diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
index fc9d9db93fd..01ac4a4d07e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
Release Date
- 2013-XX-XX, CURRENT AS OF 2013-08-16
+ 2013-09-09Overview
- Major enhancements include:
+ Major enhancements in PostgreSQL> 9.3 include:
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
- Many JSON> improvements, including the addition of operators and functions to extract
- values from JSON> data strings
+ Add many features for the JSON> data type,
+ including operators and functions
+ to extract elements from JSON> values
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
- Add a Postgres> foreign
- data wrapper contrib module
+ Add a Postgres> foreign
+ data wrapper to allow access to
+ other Postgres> servers
@@ -81,25 +82,17 @@
- Allow a streaming replication standby to follow a timeline switch,
- and faster failover
+ Prevent non-key-field row updates from blocking foreign key checks
- Dramatically reduce System V shared
+ Greatly reduce System V shared
memory requirements
-
-
- Prevent non-key-field row updates from locking foreign key rows
-
-
-
@@ -158,7 +151,7 @@
Users who have set work_mem> based on the
- previous behavior should revisit that setting.
+ previous behavior may need to revisit that setting.
@@ -173,35 +166,82 @@
- Throw an error if expiring tuple is again updated or deleted (Kevin Grittner)
- DETAILS?
+ Throw an error if a tuple to be updated or deleted has already been
+ updated or deleted by a BEFORE> trigger (Kevin Grittner)
+
+
+
+ Formerly, the originally-intended update was silently skipped,
+ resulting in logical inconsistency since the trigger might have
+ propagated data to other places based on the intended update.
+ Now an error is thrown to prevent the inconsistent results from being
+ committed. If this change affects your application, the best solution
+ is usually to move the data-propagation actions to
+ an AFTER> trigger.
+
+
+
+ This error will also be thrown if a query invokes a volatile function
+ that modifies rows that are later modified by the query itself.
+ Such cases likewise previously resulted in silently skipping updates.
- Change ON UPDATE
+ Change multicolumn ON UPDATE
SET NULL/SET DEFAULT> foreign key actions to affect
- all referenced columns, not just those referenced in the
+ all columns of the constraint, not just those changed in the
UPDATE> (Tom Lane)
- Previously only columns referenced in the UPDATE> were
- set to null or DEFAULT>.
+ Previously, we would set only those referencing columns that
+ correspond to referenced columns that were changed by
+ the UPDATE>. This was what was required by SQL-92,
+ but more recent editions of the SQL standard specify the new behavior.
- Internally store default foreign key matches (non-FULL>,
- non-PARTIAL>) as simple> (Tom Lane)
+ Force cached plans to be replanned if the search_path> changes
+ (Tom Lane)
- These were previously stored as "<unspecified>".
- This changes the value stored in system column pg_constraint.confmatchtype>.
+ Previously, cached plans already generated in the current session were
+ not redone if the query was re-executed with a
+ new search_path> setting, resulting in surprising behavior.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Fix to_number()>
+ to properly handle a period used as a thousands separator (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+ Previously, a period was considered to be a decimal point even when
+ the locale says it isn't and the D> format code is used to
+ specify use of the locale-specific decimal point. This resulted in
+ wrong answers if FM> format was also used.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Fix STRICT> non-set-returning functions that have
+ set-returning functions in their arguments to properly return null
+ rows (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+ A null value passed to the strict function should result in a null
+ output, but instead, that output row was suppressed entirely.
@@ -214,35 +254,24 @@
Previously, WAL> files with names ending in FF>
- were not used. If you have WAL> backup or restore scripts
- that took that skipping into account, they will need to be adjusted.
+ were not used because of this skipping. If you have WAL>
+ backup or restore scripts that took this behavior into account, they
+ will need to be adjusted.
