From a64560d994faab23b76848b4e95027b7b11ad9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 16:26:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add doc links to 9.4 release notes, and add major features
list
---
doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 8 +-
doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml | 1039 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 749 insertions(+), 298 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index cc458b4753f..828ed9e0927 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -3155,7 +3155,7 @@ SELECT person.name, holidays.num_weeks FROM person, holidays
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2>
+ <sect2 id="datatype-line">
<title>Lines</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ SELECT person.name, holidays.num_weeks FROM person, holidays
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2>
+ <sect2 id="datatype-lseg">
<title>Line Segments</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ SELECT person.name, holidays.num_weeks FROM person, holidays
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2>
+ <sect2 id="datatype-polygon">
<title>Polygons</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@ SELECT person.name, holidays.num_weeks FROM person, holidays
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2>
+ <sect2 id="datatype-circle">
<title>Circles</title>
<indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
index 9fbadbd38bc..4cb394b7d21 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml
@@ -21,10 +21,41 @@
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow materialized views to be refreshed without blocking reads
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Logical change-set extraction allows database
+ changes to be optionally recorded in <emphasis>logical</> format
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="bgworker">background workers</link>
+ to be dynamically registered, started and terminated
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add structured (non-text) data type (<link
+ linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSONB</></link>) for storing
+ <type>JSON</> data
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>SQL</>-level command <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERSYSTEM"><command>ALTER SYSTEM</></link> command
+ to edit the <filename>postgresql.conf</> configuration file
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -54,41 +85,55 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Cause consecutive whitespace in <function>to_timestamp()</> and <function>to_date()</> format strings to consume a corresponding number of characters in the input
- string (whitespace or not), then conditionally additional adjacent whitespace if not in <literal>FX</> mode (Jeevan Chalke)
+ Cause consecutive whitespace in <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_timestamp()</></link>
+ and <function>to_date()</> format strings to consume a corresponding
+ number of characters in the input string (whitespace or not), then
+ conditionally additional adjacent whitespace if not in <literal>FX</>
+ mode (Jeevan Chalke)
</para>
<para>
- Previously consecutive whitespace characters in a non-<literal>FX</> format string behaved like a single whitespace character and consumed all
- adjacent whitespace in the input string. For example, previously format string space-space-space would consume only the first space in ' 12', while it will not consume all three characters.
+ Previously consecutive whitespace characters in a non-<literal>FX</>
+ format string behaved like a single whitespace character and consumed
+ all adjacent whitespace in the input string. For example, previously
+ format string space-space-space would consume only the first space in
+ ' 12', while it will not consume all three characters.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Tighten checks for multi-dimensional array input (Bruce Momjian)
+ Tighten checks for multi-dimensional <link
+ linkend="arrays">array</link> input (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Previously an input array string that started with a single-element array dimension could later contain multi-dimensional
- segments.
+ Previously an input array string that started with a single-element
+ array dimension could later contain multi-dimensional segments,
+ e.g. <literal>'{{1}, {2,3}}'::int[]</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change empty arrays returned by intarray to be zero-dimensional arrays (Bruce Momjian)
+ Change empty arrays returned by <application>intarray</> to be
+ zero-dimensional arrays (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Previously empty arrays were returned as one-dimensional empty arrays whose text representation looks the same as
- zero-dimensional arrays. intarray's behavior in this area now matches the built-in array operators.
+ Previously empty arrays were returned as one-dimensional empty arrays
+ whose text representation looked the same as zero-dimensional arrays
+ (<literal>{}</>). <application>intarray</>'s behavior in this area
+ now matches the built-in array operators.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- NULL <literal>VARIADIC</> function arguments are now disallowed (Pavel Stehule)
+ NULL <link
+ linkend="xfunc-sql-variadic-functions"><literal>VARIADIC</></link>
+ function arguments are now disallowed (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
@@ -98,17 +143,23 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- <command>SHOW TIME ZONE</> now outputs constant time zone offsets in <acronym>POSIX</>-style zone format (Tom Lane)
+ <link linkend="SQL-SHOW"><command>SHOW TIME ZONE</></link> now
+ outputs constant time zone offsets in <acronym>POSIX</>-style zone
+ format (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- Previously it was returned in <type>INTERVAL</> format. The new format can be passed to <command>SET TIME ZONE</>.
+ Previously it was returned in <link
+ linkend="datatype-interval-output"><type>INTERVAL</></link> format.
+ The new format can be passed to <command>SET TIME ZONE</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Rename <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</>'s "total runtime" output to "execution time" (Tom Lane)
+ Rename <link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN
+ ANALYZE</></link>'s "total runtime" output to "execution time"
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@@ -118,17 +169,23 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <function>ts_rank_cd()</> to ignore stripped lexemes (Alex Hill)
+ Fix <link
+ linkend="textsearch-functions-table"><function>ts_rank_cd()</></link>
+ to ignore stripped lexemes (Alex Hill)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, stripped lexemes got a default location and could be considered if mixed with non-stripped lexemes.
+ Previously, stripped lexemes got a default location and could be
+ considered if mixed with non-stripped lexemes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Prevent <literal>CHECK</> constraints from referencing system columns, except tableoid (Amit Kapila)
+ Prevent <link
+ linkend="ddl-constraints-check-constraints"><literal>CHECK</></link>
+ constraints from referencing system columns, except
+ <structname>tableoid</> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
@@ -138,54 +195,71 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Use the last specified <varname>recovery_target</> if multiple are specified (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Use the last specified <link
+ linkend="recovery-target"><varname>recovery_target</></link> if
+ multiple are specified (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove system column <structname>pg_class.reltoastidxid</> (Michael Paquier)
+ Remove system column <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class.reltoastidxid</></link>
+ (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove support for native krb5 authentication (Magnus Hagander)
+ Remove support for native <application>krb5</> authentication
+ (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
- The proper way to use Kerberos authentication is with <acronym>GSSAPI</>.
+ The proper way to use <application>Kerberos</> authentication is
+ with <acronym>GSSAPI</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have libpq's <function>PQconnectdbParams()</> and <function>PQpingParams()</> functions accept "" as default (Adrian Vondendriesch)
+ Have libpq's <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqconnectdbparams"><function>PQconnectdbParams()</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqpingparams"><function>PQpingParams()</></link>
+ functions process zero-length strings as defaults (Adrian
+ Vondendriesch)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, these functions treated "" option values as defaults only in some cases.
+ Previously, these functions treated zero-length string values as
+ defaults only in some cases.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove system column <structname>pg_rewrite.ev_attr</> (Kevin Grittner)
+ Remove system column <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-rewrite"><structname>pg_rewrite.ev_attr</></link>
+ (Kevin Grittner)
</para>
<para>
- Per-column rules have not been supported since 7.3.
+ Per-column rules have not been supported since
+ <application>PostgreSQL</> 7.3.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>Pg_upgrade</> now uses <option>-U</> to specify the user name (Bruce Momjian)
+ <link linkend="pgupgrade"><application>Pg_upgrade</></link> now
+ uses <option>-U</> to specify the user name (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, <option>-u</> was used to specify the user name. Also spell the long option as <option>--username</>, again for consistency with other
- tools.
+ Previously, <option>-u</> was used to specify the user name.
+ Also spell the long option as <option>--username</>, again for
+ consistency with other tools.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -209,44 +283,57 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>VACUUM</> properly report dead but not removable rows to the statistics collector (Hari Babu)
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> properly
+ report dead but not removable rows to the statistics collector
+ (Hari Babu)
</para>
<para>
Previously these were reported as live rows.
