diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index 214f86d33edad8571284e162b659221e6d60012e..a3d137cc25387a5548c9d1b24f5974109bf005f3 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -1,3 +1,34 @@ + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Release 7.1.1 + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + +Release 7.1.1 (2001-05-04) + +This has a variety of fixes from 7.1. + +Migration to v7.1.1 + +A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.1. + +Changes +------- +Fix for numeric MODULO operator (Tom) +pg_dump fixes (Philip) +readline 4.2 fixes (Peter E) +JOIN fixes (Tom) +AIX, MSWIN, VAX,N32K fixes (Tom) +Multibytes fixes (Tom) +Unicode fixes (Tatsuo) +Optimizer improvements (Tom) +Fix for whole tuples in functions (Tom) +Fix for pg_ctl and option strings with spaces (Peter E) +ODBC fixes (Hiroshi) +EXTRACT can now take string argument (Thomas) +Python fixes (Darcy) + + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Release 7.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -11,7 +42,7 @@ PostgreSQL code for many years. Major changes in this release: - Write-ahead Log (WAL) - To maintain database consistency in + Write-ahead Log (WAL) - To maintain database consistency in case of an operating system crash, previous releases of PostgreSQL have forced all data modifications to disk before each transaction commit. With WAL, only one log file must be flushed to disk, greatly @@ -19,22 +50,22 @@ improving performance. If you have been using -F in previous releases to disable disk flushes, you may want to consider discontinuing its use. - TOAST - Previous releases had a compiled-in row length limit, + TOAST - Previous releases had a compiled-in row length limit, typically 8 - 32 kB. This limit made storage of long text fields difficult. With TOAST, long rows of any length can be stored with good performance. - Outer Joins - We now support outer joins. The UNION/NOT IN + Outer Joins - We now support outer joins. The UNION/NOT IN workaround for outer joins is no longer required. We use the SQL92 outer join syntax. - Function Manager - The previous C function manager did not + Function Manager - The previous C function manager did not handle NULLs properly, nor did it support 64-bit CPU's (Alpha). The new function manager does. You can continue using your old custom functions, but you may want to rewrite them in the future to use the new function manager call interface. - Complex Queries - A large number of complex queries that were + Complex Queries - A large number of complex queries that were unsupported in previous releases now work. Many combinations of views, aggregates, UNION, LIMIT, cursors, subqueries, and inherited tables now work properly. Inherited tables are now accessed by @@ -234,6 +265,7 @@ New contrib/pg_control utility (Oliver) New FreeBSD tools ipc_check, start-scripts/freebsd + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Release 7.0.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index ef2e95d54580242c8f28dbf537bdc1ed5f698788..a1a17a465590374ed52c5ee449467a66f6275162 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,10 +1,67 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.87 2001/05/03 16:26:21 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.88 2001/05/03 17:17:41 momjian Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> <title>Release Notes</title> + <sect1 id="release-7-1-1"> + <title>Release 7.1.1</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2001-05-04</simpara> + </note> + + <!-- + <docinfo> + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>Bruce</firstname> + <surname>Momjian</surname> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </docinfo> + --> + + <para> + This has a variety of fixes from 7.1. + </para> + + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 7.1.1</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is <emphasis>not</emphasis> required for those running + 7.1. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <para> + <programlisting> +Fix for numeric MODULO operator (Tom) +pg_dump fixes (Philip) +readline 4.2 fixes (Peter E) +JOIN fixes (Tom) +AIX, MSWIN, VAX,N32K fixes (Tom) +Multibytes fixes (Tom) +Unicode fixes (Tatsuo) +Optimizer improvements (Tom) +Fix for whole tuples in functions (Tom) +Fix for pg_ctl and option strings with spaces (Peter E) +ODBC fixes (Hiroshi) +EXTRACT can now take string argument (Thomas) +Python fixes (Darcy) + </programlisting> + </para> + </sect2> + </sect1> + + <sect1> <title>Release 7.1</title>