Checksums can be disabled with the new <application>initdb</application> option <option>--no-data-checksums</option>.
<application>pg_upgrade</application> requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new
<xref linkend="pgupgrade"/> requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new
option can be useful to upgrade non-checksum old clusters.
</para>
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@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Prevent <command>COPY FROM</command> from treating <literal>\.</literal> as an e
</para>
<para>
<application>psql</application> will still treat <literal>\.</literal> as an end-of-file marker when reading <acronym>CSV</acronym> files from <literal>STDIN</literal>. Older <application>psql</application> clients connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 18 servers might
<xref linkend="app-psql"/> will still treat <literal>\.</literal> as an end-of-file marker when reading <acronym>CSV</acronym> files from <literal>STDIN</literal>. Older <application>psql</application> clients connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 18 servers might
experience <literal>\copy</literal> problems. This
release also enforces that <literal>\.</literal> must appear alone on a line.
</para>
@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ Have query jumbling of arrays consider only the first and last array elements (D
</para>
<para>
Jumbling is used by <application>pg_stat_statements</application>.
Jumbling is used by <xref linkend="pgstatstatements"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ Require primary/foreign key relationships to use either deterministic collations
</para>
<para>
The restore of a <application>pg_dump</application>, also used by <application>pg_upgrade</application>, will fail if these requirements are not met; schema changes must be made for these upgrade methods to succeed.
The restore of a <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/>, also used by <xref linkend="pgupgrade"/>, will fail if these requirements are not met; schema changes must be made for these upgrade methods to succeed.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ This was previously erroneously prohibited.
@ -2554,7 +2554,7 @@ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
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<para>
Add <application>pg_combinebackup</application> option <option>-k</option>/<option>--link</option> to enable hard linking (Israel Barth Rubio, Robert Haas)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgcombinebackup"/> option <option>-k</option>/<option>--link</option> to enable hard linking (Israel Barth Rubio, Robert Haas)
If <application>pg_rewind</application>'s <option>--source-server</option> specifies a database name, use it in <option>--write-recovery-conf</option> output (Masahiko Sawada)
If <xref linkend="app-pgrewind"/>'s <option>--source-server</option> specifies a database name, use it in <option>--write-recovery-conf</option> output (Masahiko Sawada)
@ -2617,12 +2617,12 @@ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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<para>
Allow <application>pg_dumpall</application> to dump in the same output formats as <application>pg_dump</application> supports (Mahendra Singh Thalor, Andrew Dunstan)
Allow <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/> to dump in the same output formats as <application>pg_dump</application> supports (Mahendra Singh Thalor, Andrew Dunstan)
Add <application>pg_dump</application> and <application>pg_dumpall</application> option <option>--sequence-data</option> to dump sequence data that would normally be excluded (Nathan Bossart)
Add <application>pg_dump</application> and <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/> option <option>--sequence-data</option> to dump sequence data that would normally be excluded (Nathan Bossart)
@ -2660,7 +2660,8 @@ Author: Jeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
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<para>
Add <application>pg_dump</application>, <application>pg_dumpall</application>, and <application>pg_restore</application> options <option>--statistics-only</option>, <option>--no-statistics</option>, <option>--no-data</option>, and <option>--no-schema</option> (Corey Huinker, Jeff Davis)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/>, <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/>, and
<xref linkend="app-pgrestore"/> options <option>--statistics-only</option>, <option>--no-statistics</option>, <option>--no-data</option>, and <option>--no-schema</option> (Corey Huinker, Jeff Davis)
@ -3289,7 +3292,8 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
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<para>
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to <application>postgres_fdw</application> servers (Matheus Alcantara, Peter Eisentraut)
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to
<xref linkend="postgres-fdw"/> servers (Matheus Alcantara, Peter Eisentraut)