- Allow to_char()>
- to properly handle D> (locale-specific decimal point) and
- FM> (fill mode) specifications in locales where a
- period is a group separator and not a decimal point (Tom Lane)
+ In pg_constraint.confmatchtype>,
+ store the default foreign key match type (non-FULL>,
+ non-PARTIAL>) as s> for simple>
+ (Tom Lane)
- Previously, a period group separator would be misinterpreted as
- a decimal point in such locales.
-
-
-
-
-
- Fix STRICT> non-set-returning functions that take
- set-returning functions as arguments to properly return null
- rows (Tom Lane)
-
-
-
- Previously, rows with null values were suppressed.
+ Previously this case was represented by u>
+ for unspecified>.
@@ -271,36 +300,28 @@
- Prevent non-key-field row updates from locking foreign key rows
+ Prevent non-key-field row updates from blocking foreign key checks
(Álvaro Herrera, Noah Misch, Andres Freund, Alexander
- Shulgin, Marti Raudsepp)
+ Shulgin, Marti Raudsepp, Alexander Shulgin)
- This improves concurrency and reduces the probability of deadlocks.
- UPDATE>s on non-key columns use the new SELECT
- FOR NO KEY UPDATE> lock type, and foreign key checks use the
- new SELECT FOR KEY SHARE> lock mode.
+ This change improves concurrency and reduces the probability of
+ deadlocks when updating tables involved in a foreign-key constraint.
+ UPDATE>s that do not change any columns referenced in a
+ foreign key now take the new NO KEY UPDATE> lock mode on
+ the row, while foreign key checks use the new KEY SHARE>
+ lock mode, which does not conflict with NO KEY UPDATE>.
+ So there is no blocking unless a foreign-key column is changed.
Add configuration variable lock_timeout> to limit
- lock wait duration (Zoltán Böszörményi)
-
-
-
-
-
- Add cache of local locks (Jeff Janes)
-
-
-
- This speeds lock release at statement completion in
- transactions that hold many locks; it is particularly useful
- for pg_dump> and the restoration of such dumps.
+ linkend="guc-lock-timeout">lock_timeout> to
+ allow limiting how long a session will wait to acquire any one lock
+ (Zoltán Böszörményi)
@@ -315,21 +336,29 @@
- Add SP-GiST>
+ Add SP-GiST>
support for range data types (Alexander Korotkov)
- Allow unlogged GiST> indexes
- (Jeevan Chalke)
+ Allow GiST> indexes to be
+ unlogged (Jeevan Chalke)
- Improve concurrency of hash indexes (Robert Haas)
+ Improve performance of GiST> index insertion by randomizing
+ the choice of which page to descend to when there are multiple equally
+ good alternatives (Heikki Linnakangas)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Improve concurrency of hash index operations (Robert Haas)
@@ -344,21 +373,37 @@
- Collect and use histograms for range
- types (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Collect and use histograms of upper and lower bounds, as well as range
+ lengths, for range types
+ (Alexander Korotkov)
- Reduce optimizer overhead by discarding plans with unneeded cheaper
- startup costs (Tom Lane)
+ Improve optimizer's cost estimation for index access (Tom Lane)
- Improve optimizer cost estimation for index access (Tom Lane)
+ Improve optimizer's hash table size estimate for
+ doing DISTINCT> via hash aggregation (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress no-op Result and Limit plan nodes
+ (Kyotaro Horiguchi, Amit Kapila, Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Reduce optimizer overhead by not keeping plans on the basis of cheap
+ startup cost when the optimizer only cares about total cost overall
+ (Tom Lane)
@@ -374,7 +419,7 @@
Add COPY FREEZE>
- option to avoid the overhead of marking tuples as committed later
+ option to avoid the overhead of marking tuples as frozen later
(Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis)
@@ -389,21 +434,13 @@
- Improve grouping of sessions waiting for commit_delay>
(Peter Geoghegan)
- This improves the usefulness and behavior of
- commit_delay>.
-
-
-
-
-
- Improve performance for transactions creating, rebuilding, or
- dropping many relations (Jeff Janes, Tomas Vondra)
+ This greatly improves the usefulness of commit_delay>.
