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+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.13 2010/04/01 00:32:53 momjian Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="release-9-0">
<listitem>
<para>
Remove server variable <varname>add_missing_from</>, which was
- defaulted to off for many years (Tom)
+ defaulted to off for many years (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
Remove server variable <varname>regex_flavor</>, which
was defaulted to <link
linkend="posix-syntax-details"><literal>advanced</></link>
- (e.g. Perl-regex compatible) for many years (Tom)
+ (e.g. Perl-regex compatible) for many years (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
When querying a <link linkend="ddl-inherit">parent table</link>,
do not do additional permission checks on child tables
- returned as part of the query (Peter)
+ returned as part of the query (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Have fractional seconds conversion truncate rather than
- round when using float-based dates/times (Tom)
+ round when using float-based dates/times (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
Fix <link linkend="functions-similarto-regexp"><literal>SIMILAR
TO</></link> to match the SQL standard-specified behavior
by processing <literal>?</> and <literal>{}</> the same way
- they are processed in regular expressions (Tom)
+ they are processed in regular expressions (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly treat <literal>^</> and <literal>$</> as literals in
- <literal>SIMILAR TO</> patterns, to match the SQL standard (Tom)
+ <literal>SIMILAR TO</> patterns, to match the SQL standard (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Process parentheses as literals in <literal>SIMILAR TO</> expressions;
- also make character class handling more standards-compliant (Tom)
+ also make character class handling more standards-compliant (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Do not allow <link
linkend="functions-string-sql"><function>substring()</></link>
- to have a negative third length, per the SQL standard (Tom)
+ to have a negative third length, per the SQL standard (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
No longer rename index names and index column names when table
- columns are renamed (Tom)
+ columns are renamed (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Have PL/pgSQL throw an error if a variable name conflicts with a
- column name used in a query (Tom)
+ column name used in a query (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove PL/pgSQL's <literal>RENAME</> declaration option (Tom)
+ Remove PL/pgSQL's <literal>RENAME</> declaration option (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
PL/pgSQL no longer allows unquoted variables names that match SQL
- reserved words (Tom)
+ reserved words (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of finding inherited child tables (Tom)
+ Improve performance of finding inherited child tables (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Improve performance of <link
linkend="SQL-TRUNCATE"><command>TRUNCATE</></link> when
- used in the same transaction as table creation (Tom)
+ used in the same transaction as table creation (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <literal>IS NOT NULL</> restrictions to use indexes (Tom)
+ Allow <literal>IS NOT NULL</> restrictions to use indexes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve optimizer equivalence detection of <> <type>boolean</>
- tests (Tom)
+ tests (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve GEQO plan selection (Tom).
+ Improve GEQO plan selection (Tom Lane).
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve <link linkend="SQL-ANALYZE"><command>ANALYZE</></link>
- to support inheritance-tree statistics (Tom)
+ to support inheritance-tree statistics (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve <link linkend="routine-vacuuming">autovacuum</link>
- detection of when re-analyze is necessary (Tom)
+ detection of when re-analyze is necessary (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve optimizer statistics for greater/less-than comparisons
- (Tom)
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Add support for <link
linkend="auth-radius"><acronym>RADIUS</></link> (Remote
Authentication Dial In User Service) authentication
- (Magnus)
+ (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
linkend="monitoring-stats-funcs-table"><function>pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters()</></link>
and <function>pg_stat_reset_single_function_counters()</>
to allow the reseting of statistics counters for individual
- tables and indexes (Magnus)
+ tables and indexes (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Allow setting of configuration variables based on <link
linkend="sql-alterrole-title">database/role</link>
- combinations (Alvaro)
+ combinations (Alvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
Add boolean variable <link
linkend="guc-bonjour"><varname>bonjour</></link>, which
controls whether a Bonjour-enabled binary advertises
- itself via <productname>Bonjour</> (Tom)
+ itself via <productname>Bonjour</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Log changed parameter values when <filename>postgresql.conf</> is
- reloaded (Peter)
+ reloaded (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
Do <link linkend="SQL-FOR-UPDATE-SHARE"><command>SELECT
FOR UPDATE</>/<literal>SHARE</></link> processing after
applying <literal>LIMIT</>, so the number of rows returned
- is always predictable (Tom)
+ is always predictable (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Allow mixing of traditional and SQL-standard <link
