<listitem>
<para>
- Adjust operator precedence to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard
- (Tom Lane)
+ Adjust <link linkend="functions-comparison">operator precedence</>
+ to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow special characters in server startup option values to be
- escaped with a backslash (Andres Freund)
+ Allow special characters in <link linkend="libpq-envars">server
+ startup option values</> to be escaped with a backslash (Andres
+ Freund)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Set the default value of <varname>include_realm</> to not remove
+ Set the default value of <link
+ linkend="gssapi-auth"><varname>include_realm</></> to not remove
the <acronym>GSS</> and <acronym>SSPI</> realm from the principal
(Stephen Frost)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <command>REASSIGN</> and <command>ALTER OWNER TO</> to properly
- reassign ownership of types, foreign data wrappers, and foreign
- servers (Bruce Momjian)
+ Fix <link linkend="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED"><command>REASSIGN</></>
+ and <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER OWNER TO</></>
+ to properly reassign ownership of types, foreign data wrappers,
+ and foreign servers (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove <structname>pg_authid</>.<structname>rolcatupdate</>, as it
- had no purpose (Adam Brightwell)
+ Remove <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</>.<structname>rolcatupdate</></>,
+ as it had no purpose (Adam Brightwell)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add Block Range Indexes (<acronym>BRIN</>) (Álvaro Herrera,
- Heikki Linnakangas, Emre Hasegeli)
+ Add <link linkend="BRIN">Block Range Indexes</> (<acronym>BRIN</>)
+ (Álvaro Herrera, Heikki Linnakangas, Emre Hasegeli)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow queries to perform accurate distance filtering of
- bounding-box-indexed objects (polygons, circles) using GiST indexes
- (Alexander Korotkov, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ bounding-box-indexed objects (polygons, circles) using <link
+ linkend="GiST">GiST</> indexes (Alexander Korotkov, Heikki
+ Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow GiST indexes to perform index-only scans (Anastasia
- Lubennikova, Heikki Linnakangas, Andreas Karlsson)
+ Allow <link linkend="GiST">GiST</> indexes to perform index-only
+ scans (Anastasia Lubennikova, Heikki Linnakangas, Andreas Karlsson)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GUC</> <varname>gin_pending_list_limit</> to control
- the size of <acronym>GIN</> pending lists (Fujii Masao)
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-gin-pending-list-limit"><varname>gin_pending_list_limit</></>
+ to control the size of <acronym>GIN</> pending lists (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
- Previously this was controlled by <varname>work_mem</>. This can
- also be set as an index storage parameter.
+ Previously this was controlled by <link
+ linkend="guc-work-mem"><varname>work_mem</></>. This can also
+ be set as an index storage parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Issue a warning during the creation of hash indexes because they
- are not crash-safe (Bruce Momjian)
+ Issue a warning during the creation of <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX">hash</> indexes because they are not
+ crash-safe (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve concurrency of shared buffer replacement (Robert Haas,
- Amit Kapila)
+ Improve concurrency of <link linkend="guc-shared-buffers">shared
+ buffer</> replacement (Robert Haas, Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
Add per-table autovacuum logging control via
<varname>log_min_autovacuum_duration</> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ NOT DOCUMENTED?
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GUC</> variable <varname>cluster_name</> (Thomas
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> variable <link
+ linkend="guc-cluster-name"><varname>cluster_name</></> (Thomas
Munro)
</para>
<para>
- This string, set in <filename>postgresql.conf</>, allows clients
- to query the cluster name. This name also appears in the process
- title, allowing for easier grouping of processes belonging to
- the same cluster.