@@ -411,14 +448,15 @@
Improve performance of the CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ... ON
- COMMIT DELETE ROWS> clause by only issuing delete if
- the temporary table was accessed (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ COMMIT DELETE ROWS> option by not truncating such temporary
+ tables in transactions that haven't touched any temporary tables
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
- Have vacuum recheck visibility after it has removed expired tuples
+ Make vacuum recheck visibility after it has removed expired tuples
(Pavan Deolasee)
@@ -429,13 +467,32 @@
- Split the pg_stat_tmp>
- statistics file into per-database and global files (Tomas Vondra)
+ Add per-resource-owner lock caches (Jeff Janes)
- This reduces the I/O overhead for statistics tracking.
+ This speeds up lock bookkeeping at statement completion in
+ multi-statement transactions that hold many locks; it is particularly
+ useful for pg_dump>.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Avoid scanning the entire relation cache at commit of a transaction
+ that creates a new relation (Jeff Janes)
+
+
+
+ This speeds up sessions that create many tables in successive
+ small transactions, such as a pg_restore> run.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Improve performance of transactions that drop many relations
+ (Tomas Vondra)
@@ -463,27 +520,38 @@
- Allow pg_terminate_backend()>
- to terminate other backends with the same role (Dan Farina)
+ Split the statistics collector's
+ data file into separate global and per-database files (Tomas Vondra)
- Previously, only superusers could terminate other sessions.
+ This reduces the I/O required for statistics tracking.
- Allow the statistics
- collector to operate properly in cases where the system
- clock goes backwards (Tom Lane)
+ Fix the statistics collector to operate properly in cases where the
+ system clock goes backwards (Tom Lane)
- Previously statistics collection would stop until the time again
- reached the previously-stored latest time.
+ Previously, statistics collection would stop until the time again
+ reached the latest time previously recorded.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Emit an informative message to postmaster standard error when we
+ are about to stop logging there
+ (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+ This should help reduce user confusion about where to look for log
+ output in common configurations that log to standard error only during
+ postmaster startup.
@@ -496,6 +564,15 @@
+
+
+ When an authentication failure occurs, log the relevant
+ pg_hba.conf>
+ line, to ease debugging of unintended failures
+ (Magnus Hagander)
+
+
+
Improve LDAP> error
@@ -505,8 +582,8 @@
- Add support for LDAP> authentication to be specified
- in URL> format (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add support for specifying LDAP> authentication parameters
+ in URL> format, per RFC 4516 (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -519,7 +596,7 @@
- It is assumed DEFAULT> is more appropriate cipher set.
+ This should yield a more appropriate SSL cipher set.
@@ -531,9 +608,7 @@
- This is similar to how pg_hba.conf>
- is processed.
+ This is similar to how pg_hba.conf> is processed.
@@ -548,14 +623,14 @@
- Dramatically reduce System V shared
+ Greatly reduce System V shared
memory requirements (Robert Haas)
- Instead, on Unix-like systems, mmap()> is used for
- shared memory. For most users, this will eliminate the need to
- adjust kernel parameters for shared memory.
+ On Unix-like systems, mmap()> is now used for most
+ of PostgreSQL>'s shared memory. For most users, this
+ will eliminate any need to adjust kernel parameters for shared memory.
@@ -604,7 +679,8 @@
Remove the external
- PID> file on postmaster exit (Peter Eisentraut)
+ PID> file, if any, on postmaster exit
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -627,9 +703,9 @@
- This allows streaming standbys to feed from newly-promoted slaves.
- Previously slaves required access to a WAL> archive directory to
- accomplish this.
+ This allows streaming standby servers to receive WAL data from a slave
+ newly promoted to master status. Previously, other standbys would
+ require a resync to begin following the new master.
@@ -670,8 +746,8 @@
- This information is useful for determining the WAL>
- files needed for restore.
+ This information is useful for determining which WAL>
+ files are needed for restore.