</para>
</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow background workers to be dynamically registered, started and terminated (Robert Haas)
+ Allow <link linkend="bgworker">background workers</link> to be
+ dynamically registered, started and terminated (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- <function>worker_spi_launch()</> in <application>worker_spi</> shows an example of its use.
+ <function>worker_spi_launch()</> in <application>worker_spi</>
+ shows an example of its use.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow dynamic allocation of shared memory segments (Robert Haas, Amit Kapila)
+ Allow dynamic allocation of shared memory segments (Robert Haas,
+ Amit Kapila)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is illustrated in <link
+ linkend="test-shm-mq"><application>test_shm_mq</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <acronym>SSL</> renegotiation handling (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Improve <acronym>SSL</> renegotiation handling (Álvaro
+ Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- During immediate shutdown, send uncatchable termination signals to child processes that have not already shutdown (MauMau,
+ During immediate shutdown, send uncatchable termination signals
+ to child processes that have not already shutdown (MauMau,
Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
- This reduces the likelihood of orphaned child processes after postmaster shutdown.
+ This reduces the likelihood of orphaned child processes after
+ <link linkend="app-postmaster"><application>postmaster</></link>
+ shutdown.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -265,28 +352,39 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve speed of multi-key <acronym>GIN</> lookups (Alexander Korotkov, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Improve speed of multi-key <link
+ linkend="GIN"><acronym>GIN</></link> lookups (Alexander Korotkov,
+ Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce <acronym>GIN</> index size (Alexander Korotkov, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Reduce <link linkend="GIN"><acronym>GIN</></link> index size
+ (Alexander Korotkov, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
- Indexes upgraded via <application>pg_upgrade</> will work fine but will use the old larger <acronym>GIN</> format; <command>REINDEX</> will recreate the index in the new
- format.
+ Indexes upgraded via <link
+ linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</></link> will work
+ fine but will use the old larger <acronym>GIN</> format; <link
+ linkend="SQL-REINDEX"><command>REINDEX</></link> will recreate
+ the index in the new format.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GiST</> index support for <type>INET</> and <type>CIDR</> data types (Emre Hasegeli)
+ Add <link linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</></link> index support
+ for <link linkend="datatype-inet"><type>INET</></link> and
+ <link linkend="datatype-cidr"><type>CIDR</></link> data types
+ (Emre Hasegeli)
</para>
<para>
- Such indexes improve subnet and supernet lookups and ordering comparisons.
+ Such indexes improve <link
+ linkend="cidr-inet-operators-table">subnet</link> and supernet
+ lookups and ordering comparisons.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -298,7 +396,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Make the handling of interrupted B-tree page splits more robust (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Make the handling of interrupted B-tree page splits more robust
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -313,7 +412,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow multiple backends to simultaneously insert into <acronym>WAL</> buffers (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow multiple backends to simultaneously insert into <link
+ linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link> buffers (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
@@ -323,29 +423,40 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Conditionally write only the modified portion of updated rows to <acronym>WAL</> (Amit Kapila)
+ Conditionally write only the modified portion of updated rows to
+ <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of <literal>WINDOW</> aggregate functions (David Rowley, Florian Pflug, Tom Lane)
+ Improve performance of <link
+ linkend="syntax-window-functions"><literal>WINDOW</></link>
+ aggregate functions (David Rowley, Florian Pflug, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve speed of aggregates which use <type>NUMERIC</>s (Hadi Moshayedi)
+ Improve speed of aggregates which use <link
+ linkend="datatype-numeric"><type>NUMERIC</></link>s (Hadi
+ Moshayedi)
</para>
<para>
- These include <function>sum()</>, <function>avg()</>, <function>stddev()</>, and <function>variance()</>.
+ These include <function>SUM()</>, <function>AVG()</>, <link
+ linkend="functions-aggregate-statistics-table"><function>STDDEV()</></link>,
+ and <function>VARIANCE()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Freeze tuples when tables are written with <command>CLUSTER</> or <command>VACUUM FULL</> (Robert Haas, Andres Freund)
+ <link linkend="vacuum-for-wraparound">Freeze</link>
+ tuples when tables are written with <link
+ linkend="SQL-CLUSTER"><command>CLUSTER</></link> or <link
+ linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM FULL</></link> (Robert Haas,
+ Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
@@ -355,31 +466,39 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve speed of <command>COPY</> with <literal>DEFAULT</> <function>nextval()</> columns (Simon Riggs)
+ Improve speed of <link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link>
+ with <literal>DEFAULT</> <link
+ linkend="functions-sequence-table"><function>nextval()</></link>
+ columns (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve speed of accesessing many different sequences in the same session (David Rowley)
+ Improve speed of accesessing many different <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATESEQUENCE">sequences</link> in the same session
+ (David Rowley)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow sorting and btree index builds to use over four gigabytes of memory (Noah Misch)
+ Allow sorting and B-tree <link linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX">index
+ builds</link> to use over four gigabytes of memory (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce memory allocated by <literal>DO</> blocks (Tom Lane)
+ Reduce memory allocated by <link
+ linkend="SQL-DO"><literal>DO</></link> blocks (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have the optimizer be more aggressive in creating restrictions from mixed <literal>AND</>/<literal>OR</> clauses (Tom Lane)
+ Have the optimizer be more aggressive in creating restrictions
+ from mixed <literal>AND</>/<literal>OR</> clauses (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -389,8 +508,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- This reduces memory consumption for backends accessing only a few tables, and improves performance for backend accessing many
- tables.
+ This reduces memory consumption for backends accessing only a few
+ tables, and improves performance for backend accessing many tables.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -405,23 +524,34 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Expose the estimation of number of changed tuples since last analyze (Mark Kirkwood)
+ Expose the estimation of number of changed tuples since last <link
+ linkend="vacuum-for-statistics">analyze</link> (Mark Kirkwood)
</para>
<para>
- This appears in <structname>pg_stat_all_tables.n_mod_since_analyze</>.
+ This appears in <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-all-tables-view"><structname>pg_stat_all_tables.n_mod_since_analyze</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <structname>pg_stat_archiver</> system view to report <acronym>WAL</> archiver activity (Gabriele Bartolini)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-archiver-view"><structname>pg_stat_archiver</></link>
+ system view to report <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link>
+ archiver activity (Gabriele Bartolini)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add xid and xmin to system views <structname>pg_stat_activity</> and <structname>pg_stat_replication</> (Christian Kruse)
+ Add <structname>xid</> and <link
+ linkend="ddl-system-columns"><structname>xmin</></link>
+ to system views <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-replication-view"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></link>
+ (Christian Kruse)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -436,34 +566,43 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support for <acronym>SSL</> <acronym>ECDH</> key exchange (Marko Kreen)
+ Add support for <acronym>SSL</> <acronym>ECDH</> key exchange
+ (Marko Kreen)
</para>
<para>
- Such keys are faster and have improved security over previous options. New variable <varname>ssl_ecdh_curve</> controls the curve that is
- used.
+ Such keys are faster and have improved security
+ over previous options. New variable <link
+ linkend="guc-ssl-ecdh-curve"><varname>ssl_ecdh_curve</></link>
+ controls the curve that is used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve the default <varname>ssl_ciphers</> ciphers (Marko Kreen)
+ Improve the default <link
+ linkend="guc-ssl-ciphers"><varname>ssl_ciphers</></link> ciphers
+ (Marko Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the server to specify the preferred <acronym>SSL</> cipher order (Marko Kreen)
+ Allow the server to specify the preferred <acronym>SSL</> cipher
+ order (Marko Kreen)
</para>
<para>
- This is controlled by the new configuration parameter <varname>ssl_prefer_server_ciphers</>.