+ This string, set in <link
+ linkend="config-setting-configuration-file"><filename>postgresql.conf</></>,
+ allows clients to query the cluster name. This name also appears
+ in the process title, allowing for easier grouping of processes
+ belonging to the same cluster.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Prevent non-superusers from changing <varname>log_disconnections</>
+ Prevent non-superusers from changing <link
+ linkend="guc-log-disconnections"><varname>log_disconnections</></>
on connection startup (Fujii Masao)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Check <quote>Subject Alternative Names</> in <acronym>SSL</>
- server certificates, if present (Alexey Klyukin)
+ Check <link linkend="libpq-ssl"><quote>Subject Alternative
+ Names</></> in <acronym>SSL</> server certificates, if present
+ (Alexey Klyukin)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add system view <structname>pg_stat_ssl</> to report
+ Add system view <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-ssl-view"><structname>pg_stat_ssl</></> to report
<acronym>SSL</> connection information (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>libpq</> function <function>PQsslAttribute()</>
+ Add <application>libpq</> function <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqsslAttribute"><function>PQsslAttribute()</></>
that returns <acronym>SSL</> information (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
- While <function>PQgetssl()</> can still be used
- to then call <productname>OpenSSL</> functions,
- <function>PQsslAttribute()</> returns <acronym>SSL</>
+ While <link linkend="libpq-pqgetssl"><function>PQgetssl()</></>
+ can still be used to then call <productname>OpenSSL</>
+
functions, <function>PQsslAttribute()</> returns <acronym>SSL</>
information in an <acronym>SSL</>-implementation-independent way.
(Future versions of libpq might support other <acronym>SSL</>
implementations.)
<listitem>
<para>
- Replace <varname>checkpoint_segments</> with
- <varname>min_wal_size</> and <varname>max_wal_size</> (Heikki
- Linnakangas)
+ Replace <varname>checkpoint_segments</> with <link
+ linkend="guc-min-wal-size"><varname>min_wal_size</></> and
+ <link linkend="guc-max-wal-size"><varname>max_wal_size</></>
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GUC</> <varname>wal_compression</> to enable
- compression of full page images stored in <acronym>WAL</>
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-compression"><varname>wal_compression</></> to
+ enable compression of full page images stored in <acronym>WAL</>
(Rahila Syed, Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the recording of transaction commit timestamps when
- <acronym>GUC</> <varname>track_commit_timestamp</> is enabled
- (Álvaro Herrera, Petr Jelinek)
+ Allow the recording of transaction
+ commit timestamps when <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-track-commit-timestamp"><varname>track_commit_timestamp</></>
+ is enabled (Álvaro Herrera, Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
- Timestamp information can be accessed using
- functions <function>pg_xact_commit_timestamp()</> and
- <function>pg_last_committed_xact()</>.
+ Timestamp information can be accessed using functions <link
+ linkend="functions-commit-timestamp"><function>pg_xact_commit_timestamp()</></>
+ and <function>pg_last_committed_xact()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <varname>local_preload_libraries</> to be set by
- <command>ALTER ROLE SET</> (Peter Eisentraut, Kyotaro Horiguchi)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="guc-local-preload-libraries"><varname>local_preload_libraries</></>
+ to be set by <command>ALTER ROLE SET</> (Peter Eisentraut,
+ Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow running autovacuum workers to respond to configuration
- parameter changes (Michael Paquier)
+ Allow running <link linkend="autovacuum">autovacuum workers</>
+ to respond to configuration parameter changes (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Make <acronym>GUC</> <varname>debug_assertions</> read-only
- (Andres Freund)
+ Make <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-debug-assertions"><varname>debug_assertions</></>
+ read-only (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
- This means that assertions can no longer be turned off once enabled
- at compile-time, allowing for more efficient code optimization.
- This also removed the postgres <option>-A</> option.