@@ -693,10 +769,10 @@
- Have pg_basebackup>
@@ -720,7 +796,7 @@
Add wal_receiver_timeout>
- parameter to control the WAL> receiver timeout
+ parameter to control the WAL> receiver's timeout
(Amit Kapila)
@@ -729,18 +805,10 @@
-
-
-
- Write-Ahead Log
- (WAL>)
-
-
-
- Change the WAL> record format to allow splitting the record header
- across pages (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Change the WAL> record format to
+ allow splitting the record header across pages (Heikki Linnakangas)
@@ -751,8 +819,6 @@
-
-
@@ -779,7 +845,15 @@
Add support for piping COPY> and psql> \copy>
- to/from an external program (Etsuro Fujita)
+ data to/from an external program (Etsuro Fujita)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Allow a multirow VALUES> clause in a rule
+ to reference OLD>/NEW> (Tom Lane)
@@ -800,8 +874,7 @@
This allows server-side functions written in event-enabled
- languages, e.g. C, PL/pgSQL, to be called when DDL commands
- are run.
+ languages to be called when DDL commands are run.
@@ -813,14 +886,6 @@
-
-
- Allow a multirow VALUES> clause in a rule
- to reference OLD>/NEW> (Tom Lane)
-
-
-
Add CREATE SCHEMA ... IF
@@ -830,22 +895,24 @@
- Have REASSIGN
+ Make REASSIGN
OWNED> also change ownership of shared objects
(Álvaro Herrera)
-
-
-
- CREATE TABLE>
-
-
+
+
+ Make CREATE
+ AGGREGATE> complain if the given initial value string is not
+ valid input for the transition datatype (Tom Lane)
+
+
- Suppress messages about implicit index and sequence creation
+ Suppress CREATE
+ TABLE>'s messages about implicit index and sequence creation
(Robert Haas)
@@ -867,15 +934,6 @@
-
-
-
-
-
- Constraints
-
-
-
Provide clients with
- This allows clients to retrieve table, column, data type, or constraint
- name error details. Previously such information had to be extracted from
- error strings. Client library support is required to access these
- fields.
+ This allows clients to retrieve table, column, data type, or
+ constraint name error details. Previously such information had to be
+ extracted from error strings. Client library support is required to
+ access these fields.
-
-
ALTER>
@@ -915,7 +971,7 @@
Add ALTER ROLE ALL
- SET> to add settings to all users (Peter Eisentraut)
+ SET> to establish settings for all users (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -973,6 +1029,18 @@
+
+
+ Add CREATE RECURSIVE
+ VIEW> syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
+
+
+
+ Internally this is translated into CREATE VIEW ... WITH
+ RECURSIVE ...>.
+
+
+
Improve view/rule printing code to handle cases where referenced
@@ -983,20 +1051,9 @@
Table and column renamings can produce cases where, if we merely
substitute the new name into the original text of a rule or view, the
- result is ambiguous. This patch fixes the rule-dumping code to insert
- table and column aliases if needed to preserve the original semantics.
-
-
-
-
-
- Add CREATE RECURSIVE
- VIEW> syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
-
-
-
- Internally this is translated into CREATE VIEW ... WITH
- RECURSIVE ...>.
+ result is ambiguous. This change fixes the rule-dumping code to insert
+ manufactured table and column aliases when needed to preserve the
+ original semantics.
@@ -1013,21 +1070,22 @@
- Increase the maximum length of large
+ Increase the maximum size of large
objects from 2GB to 4TB (Nozomi Anzai, Yugo Nagata)
- This change includes new libpq and server-side 64-bit-capable
- large object access functions.
+ This change includes adding 64-bit-capable large object access
+ functions, both in the server and in libpq.