linkend="SQL-LIMIT"><literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</></link>
- syntax in the same query (Tom)
+ syntax in the same query (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
Add Unicode surrogate pair (dual 16-bit) support to
<link
linkend="sql-syntax-strings-uescape"><literal>U&</></link>
- strings and identifiers (Peter)
+ strings and identifiers (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-COMMENT">comments</link> only on
columns of tables, views, and composite types, not other
- objects like indexes and <acronym>TOAST</> tables (Tom)
+ objects like indexes and <acronym>TOAST</> tables (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Allow the creation of <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETYPE-enum">enumerate types</link> with
- no labels (Bruce)
+ no labels (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the SQL-standard <command>CREATE TABLE ... OF type</> command
- (Peter)
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-CLUSTER"><command>CLUSTER</></link>
- on all system tables (Tom)
+ on all system tables (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow an index to be auto-named by not supplying an index name to
- <link linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX"><command>CREATE INDEX</></link> (Tom)
+ <link linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX"><command>CREATE INDEX</></link> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-REINDEX"><command>REINDEX</></link>
- on system indexes (Tom)
+ on system indexes (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>point_ops</> opclass for GiST (Teodor)
+ Add <literal>point_ops</> opclass for GiST (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Use red-black trees for <acronym>GIN</> index creation (Teodor)
+ Use red-black trees for <acronym>GIN</> index creation
+ (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Allow hex values to be specified in <link
linkend="datatype-binary"><type>bytea</></link> strings
- (Peter)
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Allow <link
linkend="guc-extra-float-digits">extra_float_digits</link>
- to be increased to <literal>3</> (Tom)
+ to be increased to <literal>3</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add prefix support for the full text search synonym dictionary
- (Teodor)
+ (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add full text search filtering dictionaries (Teodor)
+ Add full text search filtering dictionaries (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow underscores in full text email addresses (Teodor)
+ Allow underscores in full text email addresses (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
</listitem>
Have <function>to_char()</> honor <link
linkend="functions-formatting-datetimemod-table"><literal>'FM'</></link>
(fill mode) in <literal>'Y'</>, <literal>'YY'</>, and
- <literal>'YYY'</> specifications (Bruce)
+ <literal>'YYY'</> specifications (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Correct calculations of <link
linkend="functions-geometry-op-table">"overlap"</link>
- and "contains" operations over polygons (Teodor)
+ and "contains" operations over polygons (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Have <link linkend="information-schema">information
schema</link> properly display date type octet lengths
- (Peter)
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Add the <literal>OR REPLACE</> clause to <link
linkend="SQL-CREATELANGUAGE"><command>CREATE LANGUAGE</></link>
- (Tom)
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Install server-side language PL/pgSQL by default (Bruce)
+ Install server-side language PL/pgSQL by default (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve error location reporting in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
+ Improve error location reporting in PL/pgSQL (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have PL/pgSQL use the main lexer, rather than a custom version (Tom)
+ Have PL/pgSQL use the main lexer, rather than a custom version (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL's <literal>WHERE CURRENT OF</> to use a cursor
- variable (Tom)
+ variable (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Verify that PL/Perl return values are valid in the server encoding
- (Andrew)
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add Unicode support in PL/Python (Peter)
+ Add Unicode support in PL/Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="plpython-arrays">array parameter/return
- support</link> to PL/Python (Peter)
+ support</link> to PL/Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve mapping of domains to Python base types in PL/Python (Peter)
+ Improve mapping of domains to Python base types in PL/Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>Python</> 3 support to PL/Python (Peter)
+ Add <application>Python</> 3 support to PL/Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve error location and exception reporting in PL/Python (Peter)
+ Improve error location and exception reporting in PL/Python (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><command>vacuumdb</></link>
- <option>--analyze-only</> option to only analyze (Bruce)
+ <option>--analyze-only</> option to only analyze (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Fix <command>psql --file -</> to properly honor <link
linkend="R1-APP-PSQL-3"><option>--single-transaction</></link>
- (Bruce)
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent overwriting of <application>psql</>'s command-line history
- if two <application>psql</> sessions are run simultaneously (Tom)
+ if two <application>psql</> sessions are run simultaneously (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In <application>psql</>, show the view definition only with <command>\d+</>,