+ This means that assertions can no longer be turned
+ off once enabled at compile-time, allowing for more
+ efficient code optimization. This also removed the <link
+ linkend="app-postgres-options">postgres</> <option>-A</> option.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow setting <varname>effective_io_concurrency</> on systems
- where it has no effect (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow setting <link
+ linkend="guc-effective-io-concurrency"><varname>effective_io_concurrency</></>
+ on systems where it has no effect (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add environment variables <envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</> and
- <envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE</> to control Linux <acronym>OOM</>
- killer (Gurjeet Singh)
+ Add environment variables <link
+ linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</></>
+ and <link
+ linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE</></>
+ to control Linux <acronym>OOM</> killer (Gurjeet Singh)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function and view <function>pg_file_settings</> to show
- the source of <acronym>GUC</> values set in configuration files
- (Sawada Masahiko)
+ Add function and view <link
+ linkend="view-pg-file-settings"><function>pg_file_settings</></>
+ to show the source of <acronym>GUC</> values set in configuration
+ files (Sawada Masahiko)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <structname>pending_restart</> to the system view
- <structname>pg_settings</> to indicate a change is pending a
- restart (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <structname>pending_restart</> to the system view <link
+ linkend="view-pg-settings"><structname>pg_settings</></> to
+ indicate a change is pending a restart (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>ALTER SYSTEM</> values to be reset with
- <command>ALTER SYSTEM RESET</> (Vik Fearing)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-ALTERSYSTEM"><command>ALTER SYSTEM</></>
+ values to be reset with <command>ALTER SYSTEM RESET</> (Vik
+ Fearing)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <filename>recovery.conf</> parameter
- <varname>recovery_target_action</> to control post-recovery
- activity (Petr Jelinek)
+ Add <link linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></>
+ parameter <link
+ linkend="recovery-target-action"><varname>recovery_target_action</></>
+ to control post-recovery activity (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <varname>archive_mode</> <literal>always</> to allow standbys
- to always archive received <acronym>WAL</> files (Fujii Masao)
+ Add <link linkend="guc-archive-mode"><varname>archive_mode</></>
+ <literal>always</> to allow standbys to always archive received
+ <acronym>WAL</> files (Fujii Masao)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GUC</> <varname>wal_retrieve_retry_interval</> to
- control <acronym>WAL</> read retry after failure (Alexey Vasiliev,
- Michael Paquier)
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-retrieve-retry-interval"><varname>wal_retrieve_retry_interval</></>
+ to control <acronym>WAL</> read retry after failure (Alexey
+ Vasiliev, Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>GUC</> <varname>log_replication_commands</> to log
- replication commands (Fujii Masao)
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <link
+ linkend="guc-log-replication-commands"><varname>log_replication_commands</></>
+ to log replication commands (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the labeling of the origin of logical replication changes
- (Andres Freund)
+ Allow the <link linkend="pg-replication-origin-create">labeling</>
+ of the origin of logical replication changes (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Report the backends holding replication slots in
- <structname>pg_replication_slots</> (Craig Ringer)
+ Report the backends holding replication slots in <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-replication-slots"><structname>pg_replication_slots</></>
+ (Craig Ringer)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <filename>recovery.conf</>'s <varname>primary_conninfo</>
- to use connection <acronym>URI</>s, e.g. <literal>postgres://</>
+ Allow <filename>recovery.conf</>'s <link
+ linkend="primary-conninfo"><varname>primary_conninfo</></> to
+ use connection <acronym>URI</>s, e.g. <literal>postgres://</>
(Alex Shulgin)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>INSERTS</> that would generate constraint conflicts
- to be turned into <command>UPDATE</>s or ignored (Peter Geoghegan,
- Heikki Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
+ Allow <link linkend="sql-on-conflict"><command>INSERTS</></>
+ that would generate constraint conflicts to be turned into
+ <command>UPDATE</>s or ignored (Peter Geoghegan, Heikki
+ Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>GROUP BY</> analysis functions <literal>GROUPING
- SETS</>, <literal>CUBE</> and <literal>ROLLUP</> (Andrew Gierth,
- Atri Sharma)
+ Add <literal>GROUP BY</> analysis functions <link
+ linkend="queries-grouping-sets"><literal>GROUPING SETS</></>,
+ <link linkend="queries-grouping-sets"><literal>CUBE</></> and
+ <link linkend="queries-grouping-sets"><literal>ROLLUP</></>
+ (Andrew Gierth, Atri Sharma)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow multi-column <command>UPDATE</>s with a single subselect
+ Allow multi-column <link
+ linkend="SQL-UPDATE"><command>UPDATE</></>s with a single subselect
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add new <command>SELECT</> option <literal>SKIP LOCKED</> to skip
- locked rows (Thomas Munro)
+ Add new <link linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></> option
+ <literal>SKIP LOCKED</> to skip locked rows (Thomas Munro)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>SELECT</> option <literal>TABLESAMPLE</> to return
- a subset of a table (Petr Jelinek)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></> option
+ <literal>TABLESAMPLE</> to return a subset of a table (Petr
+ Jelinek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add more details about sort ordering in <command>EXPLAIN</> output
- (Marius Timmer, Lukas Kreft, Arne Scheffer)
+ Add more details about sort ordering in <link
+ linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></> output (Marius Timmer,
+ Lukas Kreft, Arne Scheffer)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>VACUUM</> log the number of pages skipped due to pins
- (Jim Nasby)
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></> log the
+ number of pages skipped due to pins (Jim Nasby)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>TRUNCATE</> properly update the <literal>pg_stat</>*
- tuple counters (Alexander Shulgin)
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-TRUNCATE"><command>TRUNCATE</></> properly
+ update the <literal>pg_stat</>* tuple counters (Alexander Shulgin)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This controls viewing and adding/modifying rows via new commands
- <command>CREATE</>/<command>ALTER</>/<command>DROP POLICY</>
- and <command>ALTER TABLE ... ENABLE/DISABLE ROW SECURITY</>.