Allow text timezone
- designations, e.g. America/Chicago> when using
- the ISO> T> timestamptz format (Bruce Momjian)
+ designations, e.g. America/Chicago>, in the
+ T> field of ISO>-format timestamptz
+ input (Bruce Momjian)
@@ -1041,13 +1099,13 @@
Add operators and functions
- to extract values from JSON> data strings (Andrew Dunstan)
+ to extract elements from JSON> values (Andrew Dunstan)
- Allow JSON> data strings to be JSON> values to be converted into records
(Andrew Dunstan)
@@ -1055,9 +1113,9 @@
- Add functions
- to convert values, records, and hstore data to JSON>
- (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add functions to convert
+ scalars, records, and hstore> values to JSON> (Andrew
+ Dunstan)
@@ -1098,32 +1156,32 @@
Improve format()>
- to handle field width and left/right alignment (Pavel Stehule)
+ to provide field width and left/right alignment options (Pavel Stehule)
- Have to_char()>,
to_date()>,
and to_timestamp()>
- properly handle negative century designations (CC>)
+ handle negative (BC) century values properly
(Bruce Momjian)
Previously the behavior was either wrong or inconsistent
- with positive/AD> handling, e.g. format mask
+ with positive/AD> handling, e.g. with the format mask
IYYY-IW-DY>.
- Have to_date()>
and to_timestamp()>
@@ -1136,9 +1194,8 @@
Cause pg_get_viewdef()>
- to start a new line by default after each SELECT> target list entry and
- FROM> entry (Marko Tiikkaja)
+ to start a new line by default after each SELECT> target
+ list entry and FROM> entry (Marko Tiikkaja)
@@ -1161,19 +1218,6 @@
-
-
- Force cached plans to be replanned if the search_path> changes
- (Tom Lane)
-
-
-
- Previously cached plans already generated in the current session
- ignored search_path> changes.
-
-
-
@@ -1181,18 +1225,6 @@
Server-Side Languages
-
-
-
-
- Allow SPI>
- functions to access the number of rows processed by
- COPY> (Pavel Stehule)
-
-
-
-
-
PL/pgSQL Server-Side Language
@@ -1225,7 +1257,8 @@
- The command is COPY> executed in a PL/pgSQL function now updates the
+ value retrieved by GET DIAGNOSTICS
x = ROW_COUNT>.
@@ -1233,7 +1266,13 @@
- Allow greater flexibility in where keywords can be used in PL/pgSQL (Tom Lane)
+ Allow unreserved keywords to be used as identifiers everywhere in
+ PL/pgSQL (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+ In certain places in the PL/pgSQL grammar, keywords had to be quoted
+ to be used as identifiers, even if they were nominally unreserved.
@@ -1277,6 +1316,41 @@
+
+ Server Programming Interface (SPI)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Prevent leakage of SPI> tuple tables during subtransaction
+ abort (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+ At the end of any failed subtransaction, the core SPI code now
+ releases any SPI tuple tables that were created during that
+ subtransaction. This avoids the need for SPI-using code to keep track
+ of such tuple tables and release them manually in error-recovery code.
+ Failure to do so caused a number of transaction-lifespan memory leakage
+ issues in PL/pgSQL and perhaps other SPI clients. SPI_freetuptable()>
+ now protects itself against multiple freeing requests, so any existing
+ code that did take care to clean up shouldn't be broken by this change.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Allow SPI> functions to access the number of rows processed
+ by COPY> (Pavel Stehule)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Client Applications
@@ -1301,9 +1375,9 @@
- This is similar to the pg_dump>
@@ -1314,7 +1388,7 @@
linkend="app-pgbasebackup">pg_basebackup>, and
pg_receivexlog>
- to specify the connection string (Amit Kapila)
+ to allow specifying a connection string (Amit Kapila)
@@ -1337,14 +1411,14 @@
Adjust function cost settings so psql> tab
- completion and pattern searching is more efficient (Tom Lane)
+ completion and pattern searching are more efficient (Tom Lane)
- Improve psql> tab completion coverage (Jeff Janes,
- Peter Eisentraut)
+ Improve psql>'s tab completion coverage (Jeff Janes,
+ Dean Rasheed, Peter Eisentraut, Magnus Hagander)
@@ -1367,21 +1441,22 @@
- The warning when connecting to a newer server was retained.
