases that could render a base backup unusable. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION |
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that |
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disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION |
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions. |
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(See CVE-2007-6600) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Make <command>LOAD</> of an already-loaded loadable module |
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into a no-op (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Formerly, <command>LOAD</> would attempt to unload and re-load the |
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module, but this is unsafe and not all that useful. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Disallow empty passwords during LDAP authentication (Magnus) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of |
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an outer-level aggregate function (Tom) |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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Fix bugs associated with fetching a whole-row value from the |
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output of a Sort or Materialize plan node (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Prevent <varname>synchronize_seqscans</> from changing the results of |
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scrollable and <literal>WITH HOLD</> cursors (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Revert planner change that disabled partial-index and constraint |
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exclusion optimizations when there were more than 100 clauses in |
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an AND or OR list (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values. |
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It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns. |
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If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them |
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after updating. |
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</para> |
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Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal |
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<para> |
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Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to |
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properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom) |
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Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal> |
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when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer |
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datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker) |
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</para> |
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Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators. |
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Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency |
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amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix <literal>LIKE</> for case where pattern contains <literal>%_</> |
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(Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Properly round datetime input like |
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<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom) |
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</para> |
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Fix memory leaks in XML operations (Tom) |
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</para> |
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Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes |
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(Teodor) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Fix case where <application>pg_ctl</> fast shutdown was not |
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working if <application>pg_ctl</> smart shutdown was already in |
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progress (Fujii Masao) |
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Ensure that a <quote>fast shutdown</> request will forcibly terminate |
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open sessions, even if a <quote>smart shutdown</> was already in progress |
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(Fujii Masao) |
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</para> |
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Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew) |
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Avoid performance degradation in bulk inserts into GIN indexes |
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when the input values are (nearly) in sorted order (Tom) |
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</para> |
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Fix problem where Win32 shared memory allocation sometimes failed on |
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startup (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus) |
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Correctly enforce NOT NULL domain constraints in some contexts in |
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PL/pgSQL (Tom) |
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</para> |
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Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan) |
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<para> |
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Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if |
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<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis) |
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</para> |
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Improve <application>pg_dump</>'s efficiency when there are |
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many large objects (Tamas Vincze) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Use <literal>SIGUSR1</>, not <literal>SIGQUIT</>, as the |
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failover signal for <application>pg_standby</> (Heikki) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Make <application>pg_standby</>'s <literal>maxretries</> option |
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behave as documented (Fujii Masao) |
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</para> |
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Make <filename>contrib/hstore</> throw an error when a key or |
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value is too long to fit in its data structure, rather than |
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silently truncating it (Andrew Gierth) |
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</para> |
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Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to |
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properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover |
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from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files |
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when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This bug caused some Win32 backends to randomly not start. |
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l |
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for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, |
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Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only), |
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Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia. |
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Tom Lane
17 years ago