+ This is controlled by the new configuration parameter <link
+ linkend="guc-ssl-prefer-server-ciphers"><varname>ssl_prefer_server_ciphers</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <varname>log_connections</> show <acronym>SSL</> encryption information (Andreas Kunert)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="guc-log-connections"><varname>log_connections</></link>
+ show <acronym>SSL</> encryption information (Andreas Kunert)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -478,18 +617,23 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>SQL</>-level command <command>ALTER SYSTEM</> command to edit the <filename>postgresql.conf</> configuration file (Amit Kapila)
+ Add <acronym>SQL</>-level command <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERSYSTEM"><command>ALTER SYSTEM</></link> command
+ to edit the <filename>postgresql.conf</> configuration file
+ (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
- Previously <filename>postgresql.conf</> could only be edited at the file system level.
+ Previously <filename>postgresql.conf</> could only be edited at
+ the file system level.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <varname>huge_pages</> configuration parameter to use huge memory pages on Linux (Christian Kruse,
- Richard Poole, Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+ Add <link linkend="guc-huge-pages"><varname>huge_pages</></link>
+ configuration parameter to use huge memory pages on Linux
+ (Christian Kruse, Richard Poole, Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
<para>
@@ -499,72 +643,97 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Show <acronym>PID</>s of lock holders and waiters and improve relation
- information in <varname>log_lock_waits</> log messages (Christian Kruse)
+ Show <acronym>PID</>s of lock holders and
+ waiters and improve relation information in <link
+ linkend="guc-log-lock-waits"><varname>log_lock_waits</></link>
+ log messages (Christian Kruse)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add parameter <varname>autovacuum_work_mem</> to control the amount of memory used by autovacuum workers (Peter Geoghegan)
+ Add parameter <link
+ linkend="guc-autovacuum-work-mem"><varname>autovacuum_work_mem</></link>
+ to control the amount of memory used by autovacuum workers
+ (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <varname>max_worker_processes</> to limit the number of background workers (Robert Haas)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"><varname>max_worker_processes</></link>
+ to limit the number of background workers (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- This is helpful in configuring the standby server to have the required same number of worker processes as the primary.
+ This is helpful in configuring the standby server to have the
+ required same number of worker processes as the primary.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add configuration parameter <varname>wal_log_hints</> to enable logging of hint bits (Sawada Masahiko)
+ Add configuration parameter <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-log-hints"><varname>wal_log_hints</></link>
+ to enable logging of hint bits (Sawada Masahiko)
</para>
<para>
- Hint bits are not normally logged, except when checksums are enabled. This is useful for tools like <application>pg_rewind</>.
+ Hint bits are not normally logged, except when checksums are
+ enabled. This is useful for tools like <application>pg_rewind</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow printf-style space padding to be specified in <varname>log_line_prefix</> (David Rowley)
+ Allow printf-style space padding to be specified in <link
+ linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"><varname>log_line_prefix</></link>
+ (David Rowley)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add superuser-only <varname>session_preload_libraries</> configuration parameter to load libraries at session start (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add superuser-only <link
+ linkend="guc-session-preload-libraries"><varname>session_preload_libraries</></link>
+ configuration parameter to load libraries at session start
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Such libraries are auto-<command>LOAD</>'ed, unlike <varname>local_preload_libraries</>.
+ Such libraries are auto-<link
+ linkend="SQL-LOAD"><command>LOAD</></link>'ed, unlike <link
+ linkend="guc-local-preload-libraries"><varname>local_preload_libraries</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce server logging level when loading shared libraries (Peter Geoghegan)
+ Reduce server logging level when loading shared libraries (Peter
+ Geoghegan)
</para>
<para>
- The previous level was <literal>LOG</>, which was too verbose for per-session libraries.
+ The previous level was <literal>LOG</>, which was too verbose
+ for per-session libraries.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Auto-tune <varname>effective_cache_size</> to be four-times shared buffers (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
+ Auto-tune <link
+ linkend="guc-effective-cache-size"><varname>effective_cache_size</></link>
+ to be four-times shared buffers (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Increase <varname>work_mem</> and <varname>maintenance_work_mem</> defaults by four-times (Bruce Momjian)
+ Increase <link
+ linkend="guc-work-mem"><varname>work_mem</></link> and <link
+ linkend="guc-maintenance-work-mem"><varname>maintenance_work_mem</></link>
+ defaults by four-times (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
@@ -574,18 +743,22 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow terabyte units to be specified for configuration variable values (Simon Riggs)
+ Allow terabyte units to be specified for configuration variable
+ values (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have Windows <acronym>ASCII</>-encoded databases and server process (e.g. postmaster) emit messages in the <envar>LC_CTYPE</>-defined language (Alexander Law,
+ Have Windows <acronym>ASCII</>-encoded databases and server process
+ (e.g. <link linkend="app-postmaster">postmaster) emit messages
+ in the <envar>LC_CTYPE</></link>-defined language (Alexander Law,
Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
- Previously these messages were output using the Windows <acronym>ANSI</> code page.
+ Previously these messages were output using the Windows
+ <acronym>ANSI</> code page.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -602,20 +775,29 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <filename>recovery.conf</> parameter <varname>min_recovery_apply_delay</> to force delayed replication (Robert
- Haas, Fabrízio de Royes Mello, Simon Riggs)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></link>
+ parameter <link
+ linkend="min-recovery-apply-delay"><varname>min_recovery_apply_delay</></link>
+ to force delayed replication (Robert Haas, Fabrízio de
+ Royes Mello, Simon Riggs)
</para>
<para>
- This is useful for delaying replaying of user errors on standby servers.
+ This is useful for delaying replaying of user errors on standby
+ servers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <varname>recovery_target</> option <option>immediate</> option to replay <acronym>WAL</> stop recovery when a consistent state is reached, i.e.
- <function>pg_stop_backup()</> (MauMau,
- Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="recovery-target"><varname>recovery_target</></link>
+ option <option>immediate</> option to replay
+ <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link> stop
+ recovery when a consistent state is reached, i.e. <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-backup-table"><function>pg_stop_backup()</></link>
+ (MauMau, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -625,14 +807,20 @@
</para>
<para>
- The timestamp reported by <function>pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp()</> now shows information about committed records, not commits being
- replayed. Recovering to restore points now replay the restore point, rather than stop just before the restore point.
+ The timestamp reported by <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp()</></link>
+ now shows information about committed records, not commits being
+ replayed. Recovering to restore points now replay the restore
+ point, rather than stop just before the restore point.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <function>pg_switch_xlog()</> now clears the trailing unused space in the <acronym>WAL</> file (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-backup-table"><function>pg_switch_xlog()</></link>
+ now clears the trailing unused space in the <acronym>WAL</> file
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
@@ -642,30 +830,37 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add replication slots to report the <acronym>WAL</> activity on streaming standbys (Andres Freund, Robert Haas)
+ Add <link linkend="streaming-replication-slots">replication
+ slots</link> to report the <acronym>WAL</> activity on streaming
+ standbys (Andres Freund, Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- Replication slots allow preservation of resources like <acronym>WAL</> files on the
- primary that are needed by standby servers.