+ <link linkend="SQL-CREATEPOLICY"><command>CREATE</></>/<link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERPOLICY"><command>ALTER</></>/<link
+ linkend="SQL-DROPPOLICY"><command>DROP POLICY</></> and <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE ... ENABLE/DISABLE
+ ROW SECURITY</></>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow control of table <acronym>WAL</> logging after table
- creation with <command>ALTER TABLE .. SET LOGGED / UNLOGGED</>
- (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
+ Allow control of table <acronym>WAL</> logging after table creation
+ with <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE .. SET
+ LOGGED / UNLOGGED</></> (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> clause to <command>CREATE TABLE
- AS</>, <command>CREATE INDEX</>, <command>CREATE SEQUENCE</>,
- and <command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</> (Fabrízio de
- Royes Mello)
+ Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> clause to <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETABLEAS"><command>CREATE TABLE AS</></>,
+ <link linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX"><command>CREATE INDEX</></>,
+ <link linkend="SQL-CREATESEQUENCE"><command>CREATE SEQUENCE</></>,
+ and <link linkend="SQL-CREATEMATERIALIZEDVIEW"><command>CREATE
+ MATERIALIZED VIEW</></> (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support for <literal>IF EXISTS</> to <command>ALTER TABLE
- ... RENAME CONSTRAINT</> (Bruce Momjian)
+ Add support for <literal>IF EXISTS</> to <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE ... RENAME
+ CONSTRAINT</></> (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Commands include <command>ALTER USER</>, <command>ALTER
- GROUP</>, <command>ALTER ROLE</>, <command>GRANT</>, and various
- <command>ALTER OBJECT / OWNER TO</> commands.
+ Commands include <link linkend="SQL-ALTERUSER"><command>ALTER
+ USER</></>,
+ <link linkend="SQL-ALTERGROUP"><command>ALTER
+ GROUP</></>, <link linkend="SQL-ALTERROLE"><command>ALTER
+ ROLE</></>, <link linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</></>,
+ and various <command>ALTER OBJECT / OWNER TO</> commands.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow comments on domain constraints (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Allow comments on <link linkend="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN">domain
+ constraints</> (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>LOCK TABLE .. ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE</> for those with
- <command>INSERT</> privileges (Stephen Frost)
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-LOCK"><command>LOCK TABLE .. ROW EXCLUSIVE
+ MODE</></> for those with <command>INSERT</> privileges (Stephen
+ Frost)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE</>/<command>ALTER DATABASE</> to manipulate
- <structname>datistemplate</> and <structname>datallowconn</>
- (Vik Fearing)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"><command>CREATE</></>/<link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERDATABASE"><command>ALTER DATABASE</></>
+ to manipulate <structname>datistemplate</> and
+ <structname>datallowconn</> (Vik Fearing)
</para>
<para>
- This allows these database settings to be changed more easily
- than modifying the <structname>pg_database</> system table.
