New parallel regression test (Jan)
Change backend-side COPY to write files with permissions 644 not 666 (Tom)
Force permissions on PGDATA directory to be secure, even if it exists (Tom)
-Added psql LastOid variable to return last inserted oid (Peter E)
+Added psql LASTOID variable to return last inserted oid (Peter E)
Allow concurrent vacuum and remove pg_vlock vacuum lock file (Tom)
Add permissions check so only Postgres superuser or table owner can
vacuum (Peter E)
Make postgres user have a password by default (Peter E)
Add CREATE/ALTER/DROP GROUP (Peter E)
All administration scripts now support --long options (Peter E, Karel)
-Vacuumdb script now supports --alldb option (Peter E)
+Vacuumdb script now supports --all option (Peter E)
ecpg new portable FETCH syntax
Add ecpg EXEC SQL IFDEF, EXEC SQL IFNDEF, EXEC SQL ELSE, EXEC SQL ELIF
and EXEC SQL ENDIF directives
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<listitem>
<para>
If EXCLUSIVE or SHARE are not specified, EXCLUSIVE is assumed.
- If ROW or ACCESS is not specified, the entire table is locked
- for the duration of the transaction.
+ Locks exist for the duration of the transaction.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<note>
<para>
This lock mode is acquired automatically over tables being queried.
- It is released after the statement completes.
- It does not remain for the duration of the transaction.
</para>
</note>
<para>
This is the least restrictive lock mode. It conflicts only with
- ACCESS EXCLUSIVE mode. It is used to protect a table being
+ ACCESS EXCLUSIVE mode. It is used to protect a table from being
modified by concurrent <command>ALTER TABLE</command>,
<command>DROP TABLE</command> and <command>VACUUM</command>
commands.
<note>
<para>
Automatically acquired by <command>SELECT...FOR UPDATE</command>.
- While it is a shared lock, there is the intention to later upgrade
- this to a ROW EXCLUSIVE lock.
+ While it is a shared lock, may be upgrade later to a ROW EXCLUSIVE lock.
</para>
</note>
New parallel regression test (Jan)
Change backend-side COPY to write files with permissions 644 not 666 (Tom)
Force permissions on PGDATA directory to be secure, even if it exists (Tom)
-Added psql LastOid variable to return last inserted oid (Peter E)
+Added psql LASTOID variable to return last inserted oid (Peter E)
Allow concurrent vacuum and remove pg_vlock vacuum lock file (Tom)
Add permissions check so only Postgres superuser or table owner can
vacuum (Peter E)
Make postgres user have a password by default (Peter E)
Add CREATE/ALTER/DROP GROUP (Peter E)
All administration scripts now support --long options (Peter E, Karel)
-Vacuumdb script now supports --alldb option (Peter E)
+Vacuumdb script now supports --all option (Peter E)
ecpg new portable FETCH syntax
Add ecpg EXEC SQL IFDEF, EXEC SQL IFNDEF, EXEC SQL ELSE, EXEC SQL ELIF
and EXEC SQL ENDIF directives