+ Replication slots allow preservation of resources like
+ <acronym>WAL</> files on the primary that are needed by standby
+ servers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce spinlock contention during <acronym>WAL</> replay (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Reduce spinlock contention during <acronym>WAL</> replay (Heikki
+ Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Report failure return codes from external recovery commands (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Report failure return codes from <link
+ linkend="archive-recovery-settings">external recovery commands</>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Write <acronym>WAL</> records of running transactions more frequently (Andres Freund)
+ Write <acronym>WAL</> records of running transactions more
+ frequently (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
@@ -677,55 +872,70 @@
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title>Logical Change-Set Extraction</title>
+ <title><link linkend="logicaldecoding">Logical Change-Set Extraction</></title>
<para>
- The new Logical change-set extraction feature allows database
+ Logical change-set extraction allows database
changes to be optionally recorded in <emphasis>logical</> format
- in the <acronym>WAL</>. This format can be easily processed by external tools.
- In previous releases, only binary changes were recorded in the
- <acronym>WAL</>. To implement this feature, the following changes were made:
+ in the <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link>. This format can
+ be easily processed by external tools. In previous releases, only
+ binary changes were recorded in the <acronym>WAL</>. To implement
+ this feature, the following changes were made:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add new "logical" <varname>wal_level</> to enable logical change-set encoding in <acronym>WAL</> (Andres Freund)
+ Add new <option>logical</> <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-level"><varname>wal_level</></link> to enable
+ logical change-set encoding in <acronym>WAL</> (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
- This interacts with <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</>.
+ This interacts with <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-class"><literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add tool <application>pg_recvlogical</> to receive data logical decoding data (Andres Freund)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_recvlogical</></link>
+ to receive data logical decoding data (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>test_decoding</> module to illustrate logical decoding at the <acronym>SQL</> level (Andres Freund)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="test-decoding"><application>test_decoding</></link>
+ module to illustrate logical decoding at the <acronym>SQL</>
+ level (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow logical decoding via the walsender interface ? (Andres Freund)
+ Allow logical decoding via the walsender interface ? (Andres
+ Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add table-level parameter <literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</> to control logical replication (Andres Freund)
+ Add table-level parameter <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-class"><literal>REPLICA IDENTITY</></link>
+ to control logical replication (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add relation option <option>user_catalog_table</> to identify user-created tables involved in logical change-set encoding (Andres Freund)
+ Add relation option <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-storage-parameters"><option>user_catalog_table</></link>
+ to identify user-created tables involved in logical change-set
+ encoding (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -742,27 +952,34 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>ROWS FROM</> syntax to allow horizontal concatenation of <literal>FROM</>-clause set-returning functions (Andrew Gierth)
+ Add <link linkend="queries-tablefunctions"><literal>ROWS
+ FROM</></link> syntax to allow horizontal concatenation of
+ <literal>FROM</>-clause set-returning functions (Andrew Gierth)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>WITH ORDINALITY</> which numbers rows returned from <literal>FROM</>-clause functions (Andrew Gierth, David Fetter)
+ Add <link linkend="queries-tablefunctions"><literal>WITH
+ ORDINALITY</></link> which numbers rows returned from
+ <literal>FROM</>-clause functions (Andrew Gierth, David Fetter)
</para>
<para>
- This is particularly useful for functions like <function>unnest()</>.
+ This is particularly useful for functions like
+ <function>unnest()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>SELECT</> with an empty target list (Tom Lane)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></link> with
+ an empty target list (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- This was added for consistency, and so querying tables with no columns would not produce an error.
+ This was added for consistency, and so querying tables with no
+ columns would not produce an error.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -777,7 +994,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>DISCARD SEQUENCES</> command to discard cached sequence information (Fabrízio de Royes Mello, Robert Haas)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-DISCARD"><command>DISCARD
+ SEQUENCES</></link> command to discard cached sequence information
+ (Fabrízio de Royes Mello, Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
@@ -788,47 +1007,55 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Allow quoted strings matching the null string to be converted
- to NULL in <command>COPY FROM</> in <literal>CSV</> mode (Ian Barwick, Michael Paquier)
+ to NULL in <link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY FROM</></link>
+ in <literal>CSV</> mode (Ian Barwick, Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- Previously only unquoted matching strings would be imported as
- NULLs.
+ Previously only unquoted matching strings would be imported
+ as NULLs.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Issue warnings for <command>SET</> outside of a transaction block, as they have no effect (Bruce Momjian)
+ Issue warnings for <link linkend="SQL-SET"><command>SET</></link>
+ outside of a transaction block, as they have no effect (Bruce
+ Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- The cases are <literal>SET LOCAL</>/<literal>CONSTRAINTS</>/<literal>TRANSACTION</> and <literal>ABORT</>.
+ The cases are <literal>SET
+ LOCAL</>/<literal>CONSTRAINTS</>/<literal>TRANSACTION</> and
+ <literal>ABORT</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title><command>EXPLAIN</></title>
+ <title><link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> output planning time (Andreas Karlsson)
+ Have <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> output planning time (Andreas
+ Karlsson)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>EXPLAIN</> print the grouping columns in Agg and Group nodes (Tom Lane)
+ Have <command>EXPLAIN</> print the grouping columns in Agg and
+ Group nodes (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> show bitmap heap scan exact/lossy block information (Etsuro Fujita)
+ Have <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> show bitmap heap scan exact/lossy
+ block information (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -843,38 +1070,48 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow materialized views to be refreshed without blocking reads (Kevin Grittner)
+ Allow materialized views to be refreshed without blocking reads
+ (Kevin Grittner)
</para>
<para>
- This is done with <command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY</>.
+ This is done with <link
+ linkend="SQL-REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW"><command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED
+ VIEW CONCURRENTLY</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow auto-updates on views where only some columns are auto-updateable (Dean Rasheed)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW-updatable-views">auto-updates
+ on views</link> where only some columns are auto-updateable
+ (Dean Rasheed)
</para>
<para>
- Previously the presence of a non-auto-updateable column prevented all columns from being auto-updated. Deletes are now supported
+ Previously the presence of a non-auto-updateable column prevented
+ all columns from being auto-updated. Deletes are now supported
on suitable views even if no auto-updateable columns are present.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow control over whether <command>INSERT</>s and <command>UPDATE</>s can add rows to an auto-updateable view that would no longer appear in the view (Dean Rasheed)
+ Allow control over whether <command>INSERT</>s and
+ <command>UPDATE</>s can add rows to an auto-updateable view that
+ would no longer appear in the view (Dean Rasheed)
</para>
<para>
- This is controlled with the new <literal>WITH CHECK OPTION</>.
+ This is controlled with the new <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW"><literal>WITH CHECK OPTION</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow security barrier views to be automatically updateable (Dean Rasheed)
+ Allow <link linkend="rules-privileges">security barrier views</>
+ to be automatically updateable (Dean Rasheed)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -891,35 +1128,44 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow triggers on foreign tables (Ronan Dunklau)
+ Allow triggers on <link linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNTABLE">foreign
+ tables</> (Ronan Dunklau)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <command>DROP IF EXISTS</> to more consistently not error for non-existent objects (Pavel Stehule, Dean Rasheed)
+ Fix <command>DROP IF EXISTS</> to more consistently not error
+ for non-existent objects (Pavel Stehule, Dean Rasheed)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve the internal definition of system relations (Andres Freund, Robert Haas)
+ Improve the internal definition of system relations (Andres Freund,
+ Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, relations moved into the system catalog schema could not be modified.
