From b09bfc654d1fc44cc37ef964403349c4957ce5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:37:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes for changes between beta1 and beta2.
---
doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index c8e895422bd..3bbb6da4e84 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.367 2005/09/12 05:10:12 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.368 2005/09/16 03:37:35 tgl Exp $
Typical markup:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
- <simpara>2005-1?-??, Current as of 2005-08-24</simpara>
+ <simpara>2005-1?-??, Current as of 2005-09-15</simpara>
</note>
<sect2>
@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
database (Tom)
</para>
<para>
- The old behavior of <command>REINDEX</> database reindexed only
+ Formerly, <command>REINDEX DATABASE</> reindexed only
system tables. This new behavior seems more intuitive. A new
- command <command>REINDEX SYSTEM</> allows for reindexing just the
- system tables.
+ command <command>REINDEX SYSTEM</> provides the old functionality
+ of reindexing just the system tables.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -386,6 +386,28 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</> may ignore the provided arguments
+ in favor of information from <structname>pg_pltemplate</>
+ (Tom)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A new system catalog <structname>pg_pltemplate</> has been defined
+ to carry information about the preferred definitions of procedural
+ languages (such as whether they have validator functions). When
+ an entry exists in this catalog for the language being created,
+ <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</> will ignore all its parameters except the
+ language name and instead use the catalog information. This measure
+ was taken because of increasing problems with obsolete language
+ definitions being loaded by old dump files. As of 8.1,
+ <application>pg_dump</> will dump procedural language definitions as
+ just <command>CREATE LANGUAGE <replaceable>name</></command>, relying
+ on a template entry to exist at load time. We expect this will be a
+ more future-proof representation.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -668,6 +690,13 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ New system catalog <structname>pg_pltemplate</> allows overriding
+ obsolete procedural-language definitions in dump files (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
@@ -1610,6 +1639,17 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Make startup banner show both server version number and
+ <application>psql</>'s version number, when they are different (Bruce)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Also, a warning will be shown if the server and <application>psql</>
+ are from different major releases.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
@@ -1660,6 +1700,20 @@ pg_[A-Za-z0-9_] <application>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Rely on <structname>pg_pltemplate</> for procedural languages (Tom)
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If the call handler for a procedural language is in the
+ <literal>pg_catalog</> schema, <application>pg_dump</> does not
+ dump the handler. Instead, it dumps the language using just
+ <command>CREATE LANGUAGE <replaceable>name</></command>,
+ relying on the <structname>pg_pltemplate</> catalog to provide
+ the language's creation parameters at load time.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
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