- not with <command>\d</> (Peter)
+ not with <command>\d</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>pg_dump</> to properly dump large objects if
- standard_conforming_strings is enabled (Tom)
+ standard_conforming_strings is enabled (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <application>pg_ctl</> to be safely used to start the
- <application>postmaster</> at boot-time (Tom)
+ <application>postmaster</> at boot-time (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
Add checking for a per-user service file (<link
linkend="libpq-pgservice"><filename>.pg_service.conf</></link>),
which is checked before the site-wide service file
- (Peter)
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly report an error if the specified <application>libpq</> service
- cannot be found (Peter)
+ cannot be found (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Issue a warning if the <link
linkend="libpq-pgpass"><filename>.pgpass</></link>-retrieved
- password fails (Bruce)
+ password fails (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <application>ecpg</> to use <literal>new</> and <literal>old</>
- variable names without restriction (Michael)
+ variable names without restriction (Michael Meskes)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>ecpg</> return zero for non-SQL3 data types (Michael)
+ Have <application>ecpg</> return zero for non-SQL3 data types
+ (Michael Meskes))
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enable client thread safety by default (Bruce)
+ Enable client thread safety by default (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <productname>DocBook</> <acronym>XSL</> stylesheets for man page
- building (Peter)
+ building (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
New <filename>Makefile</> targets <link
linkend="build"><literal>world</></link>,
<literal>install-world</>, and <literal>installcheck-world</>
- (Andrew)
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Restructure the <acronym>HTML</> documentation build
- <filename>Makefile</> rules (Peter)
+ <filename>Makefile</> rules (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require <application>Autoconf</> 2.63 for building from source (Peter)
+ Require <application>Autoconf</> 2.63 for building from source (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Require <application>Flex</> 2.5.31 or later to build from source
- (Tom)
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Allow server builds using <link
linkend="install-win32-full"><productname>Visual Studio
- 2008</></link> (Magnus)
+ 2008</></link> (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow multi-processor compilation using <productname>Microsoft Visual
- C</> (Magnus)
+ C</> (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Distribute documentation in a proper directory tree, rather than
- as tar archive files inside the main distribution tarball (Peter)
+ as tar archive files inside the main distribution tarball (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enable the server lexer to be reentrant (Tom)
+ Enable the server lexer to be reentrant (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add system columns to better document the use of indexes for constraint
- enforcement (Tom)
+ enforcement (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the ability to translate <application>psql</> strings
- (Peter)
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Reduce the length of some file names so file paths are less than
- 100 characters (Tom)
+ 100 characters (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Add a new <link
linkend="errcodes-table"><literal>ERRCODE_INVALID_PASSWORD</></link>
- <literal>SQLSTATE</> error code (Bruce)
+ <literal>SQLSTATE</> error code (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Properly remove the few remaining personal source code copyright
- entries (Bruce)
+ entries (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Use a more modern <acronym>API</> for <application>Bonjour</> (Tom)
+ Use a more modern <acronym>API</> for <application>Bonjour</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Remove support for platforms that don't have a working 64-bit
- integer data types (Tom)
+ integer data types (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add parser hooks to access column and parameter references in
- queries (Tom)
+ queries (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the calling of parser hooks from <acronym>SPI</> and cached
- plans (Tom)
+ plans (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Add support for preservation of all <link
linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>relfilenodes</></link>,
- for use during binary upgrades (Bruce)
+ for use during binary upgrades (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for binary upgrades to preserve <structname>pg_type</>
- and <structname>pg_enum</> <type>oids</> (Bruce)
+ and <structname>pg_enum</> <type>oids</> (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Move tablespace data directories into their own
- <productname>PostgreSQL</> version-specific subdirectory (Bruce)
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> version-specific subdirectory (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Add full text dictionary <link
linkend="unaccent"><filename>/contrib/unaccent</></link>
- (Teodor)
+ (Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Add query text to <link
linkend="auto-explain"><filename>/contrib/auto_explain</></link>
- output (Andrew)
+ output (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
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