+ Previously, relations moved into the system catalog schema could
+ not be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</> options to be also set by <command>CREATE TABLESPACE</> (Vik Fearing)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLESPACE"><command>ALTER
+ TABLESPACE</></link> options to be also set by <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETABLESPACE"><command>CREATE TABLESPACE</></link>
+ (Vik Fearing)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE AGGREGATE</> to supply the size of the aggregate's transition state data (Hadi Moshayedi)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-CREATEAGGREGATE"><command>CREATE
+ AGGREGATE</></link> to supply the size of the aggregate's
+ transition state data (Hadi Moshayedi)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -932,24 +1178,33 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow moving groups of objects from one tablespace to another using <command>ALTER TABLESPACE</> ... <literal>MOVE</> (Stephen Frost)
+ Allow moving groups of objects from one tablespace to another
+ using <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLESPACE"><command>ALTER
+ TABLESPACE</></link> ... <literal>MOVE</> (Stephen Frost)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the changing of foreign key constraint via <command>ALTER TABLE</> ... <literal>ALTER CONSTRAINT</> (Simon Riggs)
+ Allow the changing of foreign key constraint via <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE</></link>
+ ... <literal>ALTER CONSTRAINT</> (Simon Riggs)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce lock levels of some <command>ALTER TABLE</> commands (Simon Riggs, Noah Misch)
+ Reduce lock levels of some <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE</></link> commands
+ (Simon Riggs, Noah Misch)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, <literal>VALIDATE CONSTRAINT</>, <literal>CLUSTER ON</>, <literal>SET WITHOUT CLUSTER</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN</>
- <literal>SET</> <option>(attribute_option)</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN RESET</> <option>(attribute_option)</>.
+ Specifically, <literal>VALIDATE CONSTRAINT</>, <literal>CLUSTER
+ ON</>, <literal>SET WITHOUT CLUSTER</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN
+ SET STATISTICS</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN</> <literal>SET</>
+ <option>(attribute_option)</>, <literal>ALTER COLUMN RESET</>
+ <option>(attribute_option)</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -966,35 +1221,48 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Fully-implement the line data type (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Fully-implement the <link
+ linkend="datatype-line"><type>line</></link> data type (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- The line <emphasis>segment</> data type (<type>LSEG</>) has always been fully supported.
+ The line <emphasis>segment</> data type (<link
+ linkend="datatype-lseg"><type>LSEG</></link>) has always been
+ fully supported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <type>PG_LSN</> data type to represent a <acronym>WAL</> log sequence number (<acronym>LSN</>) (Robert Haas, Michael Paquier)
+ Add <link linkend="datatype-pg-lsn"><type>PG_LSN</></link>
+ data type to represent a <acronym>WAL</> log sequence number
+ (<acronym>LSN</>) (Robert Haas, Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow single-point <type>POLYGON</>s to be converted to circles (Bruce Momjian)
+ Allow single-point <link
+ linkend="datatype-polygon"><type>POLYGON</></link>s to be converted
+ to <link linkend="datatype-circle"><type>CIRCLE</></link>s
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow 5+ digit years for non-<acronym>ISO</> timestamp/date strings, where appropriate (Bruce Momjian)
+ Allow 5+ digit years for non-<acronym>ISO</> <link
+ linkend="datatype-datetime"><type>TIMESTAMP</></link> and
+ <type>DATE</> strings, where appropriate (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add checks for overflow/underflow of <type>INTERVAL</> values (Bruce Momjian)
+ Add checks for overflow/underflow of <link
+ linkend="datatype-datetime"><type>INTERVAL</></link> values
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1007,29 +1275,39 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add structured (non-text) data type (jsonb) for storing <type>JSON</> data (Oleg Bartunov, Teodor Sigaev,
- Alexander Korotkov, Peter Geoghegan, and Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add structured (non-text) data type (<link
+ linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSONB</></link>) for storing
+ <type>JSON</> data (Oleg Bartunov, Teodor Sigaev, Alexander
+ Korotkov, Peter Geoghegan, and Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
- This allows for faster access to values in the <type>JSON</> document and faster and more useful indexing of <type>JSON</>.
+ This allows for faster access to values in the <type>JSON</>
+ document and faster and more useful indexing of <type>JSON</>.
+ <type>JSONB</> are also typed as appropriate scalar SQL types.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add new <type>JSON</> functions to allow for the construction of arbitrarily complex json trees (Andrew Dunstan, Laurence Rowe)
+ Add new <type>JSON</> functions to allow for the construction
+ of arbitrarily complex json trees (Andrew Dunstan, Laurence Rowe)
</para>
<para>
- New functions include <function>json_array_elements_text()</>, <function>json_build_array()</>, <function>json_object()</>, <function>json_object_agg()</>, <function>json_to_record()</>,
+ New functions include <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_array_elements_text()</></link>,
+ <function>json_build_array()</>, <function>json_object()</>,
+ <function>json_object_agg()</>, <function>json_to_record()</>,
and <function>json_to_recordset()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>json_typeof()</> to return the data type of a <type>JSON</> value (Andrew Tipton)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_typeof()</></link>
+ to return the data type of a <type>JSON</> value (Andrew Tipton)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1047,7 +1325,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>pg_sleep_for(interval)</> and <function>pg_sleep_until(timestamp)</> to specify sophisticated delays (Vik Fearing, Julien Rouhaud)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="functions-datetime-delay"><function>pg_sleep_for(interval)</></link>
+ and <function>pg_sleep_until(timestamp)</> to specify sophisticated
+ delays (Vik Fearing, Julien Rouhaud)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1057,55 +1338,74 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>cardinality()</> function for arrays (Marko Tiikkaja)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>cardinality()</></link>
+ function for arrays (Marko Tiikkaja)
</para>
<para>
- This returns the total number of elements in the array, or zero for an array with no elements.
+ This returns the total number of elements in the array, or zero
+ for an array with no elements.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>SQL</> functions to allow large object reads/writes at arbitrary offsets (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <acronym>SQL</> functions to allow <link
+ linkend="lo-interfaces">large object reads/writes</link> at
+ arbitrary offsets (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <function>unnest()</> to take multiple arguments, which are individually unnested then horizontally concatenated (Andrew Gierth)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>unnest()</></link>
+ to take multiple arguments, which are individually unnested then
+ horizontally concatenated (Andrew Gierth)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add functions to construct times, dates, timestamps, timestamptzs, and intervals from individual values, rather than strings (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add functions to construct <type>time</>s, <type>date</>s,
+ <type>timestamp</>s, <type>timestamptz</>s, and <type>interval</>s
+ from individual values, rather than strings (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
- The functions being with "make_", e.g. <function>make_date()</>.
+ The functions being with <literal>make_</>, e.g. <link
+ linkend="functions-datetime-table"><function>make_date()</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <function>to_char(<literal>TZ</>)</> return the proper value for constant time zone offsets (Tom Lane)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_char(<literal>TZ</>)</></link>
+ return the proper value for constant time zone offsets (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, <literal>to_char(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'TZ')</> returned NULL if the <literal>TIME ZONE</> was set to a constant like <literal>-4</>.
+ Previously, <literal>to_char(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'TZ')</> returned
+ NULL if the <literal>TIME ZONE</> was set to a constant like
+ <literal>-4</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add timezone offset output option <literal>OF</> to <function>to_char()</> (Bruce Momjian)
+ Add timezone offset output option <literal>OF</> to <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_char()</></link>
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve the random seed used for <function>random()</> (Honza Horak)
+ Improve the random seed used for <link
+ linkend="functions-math-random-table"><function>random()</></link>
+ (Honza Horak)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1118,34 +1418,48 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add functions for error-free <structname>pg_class</>, <structname>pg_proc</>, <structname>pg_type</>, and <structname>pg_operator</> lookups (Yugo Nagata, Nozomi Anzai, Robert Haas)
+ Add functions for error-free <structname>pg_class</>,
+ <structname>pg_proc</>, <structname>pg_type</>, and
+ <structname>pg_operator</> lookups (Yugo Nagata, Nozomi Anzai,
+ Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- For example, <function>to_regclass()</> does error-free lookups of <structname>pg_class</>, and returns NULL for lookup failures.