+ This allows these database settings to be
+ changed more easily than modifying the <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-database"><structname>pg_database</></>
+ system table.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>CREATE TABLE AS</> and <command>REFRESH</> return
- an <type>OID</> (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLEAS"><command>CREATE
+ TABLE AS</></> and <link
+ linkend="SQL-REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW"><command>REFRESH</></>
+ return an <type>OID</> (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support for <command>IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA</> (Ronan Dunklau,
- Michael Paquier, Tom Lane)
+ Add support for <link
+ linkend="SQL-IMPORTFOREIGNSCHEMA"><command>IMPORT FOREIGN
+ SCHEMA</></> (Ronan Dunklau, Michael Paquier, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
This allows the creation of local foreign tables definitions
that match the remote table structure. Currently, only the
- <application>postgres_fdw</> foreign data wrapper supports this
- feature.
+ <link linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</></>
+ foreign data wrapper supports this feature.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</> set-returning
- function, which returns <acronym>DDL</> activity associated with
- event triggers (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="pg-event-trigger-ddl-command-end-functions"><function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands</></>
+ set-returning function, which returns <acronym>DDL</> activity
+ associated with event triggers (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow event triggers on table rewrites caused by <command>ALTER
- TABLE</> (Dimitri Fontaine)
+ Allow event triggers on table rewrites caused by <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE</></> (Dimitri
+ Fontaine)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add event trigger support for database-level
- <command>COMMENT</>, <command>SECURITY LABEL</>, and
- <command>GRANT</>/<command>REVOKE</> (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add event trigger support for database-level <link
+ linkend="SQL-COMMENT"><command>COMMENT</></>, <link
+ linkend="SQL-SECURITY-LABEL"><command>SECURITY LABEL</></>,
+ and <link linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</></>/<link
+ linkend="SQL-REVOKE"><command>REVOKE</></> (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add columns to the output of
- <function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</> (Álvaro
- Herrera)
+ Add columns to the output of <link
+ linkend="pg-event-trigger-sql-drop-functions"><function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</></>
+ (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the <type>XML</> data type to accept empty or all-whitespace
- values (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow the <link linkend="datatype-xml"><type>XML</></> data type
+ to accept empty or all-whitespace values (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <type>XML</> xpath handling to return namespace declarations
- even if the namespace is in a parent element (Ali Akbar)
+ Fix <type>XML</> <link
+ linkend="functions-xml-processing"><function>xpath()</></> handling
+ to return namespace declarations even if the namespace is in a
+ parent element (Ali Akbar)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <type>macaddr</> input using the format
- <literal>xxxx-xxxx-xxxx</> (Herwin Weststrate)
+ Allow <link linkend="datatype-macaddr"><type>MACADDR</></> input
+ using the format <literal>xxxx-xxxx-xxxx</> (Herwin Weststrate)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Tighten specification of <type>INTERVAL</> precision specifications
- (Bruce Momjian)
+ Tighten specification of <link
+ linkend="datatype-interval-input"><type>INTERVAL</></> precision
+ specifications (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add selectivity estimators for <type>INET</>/<type>CIDR</> operators
- and improve estimators for text search functions (Emre Hasegeli,
- Tom Lane)
+ Add selectivity estimators for <link
+ linkend="datatype-inet"><type>INET</></>/<link
+ linkend="datatype-cidr"><type>CIDR</></> operators and improve
+ estimators for text search functions (Emre Hasegeli, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <type>JSONB</> functions <function>jsonb_set()</> and
- <function>jsonb_pretty</> (Dmitry Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add <type>JSONB</> functions <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>jsonb_set()</></>
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>jsonb_pretty</></>
+ (Dmitry Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- The functions are <function>to_jsonb()</>,
- <function>jsonb_object()</>, <function>jsonb_build_object()</>,
- <function>jsonb_build_array()</>, <function>jsonb_agg()</>,
- and <function>jsonb_object_agg()</>.
