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<para>
<emphasis>Allow a table's row type to be cast to the table's supertype
- if it's a type table.</emphasis>
+ if it's a type table</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
This is analagous to the existing facility that allows casting a row
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Make foreign data wrappers functional, and support FOREIGN
- TABLEs.</emphasis>
+ TABLEs</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
Foreign tables are component of SQL/MED, and provide a framework to
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<para>
<emphasis>Allow a unique or primary key constraint to be created
- using an existing index.</emphasis>
+ using an existing index</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Implement Serializable Snapshot Isolation, in order to
- provide a more robust serializable transaction mode.</emphasis>
+ provide a more robust serializable transaction mode</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
In previous releases, the REPEATABLE READ and SERIALIZABLE isolation
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<para>
- <emphasis>Teach ALTER TABLE .. SET DATA TYPE to avoid a table write
+ <emphasis>Teach ALTER TABLE ... SET DATA TYPE to avoid a table write
in some cases where it isn't necessary
</emphasis>
</para>
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<para>
- <emphasis>Support unlogged tables.</emphasis>
+ <emphasis>Support unlogged tables</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
The contents of an unlogged table are not WAL-logged; thus, they
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<para>
- <emphasis>Hash joins now support right and full outer joins.</emphasis>
+ <emphasis>Hash joins now support right and full outer joins</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
Previously, full joins could be implemented only as a merge join,
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<para>
- Support host names and host key
- word <literal>all</literal>
+ Support host names and host key word <literal>all</literal>
in <filename>pg_hba.conf</filename>
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>When an autovacuum worker (other than one performing an
anti-wraparound vacuum) is unable to obtain a lock on the target
- relation without blocking, skip the relation.</emphasis>
+ relation without blocking, skip the relation</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
This avoids pinning down an autovacuum worker. The next autovacuum
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<para>
- <emphasis>Add REPLICATION privilege for ROLEs.</emphasis>
+ <emphasis>Add REPLICATION privilege for ROLEs</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
This makes it possible for replication to be performed by a
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<para>
<emphasis>Change pg_last_xlog_receive_location not to move
- backwards.</emphasis>
+ backwards</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>