+ For example, <link
+ linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"><function>to_regclass()</></link>
+ does error-free lookups of <structname>pg_class</>, and returns
+ NULL for lookup failures.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function <function>pg_filenode_relation()</> to allow for more efficient
- filenode to relation lookups (Andres Freund)
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-dblocation"><function>pg_filenode_relation()</></link>
+ to allow for more efficient filenode to relation lookups (Andres
+ Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <structname>information_schema</> column <structname>parameters.parameter_default</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="information-schema"><structname>information_schema</></link>
+ column <link
+ linkend="infoschema-parameters"><structname>parameters.parameter_default</></link>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <structname>information_schema.schemata</> show all accessible schema (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="infoschema-schemata"><structname>information_schema.schemata</></link>
+ show all accessible schema (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Previously it only showed _owned_ schemas.
+ Previously it only showed <emphasis>owned</> schemas.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1160,21 +1474,31 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add aggregates <function>percentile_cont()</>, <function>percentile_disc()</>, <function>rank()</>, <function>dense_rank()</>, <function>percent_rank()</>, <function>cume_dist()</>, and <function>mode()</> (Atri Sharma, Andrew
- Gierth)
+ Add aggregates <link
+ linkend="functions-orderedset-table"><function>percentile_cont()</></link>,
+ <function>percentile_disc()</>, <link
+ linkend="functions-hypothetical-table"><function>rank()</></link>,
+ <function>dense_rank()</>, <function>percent_rank()</>,
+ <function>cume_dist()</>, and <link
+ linkend="functions-orderedset-table"><function>mode()</></link>
+ (Atri Sharma, Andrew Gierth)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add control over which values are passed into
- aggregate functions using the <literal>FILTER</> clause (David Fetter)
+ Add control over which values are passed
+ into aggregate functions using the <link
+ linkend="syntax-aggregates"><literal>FILTER</></link> clause
+ (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Support ordered-set (<literal>WITHIN GROUP</>) aggregates (Atri Sharma, Andrew Gierth, Tom Lane)
+ Support ordered-set (<link
+ linkend="syntax-aggregates"><literal>WITHIN GROUP</></link>)
+ aggregates (Atri Sharma, Andrew Gierth, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1184,13 +1508,16 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow polymorphic aggregates to have non-polymorphic state data types ? (Tom Lane)
+ Allow polymorphic aggregates to have non-polymorphic state data
+ types ? (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <literal>VARIADIC</> aggregate functions (Tom Lane)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="xfunc-sql-variadic-functions"><literal>VARIADIC</></link>
+ aggregate functions (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1203,37 +1530,47 @@
<sect3>
<title>Server-Side Languages</title>
- <sect4>
- <title><link linkend="plpgsql">PL/pgSQL</link> Server-Side Language</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add event trigger support to <link linkend="plperl">PL/Perl</>
+ and <link linkend="pltcl">PL/Tcl</> (Dimitri Fontaine)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add event trigger support to PL/Perl and PL/Tcl (Dimitri Fontaine)
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <sect4>
+ <title><link linkend="plpgsql">PL/pgSQL</link> Server-Side Language</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add ability to store the PL/PgSQL call stack into a variable using <literal>PG_CONTEXT</> (Pavel Stehule, Stephen Frost)
+ Add ability to store the PL/PgSQL
+ call stack into a variable using <link
+ linkend="plpgsql-get-diagnostics-context"><literal>PG_CONTEXT</></link>
+ (Pavel Stehule, Stephen Frost)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add option <option>print_strict_params</> to output parameters passed to
- queries generating <literal>STRICT</> errors (Marko Tiikkaja)
+ Add option <link
+ linkend="plpgsql-statements-assignment"><option>print_strict_params</></link>
+ to output parameters passed to queries generating <link
+ linkend="plpgsql-statements-sql-onerow"><literal>STRICT</></link>
+ errors (Marko Tiikkaja)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add option to enable additional PL/pgSQL errors and warnings (Marko Tiikkaja, Petr Jelinek)
+ Add variables <link
+ linkend="plpgsql-extra-checks"><varname>plpgsql.extra_warnings</></link>
+ and <varname>plpgsql.extra_errors</>to enable additional PL/pgSQL
+ warnings and errors (Marko Tiikkaja, Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1252,7 +1589,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Handle domains over arrays like plain arrays in PL/python (Rodolfo Campero)
+ Handle domains over arrays like plain arrays in PL/Python
+ (Rodolfo Campero)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1262,11 +1600,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Convert <type>NUMERIC</>s to "decimal" values in PL/Python (Szymon Guz, Ronan Dunklau)
+ Convert <link linkend="datatype-numeric"><type>NUMERIC</></link>s
+ to <type>decimal</> values in PL/Python (Szymon Guz, Ronan Dunklau)
</para>
<para>
- Previously these were converted to <literal>float</>s.
+ Previously these were converted to <type>float</>s.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1282,13 +1621,17 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add libpq function <function>PQhostaddr()</> to return the server's <acronym>IP</> address (Fujii Masao)
+ Add libpq function <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqhostaddr"><function>PQhostaddr()</></link>
+ to return the server's <acronym>IP</> address (Fujii Masao)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Make libpq's <function>PQconndefaults()</> ignore invalid service files (Steve Singer, Bruce Momjian)
+ Make libpq's <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqconndefaults"><function>PQconndefaults()</></link>
+ ignore invalid service files (Steve Singer, Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1298,13 +1641,17 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow libpq to support <acronym>TLS</> versions beyond <literal>TLSv1</> (Marko Kreen)
+ Allow libpq to support <acronym>TLS</> versions beyond
+ <literal>TLSv1</> (Marko Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Document that libpq's <function>PQclientEncoding()</> returns -1 for an encoding lookup failure (Bruce Momjian)
+ Document that libpq's <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqclientencoding"><function>PQclientEncoding()</></link>
+ returns <literal>-1</> for an encoding lookup failure (Bruce
+ Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1319,13 +1666,17 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add createuser <option>-g</> to specify role membership (Chistopher Browne)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="APP-CREATEUSER"><application>createuser</></link>
+ <option>-g</> to specify role membership (Chistopher Browne)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow vacuumdb <option>--analyze-in-stages</> to analyze in stages of increasing granularity (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><application>vacuumdb</></link>
+ <option>--analyze-in-stages</> to analyze in stages of increasing
+ granularity (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1335,41 +1686,54 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pg_xlogdump</> to report a live log stream with <option>--follow</> (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow <link linkend="pgxlogdump"><application>pg_xlogdump</></link>
+ to report a live log stream with <option>--follow</> (Heikki
+ Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>pg_resetxlog -n</> output current and potentially changed values (Rajeev Rastogi)
+ Have <link linkend="APP-PGRESETXLOG"><command>pg_resetxlog
+ -n</></link> output current and potentially changed values
+ (Rajeev Rastogi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <function>sizeof()</> in ecpg C array definitions (Michael Meskes)
+ Allow <function>sizeof()</> in <link linkend="ecpg">ecpg</link>
+ C array definitions (Michael Meskes)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have ecpg properly handle nesting requirements in C and <acronym>SQL</> mode for C-style comments (Michael Meskes)
+ Have <link linkend="ecpg">ecpg</link> properly handle nesting
+ requirements in C and <acronym>SQL</> mode for C-style comments
+ (Michael Meskes)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>pg_ctl</> return '4' for an inaccessible data directory specification (Amit Kapila, Bruce Momjian)
+ Have <link linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link>
+ return <literal>4</> for an inaccessible data directory
+ specification (Amit Kapila, Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- This more closely matches the Linux Standard Base Core Specification.