+ The functions are <link
+ linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>to_jsonb()</></>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>jsonb_object()</></>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>jsonb_build_object()</></>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>jsonb_build_array()</></>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-aggregate-table"><function>jsonb_agg()</></>,
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-aggregate-table"><function>jsonb_object_agg()</></>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce casting requirements to/from <type>JSON</> and
- <type>JSONB</> (Tom Lane)
+ Reduce casting requirements to/from <link
+ linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSON</></> and <link
+ linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSONB</></> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <type>TEXT</>, <type>TEXT</> array, and <type>INTEGER</>
- values to be subtracted from <type>JSONB</> documents (Dmitry
- Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
+ values to be <link linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">subtracted</>
+ from <type>JSONB</> documents (Dmitry Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <type>JSONB</> operator || (Dmitry Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add <type>JSONB</> <link
+ linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">operator</> <literal>||</>
+ (Dmitry Dolgov, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>json_strip_nulls()</> and
- <function>jsonb_strip_nulls()</> functions to remove <type>JSON</>
- null values from documents (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_strip_nulls()</></>
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>jsonb_strip_nulls()</></>
+ functions to remove <type>JSON</> null values from documents
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>generate_series()</> for <type>NUMERIC</> values
- (Plato Malugin)
+ Add <link linkend="functions-srf"><function>generate_series()</></>
+ for <type>NUMERIC</> values (Plato Malugin)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <function>array_agg()</> and <function>ARRAY()</> to take
- arrays as inputs (Ali Akbar, Tom Lane)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="functions-aggregate-table"><function>array_agg()</></> and
+ <function>ARRAY()</> to take arrays as inputs (Ali Akbar, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add functions <function>array_position()</> and
- <function>array_positions()</> to return subscripts of array values
- (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add functions <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_position()</></>
+ and <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_positions()</></>
+ to return subscripts of array values (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <type>point</>-to-<type>polygon</> distance operator
- (<->) (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="gist-builtin-opclasses-table"><type>point</>-to-<type>polygon</></>
+ distance operator (<->) (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow multi-byte characters as escape in <literal>SIMILAR TO</>
- and <literal>SUBSTRING</> (Jeff Davis)
+ Allow multi-byte characters as escape in <link
+ linkend="functions-similarto-regexp"><literal>SIMILAR TO</></>
+ and <link linkend="functions-string-sql"><literal>SUBSTRING</></>
+ (Jeff Davis)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>width_bucket()</> which supports any sortable data
- type and non-uniform bucket widths (Petr Jelinek)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="functions-math-func-table"><function>width_bucket()</></>
+ which supports any sortable data type and non-uniform bucket widths
+ (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow => to specify named parameters in function calls
- (Pavel Stehule)
+ Allow <link linkend="sql-syntax-calling-funcs"><literal>=></></>
+ to specify named parameters in function calls (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
- User-defined => operators have been issuing warnings since
- Postgres 9.0, and were removed in hstore in 9.2. Previously only
- <literal>:=</> could be used.
+ User-defined <literal>=></> operators have been issuing
+ warnings since Postgres 9.0, and were removed in hstore in 9.2.