+ A warning is still issued when connecting to a server of a newer major
+ version than psql>'s.
- Backslash Commands
+ Backslash Commands
- Add psql> \watch> command to repeatedly
- execute commands (Will Leinweber)
+ Add psql> command \watch> to repeatedly
+ execute a SQL command (Will Leinweber)
@@ -1401,14 +1476,14 @@
- Add Security> label to psql> \df+>
- output (Jon Erdman)
+ Add Security> column to psql>'s
+ \df+> output (Jon Erdman)
- Allow psql> \l> to accept a database
+ Allow psql> command \l> to accept a database
name pattern (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -1426,8 +1501,9 @@
- Properly reset state if the SQL command executed with
- psql>'s \g file> fails (Tom Lane)
+ Properly reset state after failure of a SQL command executed with
+ psql>'s \g> file>
+ (Tom Lane)
@@ -1465,15 +1541,15 @@
- In psql> tuples-only and expanded modes, no longer
- output (No rows)> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ In psql>'s tuples-only and expanded output modes, no
+ longer emit (No rows)> for zero rows (Peter Eisentraut)
- In psql>, no longer print an empty line for
- unaligned, expanded output for zero rows (Peter Eisentraut)
+ In psql>'s unaligned, expanded output mode, no longer
+ print an empty line for zero rows (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -1497,15 +1573,14 @@
- Have pg_dump> output functions in a more predictable
+ Make pg_dump> output functions in a more predictable
order (Joel Jacobson)
- Fix tar files emitted by pg_dump> and pg_basebackup>
+ Fix tar files emitted by pg_dump>
to be POSIX> conformant (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
@@ -1532,11 +1607,12 @@
- Have initdb fsync the newly created data directory (Jeff Davis)
+ Make initdb fsync the newly created data directory (Jeff Davis)
- This can be disabled by using
--nosync>.
+ This insures data integrity in event of a system crash shortly after
+ initdb. This can be disabled by using
--nosync>.
@@ -1554,7 +1630,7 @@
- Have initdb issue a warning about placing the data directory at the
+ Make initdb issue a warning about placing the data directory at the
top of a file system mount point (Bruce Momjian)
@@ -1572,13 +1648,7 @@
- Add an embedded list interface (Andres Freund)
-
-
-
-
-
- Add infrastructure to better support plug-in background worker processes
(Álvaro Herrera)
@@ -1598,19 +1668,54 @@
- This allows libpgport to be used solely for porting code.
+ This allows libpgport to be used solely for portability-related code.
- Standardize on naming of client-side memory allocation functions (Tom Lane)
+ Add support for list links embedded in larger structs (Andres Freund)
- Add compiler designations to indicate some ereport()>
+ Use SA_RESTART> for all signals,
+ including SIGALRM> (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Ensure that the correct text domain is used when
+ translating errcontext()> messages
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Standardize naming of client-side memory allocation functions (Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Provide support for static assertions> that will fail at
+ compile time if some compile-time-constant condition is not met
+ (Andres Freund, Tom Lane)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Support Assert()> in client-side code (Andrew Dunstan)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Add decoration to inform the C compiler that some ereport()>
and elog()> calls do not return (Peter Eisentraut,
Andres Freund, Tom Lane, Heikki Linnakangas)
@@ -1650,8 +1755,8 @@
Remove configure flag
-
--disable-shared>, as it is no longer used (Bruce
- Momjian)
+
--disable-shared>, as it is no longer supported
+ (Bruce Momjian)
@@ -1663,18 +1768,25 @@
- Add Emacs macro to match PostgreSQL> perltidy
- formatting (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Provide Emacs macro to set Perl formatting to
+ match PostgreSQL>'s perltidy settings (Peter Eisentraut)