+ This more closely matches the Linux Standard Base (<acronym>LSB</>)
+ Core Specification.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- On Windows, interpret <application>pg_ctl</>'s non-absolute path <option>-D</> directories relative to <application>pg_ctl</>'s current directory (Kumar Rajeev Rastogi)
+ On Windows, interpret <link
+ linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link>'s non-absolute
+ path <option>-D</> directories relative to <application>pg_ctl</>'s
+ current directory (Kumar Rajeev Rastogi)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1382,19 +1746,23 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow field wrapping to <application>psql</>'s "extended" mode (Sergey Muraviov)
+ Allow field wrapping to <application>psql</>'s "extended" mode
+ (Sergey Muraviov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Suppress "No rows" in <application>psql</> expanded mode when the footer is disabled (Bruce Momjian)
+ Suppress "No rows" in <application>psql</> <link
+ linkend="APP-PSQL-meta-commands"><option>expanded</></link>
+ mode when the footer is disabled (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow Control-C to abort <application>psql</> hung at connection startup (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow Control-C to abort <application>psql</> hung at connection
+ startup (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1407,79 +1775,96 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>psql</> \db+ show tablespace options (Magnus Hagander)
+ Have <application>psql</> <command>\db+</> show tablespace options
+ (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>psql</> \do+ display the functions which implement the operators (Marko Tiikkaja)
+ Have <application>psql</> <command>\do+</> display the functions
+ which implement the operators (Marko Tiikkaja)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>psql</> \d+ output an <literal>OID</> line only if an oid column exists in a table (Bruce Momjian)
+ Have <application>psql</> <command>\d+</> output an
+ <literal>OID</> line only if an oid column exists in a table
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, the presence or absence of an oid column was always reported.
+ Previously, the presence or absence of an oid column was always
+ reported.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have \d display disabled system triggers (Bruce Momjian)
+ Have <command>\d</> display disabled system triggers (Bruce
+ Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Previously if you disabled all triggers, only user triggers would show as disabled.
+ Previously if you disabled all triggers, only user triggers
+ would show as disabled.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <application>psql</> \copy to no longer require a space between 'stdin' and a semicolon (Etsuro Fujita)
+ Fix <application>psql</> <command>\copy</> to no longer require
+ a space between <literal>stdin</> and a semicolon (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Output the row count at the end of <application>psql</> \copy just like <command>COPY</> (Kumar Rajeev Rastogi)
+ Output the row count at the end of
+ <application>psql</> <command>\copy</> just like <link
+ linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link> (Kumar Rajeev Rastogi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <application>psql</> \conninfo to display the server's <acronym>IP</> address for clients that connect using 'hostaddr' (Fujii Masao)
+ Fix <application>psql</> <command>\conninfo</> to display the
+ server's <acronym>IP</> address for clients that connect using
+ <literal>hostaddr</> (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
- Previously \conninfo could not display the server's <acronym>IP</> address in such cases.
+ Previously <command>\conninfo</> could not display the server's
+ <acronym>IP</> address in such cases.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Mention the <acronym>SSL</> protocol version in <application>psql</>'s \conninfo (Marko Kreen)
+ Mention the <acronym>SSL</> protocol version in
+ <application>psql</>'s <command>\conninfo</> (Marko Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>psql</> tab completion for \pset (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <application>psql</> tab completion for <command>\pset</>
+ (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>psql</> \pset with no arguments to show all settings (Gilles Darold)
+ Allow <application>psql</> <command>\pset</> with no arguments
+ to show all settings (Gilles Darold)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- In <application>psql</>, output the written history file name (\s) without adding an absolute path prefix (Tom Lane)
+ In <application>psql</>, output the written history file name
+ (<command>\s</>) without adding an absolute path prefix (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1500,7 +1885,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pg_restore</> options <option>-I</>, <option>-P</>, <option>-T</> and <option>-n</> to be specified multiple times (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="APP-PGRESTORE"><application>pg_restore</></link> options
+ <option>-I</>, <option>-P</>, <option>-T</> and <option>-n</>
+ to be specified multiple times (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1510,12 +1898,17 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>IF EXISTS</> clauses when removing old objects during dump and restore (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <literal>IF EXISTS</> clauses when removing old objects during
+ dump and restore (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
- This suppresses errors when removing old objects. The new <option>--if-exists</> option to <application>pg_dump</>, <application>pg_dumpall</>, and <application>pg_restore</> is only
- available when <option>--clean</> is also specified.
+ This suppresses errors when removing old objects.
+ The new <option>--if-exists</> option to <link
+ linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></link>, <link
+ linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><application>pg_dumpall</></link>, and
+ <link linkend="APP-PGRESTORE"><application>pg_restore</></link>
+ is only available when <option>--clean</> is also specified.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1524,23 +1917,27 @@
</sect4>
<sect4>
- <title><application>pg_basebackup</></title>
+ <title><link linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_basebackup</> option <option>--xlogdir</> to specify the <filename>pg_xlog</> direction location (Haribabu Kommi)
+ Add <application>pg_basebackup</> option <option>--xlogdir</>
+ to specify the <filename>pg_xlog</> direction location (Haribabu
+ Kommi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to relocate tablespaces in the backup copy (Steeve Lennmark)
+ Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to relocate tablespaces in
+ the backup copy (Steeve Lennmark)
</para>
<para>
- This is particularly useful for using <application>pg_basebackup</> on the same machine as the primary.
+ This is particularly useful for using <application>pg_basebackup</>
+ on the same machine as the primary.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1550,7 +1947,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- This can be controlled with the <application>pg_basebackup</> <option>--max-rate</> parameter.
+ This can be controlled with the <application>pg_basebackup</>
+ <option>--max-rate</> parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1567,7 +1965,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve the way tuples are frozen, to preserve forensic information (Robert Haas, Andres Freund)
+ Improve the way tuples are frozen, to preserve forensic information
+ (Robert Haas, Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1577,17 +1976,21 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- No longer require function prototypes for function marked with the <function>PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1</> macro (Peter Eisentraut)
+ No longer require function prototypes for function marked with the
+ <link linkend="xfunc-c"><function>PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1</></link>
+ macro (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- This eliminates needless boilerplate prototypes whose lack generates compiler warnings.