+ Previously only <literal>:=</> could be used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function <function>pg_get_object_address()</> to return
- <type>OID</>s that uniquely identify an object (Álvaro
- Herrera)
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-info-object-table"><function>pg_get_object_address()</></>
+ to return <type>OID</>s that uniquely identify an object
+ (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function <function>pg_identify_object_as_address()</> to return
- object information based on <type>OID</>s (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-info-object-table"><function>pg_identify_object_as_address()</></>
+ to return object information based on <type>OID</>s (Álvaro
+ Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Loosen security checks for viewing <structname>pg_stat_activity</>,
- <function>pg_cancel_backend()</>, and
- <function>pg_terminate_backend</> (Stephen Frost)
+ Loosen security checks for viewing <link
+ linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-signal-table"><function>pg_cancel_backend()</></>,
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-signal-table"><function>pg_terminate_backend</></>
+ (Stephen Frost)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp()</> to output the
- timestamp of the statistics snapshot (Matt Kelly)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="monitoring-stats-funcs-table"><function>pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp()</></>
+ to output the timestamp of the statistics snapshot (Matt Kelly)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>mxid_age()</> to compute multi-xid age (Bruce
- Momjian)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="vacuum-for-multixact-wraparound"><function>mxid_age()</></>
+ to compute multi-xid age (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add data type <type>regrole</> that returns the <type>OID</>
- of a role (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
+ Add data type <link
+ linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regrole</></> that returns
+ the <type>OID</> of a role (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add data type <type>regnamespace</> that returns the <type>OID</>
- of a schema (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
+ Add data type <link
+ linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regnamespace</></> that returns
+ the <type>OID</> of a schema (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>MIN()</>/<function>MAX()</> aggregates for
- <type>INET</>/<type>CIDR</> data types (Haribabu Kommi)
+ Add <function>MIN()</>/<function>MAX()</> aggregates
+ for <link linkend="datatype-inet"><type>INET</></>/<link
+ linkend="datatype-cidr"><type>CIDR</></> data types (Haribabu
+ Kommi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve support for composite types in <application>PL/Python</>
- (Ed Behn, Ronan Dunklau)
+ Improve support for composite types in <link
+ linkend="plpython"><application>PL/Python</></> (Ed Behn, Ronan
+ Dunklau)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce lossiness of <application>PL/Python</> floating value
+ Reduce lossiness of <link
+ linkend="plpython"><application>PL/Python</></> floating value
conversions (Marko Kreen)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This adds new commands <command>CREATE</>/<command>DROP
- TRANSFORM</>. This also adds transformations between
- <application>hstore</> and <application>ltree</> to/from
- <application>PL/Perl</> and <application>PL/Python</>.
+ This adds new commands <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETRANSFORM"><command>CREATE</></>/<link
+ linkend="SQL-DROPTRANSFORM"><command>DROP TRANSFORM</></>.
+ This also adds transformations between <link
+ linkend="hstore"><application>hstore</></> and <link
+ linkend="ltree"><application>ltree</></> to/from <link
+ linkend="plperl"><application>PL/Perl</></> and <link
+ linkend="plpython"><application>PL/Python</></>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <application>PL/pgSQL</> array performance (Tom Lane)
+ Improve <link linkend="plpgsql"><application>PL/pgSQL</></> array
+ performance (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>ASSERT</> statement in <application>PL/pgSQL</>
- (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <link linkend="plpgsql-statements-assert"><command>ASSERT</></>
+ statement in <application>PL/pgSQL</> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow more <application>PL/pgSQL</> keywords to be used as
- identifiers (Tom Lane)
+ Allow more <link linkend="plpgsql"><application>PL/pgSQL</></>
+ keywords to be used as identifiers (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Move <application>pg_archivecleanup</>,
- <application>pg_test_fsync</>, <application>pg_test_timing</>,
- and <application>pg_xlogdump</> from <filename>contrib</> to
- <filename>src/bin</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Move <link
+ linkend="pgarchivecleanup"><application>pg_archivecleanup</></>,
+ <link linkend="pgtestfsync"><application>pg_test_fsync</></>,
+ <link linkend="pgtesttiming"><application>pg_test_timing</></>,
+ and <link linkend="pgxlogdump"><application>pg_xlogdump</></>
+ from <filename>contrib</> to <filename>src/bin</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pg_receivexlog</> to manage physical replication
- slots (Michael Paquier)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></>
+ to manage physical replication slots (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the <application>pg_receivexlog</> to synchronously flush
- <acronym>WAL</> to storage using <option>--synchronous</> (Furuya
- Osamu, Fujii Masao)
+ Allow the <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></>
+ to synchronously flush <acronym>WAL</> to storage using