- Run tool to check the keyword list when the backend grammar is
+ Run tool to check the keyword list whenever the backend grammar is
changed (Tom Lane)
+
+
+ Change the way UESCAPE> is lexed, to significantly reduce
+ the size of the lexer tables (Heikki Linnakangas)
+
+
+
Centralize flex> and bison>
@@ -1688,13 +1800,7 @@
- Support Assert()> in client-side code (Andrew Dunstan)
-
-
-
-
-
- Change many internal backend functions to return OID>s
+ Change many internal backend functions to return object OID>s
rather than void (Dimitri Fontaine)
@@ -1719,8 +1825,8 @@
Add function pg_identify_object()>
- to dump an object in machine-readable format (Álvaro
- Herrera)
+ to produce a machine-readable description of a database object
+ (Álvaro Herrera)
@@ -1739,14 +1845,15 @@
- Improve ability to detect official timezone abbreviation changes
+ Provide a tool to help detect timezone abbreviation changes when
+ updating the src/timezone/data> files
(Tom Lane)
- Add pkg-config> support libpq>
+ Add pkg-config> support for libpq>
and ecpg> libraries (Peter Eisentraut)
@@ -1805,8 +1912,9 @@
- Add a Postgres> foreign
- data wrapper contrib module (Shigeru Hanada)
+ Add a Postgres> foreign
+ data wrapper contrib module to allow access to
+ other Postgres> servers (Shigeru Hanada)
@@ -1831,21 +1939,29 @@
- Improve pg_trgm>
+ Improve pg_trgm>'s
handling of multibyte characters (Tom Lane)
-
-
- Add pgstattuple function to report the
- size of the GIN> pending index insertion list (Fujii Masao)
+ On a platform that does not have the wcstombs() or towlower() library
+ functions, this could result in an incompatible change in the contents
+ of pg_trgm> indexes for non-ASCII data. In such cases,
+ REINDEX> those indexes to ensure correct search results.
- Have oid2name>,
+ Add a pgstattuple function to report
+ the size of the pending-insertions list of a GIN> index
+ (Fujii Masao)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Make oid2name>,
pgbench>, and
vacuumlo> set
fallback_application_name> (Amit Kapila)
@@ -1870,12 +1986,15 @@
- Improve dblink option validator
- (Tom Lane)
+ Create a dedicated foreign data wrapper, with its own option validator
+ function, for dblink (Shigeru Hanada)
- Details?
+ When using this FDW to define the target of a dblink>
+ connection, instead of using a hard-wired list of connection options,
+ the underlying libpq> library is consulted to see what
+ connection options it supports.
@@ -1888,19 +2007,20 @@
- Allow pg_upgrade>
--jobs> to do
- parallelism (Bruce Momjian, Andrew Dunstan)
+ Allow pg_upgrade> to do dumps and restores in
+ parallel (Bruce Momjian, Andrew Dunstan)
This allows parallel schema dump/restore of databases, as well as
- parallel copy/link of data files per tablespace.
+ parallel copy/link of data files per tablespace. Use the
+
--jobs> option to specify the level of parallelism.
- Have pg_upgrade> create Unix-domain sockets in
+ Make pg_upgrade> create Unix-domain sockets in
the current directory (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
@@ -1912,7 +2032,7 @@
- Have pg_upgrade>
--check> mode properly
+ Make pg_upgrade>
--check> mode properly
detect the location of non-default socket directories (Bruce
Momjian, Tom Lane)
@@ -1927,8 +2047,8 @@
- Increase pg_upgrade> logging content by showing
- executed command (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Improve pg_upgrade>'s logs by showing
+ executed commands (Álvaro Herrera)
@@ -1999,7 +2119,9 @@
- Allow pgbench> to use a larger scale factor
+ Allow pgbench> to use much larger scale factors,
+ by changing relevant columns from integer> to bigint>
+ when the requested scale factor exceeds 20000
(Greg Smith)
@@ -2032,13 +2154,13 @@
Improve WINDOW>
- function documentation (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
+ function documentation (Bruce Momjian, Florian Pflug)
- Add instructions for setting
+ Add instructions for setting
up the documentation tool chain on Mac OS X>
(Peter Eisentraut)