+ This eliminates needless boilerplate prototypes whose lack
+ generates compiler warnings.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove SnapshotNow and HeapTupleSatisfiesNow (Robert Haas)
+ Remove <function>SnapshotNow()</> and
+ <function>HeapTupleSatisfiesNow()</> (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1598,54 +2001,58 @@
<listitem>
<para>
+ Add <acronym>API</> for memory allocations over four gigabytes
+ (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>API</> for memory allocations over four gigabytes (Noah Misch)
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add <function>psprintf()</> to simplify memory allocation during string composition (Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane)
+ Add <function>psprintf()</> to simplify memory allocation during
+ string composition (Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>printf()</> modifier "z" to specify <type>size_t</> values (Andres Freund)
+ Add <function>printf()</> modifier "z" to specify <type>size_t</>
+ values (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change <acronym>API</> of <function>appendStringInfoVA()</> to better use <function>vsnprintf()</> (David Rowley, Tom Lane)
+ Change <acronym>API</> of <function>appendStringInfoVA()</>
+ to better use <function>vsnprintf()</> (David Rowley, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow new types of external toast datums to be created (Andres Freund)
+ Allow new types of external toast datums to be created (Andres
+ Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add single-reader, single-writer, lightweight shared message queue (Robert Haas)
+ Add single-reader, single-writer, lightweight shared message queue
+ (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve spinlock speed on x86_64 <acronym>CPU</>s (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Improve spinlock speed on x86_64 <acronym>CPU</>s (Heikki
+ Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove spinlock support for unsupported platforms <acronym>SINIX</>, Sun3, and <acronym>NS32K</> (Robert Haas)
+ Remove spinlock support for unsupported platforms
+ <productname>SINIX</>, <productname>Sun3</>, and
+ <productname>NS32K</> (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1657,25 +2064,30 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce the number of semaphores required by <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Robert Haas)
+ Reduce the number of semaphores required by
+ <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Rewrite <application>duplicate_oids</> Unix shell script in <application>Perl</> (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Rewrite <application>duplicate_oids</> Unix shell script in
+ <application>Perl</> (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add Test Anything Protocol (<acronym>TAP</>) tests for client programs (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add Test Anything Protocol (<acronym>TAP</>) tests for client
+ programs (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add make targets <option>check-tests</> and <option>installcheck-tests</> which allow per-test specification (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add make targets <option>check-tests</> and
+ <option>installcheck-tests</> which allow per-test specification
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1691,7 +2103,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve support for <envar>VPATH</> builds of <acronym>PGXS</> modules (Cédric Villemain, Andrew Dunstan)
+ Improve support for <envar>VPATH</> builds of <acronym>PGXS</>
+ modules (Cédric Villemain, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1703,7 +2116,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add configure flag that appends custom text to the <envar>PG_VERSION</> string (Oskari Saarenmaa)
+ Add configure flag that appends custom text to the
+ <envar>PG_VERSION</> string (Oskari Saarenmaa)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1719,19 +2133,21 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Various security and sanity fixes reported by the Coverity scanner (Stephen Frost)
+ Various security and sanity fixes reported by the
+ <productname>Coverity</> scanner (Stephen Frost)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve valgrind error reporting (Noah Misch)
+ Improve <application>valgrind</> error reporting (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve Emacs configuration file <filename>emacs.samples</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Improve <application>Emacs</> configuration file
+ <filename>emacs.samples</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1741,17 +2157,20 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pgindent to be supplied a command-line list of typedefs (Bruce Momjian)
+ Allow <application>pgindent</> to be supplied a command-line list
+ of typedefs (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- pgindent is also now smarter about blank lines around preprocessor conditionals.
+ <application>Pgindent</> is also now smarter about blank lines
+ around preprocessor conditionals.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Avoid most uses of dlltool in Cygwin and Mingw builds (Marco Atzeri, Hiroshi Inoue)
+ Avoid most uses of dlltool in <productname>Cygwin</> and
+ <productname>Mingw</> builds (Marco Atzeri, Hiroshi Inoue)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1766,100 +2185,130 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_prewarm</> to preload relation data into the shared buffer cache (Robert Haas)
+ Add <link linkend="pgprewarm"><application>pg_prewarm</></link>
+ to preload relation data into the shared buffer cache (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- This is useful at server start to produce more consistent performance.
+ This is useful at server start to produce more consistent
+ performance.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>UUID</> random number generator <function>gen_random_uuid()</> to pgcrypto (Oskari Saarenmaa)
+ Add <acronym>UUID</> random number generator
+ <function>gen_random_uuid()</> to <link
+ linkend="pgcrypto"><application>pgcrypto</></link> (Oskari
+ Saarenmaa)
</para>
<para>
- This allows the creation of version 4 <acronym>UUID</>s without requiring the installation of uuid-ossp.
+ This allows the creation of version 4 <acronym>UUID</>s without
+ requiring the installation of uuid-ossp.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add logging of trigger execution to <application>auto_explain</> (Horiguchi Kyotaro)
+ Add logging of trigger execution to <link
+ linkend="auto-explain"><application>auto_explain</></link>
+ (Horiguchi Kyotaro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow reporting of the <application>pg_stat_statements</>'s internal query hash identifier (Daniel Farina, Sameer Thakur, Peter Geoghegan)
+ Allow reporting of the <link
+ linkend="pgstatstatements"><application>pg_stat_statements</></link>'s
+ internal query hash identifier (Daniel Farina, Sameer Thakur,
+ Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>pg_stat_statements</> use a flat file for query text storage, allowing higher limits (Peter Geoghegan)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="pgstatstatements"><application>pg_stat_statements</></link>
+ use a flat file for query text storage, allowing higher limits
+ (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
<para>
- Also add the ability to retrieve all <application>pg_stat_statements</> information except the query text. This allows programs to reuse the query
- text already retrieved by referencing queryid.
+ Also add the ability to retrieve all
+ <application>pg_stat_statements</> information except the query
+ text. This allows programs to reuse the query text already
+ retrieved by referencing queryid.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix pgstattuple to not report rows from uncommitted transactions as dead (Robert Haas)
+ Fix <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></link>
+ to not report rows from uncommitted transactions as dead
+ (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have pgstattuple functions use regclass-type arguments (Satoshi Nagayasu)
+ Have <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></link>
+ functions use regclass-type arguments (Satoshi Nagayasu)
</para>
<para>
- While text-type arguments are still supported, they will be removed in a later major release.
+ While text-type arguments are still supported, they will be
+ removed in a later major release.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve consistency of pgrowlocks output to honor snapshot rules more consistently (Robert Haas)
+ Improve consistency of <link
+ linkend="pgrowlocks"><application>pgrowlocks</></link> output to
+ honor snapshot rules more consistently (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve indexing of <application>pg_trgm</> values to discourage indexing whitespace (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Improve indexing of <link
+ linkend="pgtrgm"><application>pg_trgm</></link> values to
+ discourage indexing whitespace (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Store cube data more compactly (Stas Kelvich)
+ Store <link linkend="cube"><type>cube</></link> data more compactly
+ (Stas Kelvich)
</para>
<para>
- Existing data must be dumped/restored to use the new format. The old format can still be read.
+ Existing data must be dumped/restored to use the new format.
+ The old format can still be read.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce vacuumlo client-side memory usage by using a cursor (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Reduce <link linkend="vacuumlo"><application>vacuumlo</></link>
+ client-side memory usage by using a cursor (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Dramatically reduce memory consumption in <application>pg_upgrade</> (Bruce Momjian)
+ Dramatically reduce memory consumption in <link
+ linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</></link> (Bruce
+ Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Pass <application>pg_upgrade</> user names (<option>-U</>) to analyze scripts (Bruce Momjian)
+ Pass <link linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</></link>
+ user names (<option>-U</>) to analyze scripts (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1872,7 +2321,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pgbench to process script files of any line length (Sawada Masahiko)
+ Allow pgbench to process script files of any line length (Sawada
+ Masahiko)
</para>
<para>
@@ -1882,7 +2332,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_bench</> option (<option>--rate</>) to control the transaction rate (Fabien Coelho)
+ Add <application>pg_bench</> option (<option>--rate</>) to control
+ the transaction rate (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
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