+ <option>--synchronous</> (Furuya Osamu, Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>vacuumdb</> to vacuum in parallel using
- <option>--jobs</> (Dilip Kumar)
+ Allow <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><command>vacuumdb</></> to
+ vacuum in parallel using <option>--jobs</> (Dilip Kumar)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <option>--verbose</> option to <application>reindexdb</>
- (Sawada Masahiko)
+ Add <option>--verbose</> option to <link
+ linkend="APP-REINDEXDB"><application>reindexdb</></> (Sawada
+ Masahiko)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>pg_basebackup</> use a tablespace mapping
- file with the <application>tar</> format, to handle file paths
- of 100+ characters in length and sybolic links on <systemitem
- class="osname">MS Windows</> (Amit Kapila)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></> use
+ a tablespace mapping file with the <application>tar</> format,
+ to handle file paths of 100+ characters in length and sybolic
+ links on <systemitem class="osname">MS Windows</> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>psql</> <envar>PROMPT</> variable option
+ Add <application>psql</> <link
+ linkend="APP-PSQL-variables"><envar>PROMPT</></> variables option
(<literal>%l</>) to display the multi-line statement line number
(Sawada Masahiko)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>psql</> setting <varname>pager_min_lines</>
+ Add <application>psql</> setting <link
+ linkend="APP-PSQL-meta-commands"><varname>pager_min_lines</></>
setting to control pager invocation (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Simplify <acronym>WAL</> record format (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Simplify <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></> record format
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change columns <structname>pg_seclabel</>.<structname>provider</>
- and <structname>pg_shseclabel</>.<structname>provider</> to
- <type>TEXT</> (Tom Lane)
+ Change columns <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-seclabel"><structname>pg_seclabel</></>.<structname>provider</>
+ and <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-seclabel"><structname>pg_shseclabel</></>.<structname>provider</>
+ to <type>TEXT</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow configure's <option>--with-extra-version</> to be honored
- by the <productname>MSVC</> build (Michael Paquier)
+ Allow <link linkend="install-procedure">configure's
+ <option>--with-extra-version</></> to be honored by the
+ <productname>MSVC</> build (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_rewind</>, which allows re-synchronizing a
- master server after failback (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Add <link linkend="app-pgrewind"><application>pg_rewind</></>,
+ which allows re-synchronizing a master server after failback
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add statistics for minimum, maximum, mean, and standard deviation
- times to <application>pg_stat_statements</> (Mitsumasa Kondo,
- Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add statistics for minimum, maximum,
+ mean, and standard deviation times to <link
+ linkend="pgstatstatements-columns"><application>pg_stat_statements</></>
+ (Mitsumasa Kondo, Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pgcrypto</> function
+ Add <link linkend="pgcrypto"><application>pgcrypto</></> function
<function>pgp_armor_headers()</> to extract <productname>PGP</>
armor headers (Marko Tiikkaja, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow empty replacement strings in <application>unaccent</>
- (Mohammad Alhashash)
+ Allow empty replacement strings in <link
+ linkend="unaccent"><application>unaccent</></> (Mohammad Alhashash)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow multi-character source strings in <application>unaccent</>
- (Tom Lane)
+ Allow multi-character source strings in <link
+ linkend="unaccent"><application>unaccent</></> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <filename>contrib</> modules <application>tsm_system_rows</>
- and <application>tsm_system_time</> to allow additional table
- sampling methods (Petr Jelinek)
+ Add <filename>contrib</> modules <link
+ linkend="tsm-system-rows"><application>tsm_system_rows</></> and
+ <link linkend="tsm-system-time"><application>tsm_system_time</></>
+ to allow additional table sampling methods (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_xlogdump</> option <option>--stats</> to
- display summary statistics (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+ Add <link linkend="pgxlogdump"><application>pg_xlogdump</></> option
+ <option>--stats</> to display summary statistics (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <acronym>GIN</> index inspection functions to
- <application>pageinspect</> (Heikki Linnakangas, Peter Geoghegan,
- Michael Paquier)
+ Allow <link linkend="GIN"><acronym>GIN</></>
+ index inspection functions to <link
+ linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> (Heikki
+ Linnakangas, Peter Geoghegan, Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add information about buffer pins to <application>pg_buffercache</>
- display (Andres Freund)
+ Add information about buffer pins to <link
+ linkend="pgbuffercache"><application>pg_buffercache</></> display
+ (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pgstattuple</> to report approximate answers
- with less overhead using <function>pgstattuple_approx()</>
- (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+ Allow <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></>
+ to report approximate answers with less overhead using
+ <function>pgstattuple_approx()</> (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
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