Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
- <sect3>
- <title>Server Settings</title>
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Change <link
- linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</></link>
- so it never moves backwards (Fujii Masao)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Previously <function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</> could
- move backward when streaming replication is restarted.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Have logging of replication connections honor <link
- linkend="guc-log-connections"><varname>log_connections</></link>
- (Magnus Hagander)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Previously replication connections were always logged.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </sect3>
-
<sect3>
<title>Strings</title>
</sect3>
+ <sect3>
+ <title>Server Settings</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</></link>
+ so it never moves backwards (Fujii Masao)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <function>pg_last_xlog_receive_location()</> could
+ move backward when streaming replication is restarted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Have logging of replication connections honor <link
+ linkend="guc-log-connections"><varname>log_connections</></link>
+ (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously replication connections were always logged.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect3>
+
<sect3>
<title><link linkend="plpgsql">PL/pgSQL</link> Server-Side Language</title>
<sect3>
<title>Server</title>
- <sect4>
- <title>Continuous Archiving and Streaming Replication</title>
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add a <link
- linkend="guc-synchronous-replication"><varname>synchronous_replication</></link>
- option (Simon Riggs, Fujii Masao)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This allows the primary to wait for the standby to receive
- transaction information before acknowledging the commit.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add variable <link
- linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"><varname>hot_standby_feedback</></link>
- to enable standbys to communicate their needed snapshots to
- the primary (Simon Riggs)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This helps avoid cancelling long-running queries on the standby.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add support for sending file system backups to standbys using
- the streaming replication network connection (Magnus Hagander,
- Heikki Linnakangas)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This avoids the requirement of manually transferring a file
- system backup when creating a standby server.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add command-line tool <link
- linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>
- for creating a new standby server or database backup (Magnus
- Hagander)
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add new replication <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">permission</link>
- for roles (Magnus Hagander)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This is a read-only permission used for streaming replication
- and allows non-superusers to initiate replication connections.
- Previously only superusers could initiate replication
- connections; superusers have this permission by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <sect5>
- <title>Monitoring</title>
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add system view <link
- linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></link>
- which displays activity of WAL sender processes (Itagaki
- Takahiro, Simon Riggs)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This reports the status of all connected standby servers.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add monitoring function <link
- linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp()</></link>
- (Fujii Masao)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This returns the time on the primary that generated the most
- recent commit or abort record applied on the standby.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </sect5>
-
- <sect5>
- <title>Recovery Control</title>
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add functions to control streaming replication replay (Simon
- Riggs)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The new functions are <link
- linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_xlog_replay_pause()</></link>,
- <link
- linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_xlog_replay_resume()</></link>,
- and the status function <link
- linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_is_xlog_replay_paused()</></link>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add the ability to create named restore points using <link
- linkend="functions-admin-backup-table"><function>pg_create_restore_point()</></link>
- (Jaime Casanova)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- These named restore points can be specified as recovery
- targets in <filename>recovery.conf</>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Add <filename>recovery.conf</> setting <link
- linkend="pause-at-recovery-target"><varname>pause_at_recovery_target</></link>
- to pause recovery at target (Simon Riggs)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the
- recovery point is the one desired.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Allow standby recovery to switch to a new timeline automatically
- (Heikki Linnakangas)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Now standby servers scan the archive directory for new
- timelines periodically.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Allow <link
- linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></link>
- to use the same quoting behavior as <filename>postgresql.conf</>
- (Dimitri Fontaine)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Previously all values had to be quoted.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </sect5>
-
- </sect4>
-
<sect4>
<title>Performance</title>
</sect3>
+ <sect3>
+ <title>Continuous Archiving and Streaming Replication</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add a <link
+ linkend="guc-synchronous-replication"><varname>synchronous_replication</></link>
+ option (Simon Riggs, Fujii Masao)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows the primary to wait for the standby to receive
+ transaction information before acknowledging the commit.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add variable <link
+ linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"><varname>hot_standby_feedback</></link>
+ to enable standbys to communicate their needed snapshots to
+ the primary (Simon Riggs)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This helps avoid cancelling long-running queries on the standby.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add support for sending file system backups to standbys using
+ the streaming replication network connection (Magnus Hagander,
+ Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This avoids the requirement of manually transferring a file
+ system backup when creating a standby server.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add command-line tool <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>
+ for creating a new standby server or database backup (Magnus
+ Hagander)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add new replication <link linkend="SQL-CREATEROLE">permission</link>
+ for roles (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is a read-only permission used for streaming replication
+ and allows non-superusers to initiate replication connections.
+ Previously only superusers could initiate replication
+ connections; superusers have this permission by default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Monitoring</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add system view <link
+ linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></link>
+ which displays activity of WAL sender processes (Itagaki
+ Takahiro, Simon Riggs)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This reports the status of all connected standby servers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add monitoring function <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-info-table"><function>pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp()</></link>
+ (Fujii Masao)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This returns the time on the primary that generated the most
+ recent commit or abort record applied on the standby.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect4>
+
+ <sect4>
+ <title>Recovery Control</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add functions to control streaming replication replay (Simon
+ Riggs)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The new functions are <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_xlog_replay_pause()</></link>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_xlog_replay_resume()</></link>,
+ and the status function <link
+ linkend="functions-recovery-control-table"><function>pg_is_xlog_replay_paused()</></link>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add the ability to create named restore points using <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-backup-table"><function>pg_create_restore_point()</></link>
+ (Jaime Casanova)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These named restore points can be specified as recovery
+ targets in <filename>recovery.conf</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Add <filename>recovery.conf</> setting <link
+ linkend="pause-at-recovery-target"><varname>pause_at_recovery_target</></link>
+ to pause recovery at target (Simon Riggs)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the
+ recovery point is the one desired.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow standby recovery to switch to a new timeline automatically
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Now standby servers scan the archive directory for new
+ timelines periodically.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></link>
+ to use the same quoting behavior as <filename>postgresql.conf</>
+ (Dimitri Fontaine)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously all values had to be quoted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect4>
+
+ </sect3>
+
<sect3>
<title>Queries</title>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>directory</> format to <link
- linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><application>pg_dump</></link> (Joachim
- Wieland, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Add <literal>directory</> format to <application>pg_dump</>
+ (Joachim Wieland, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <link linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link>
+ Fix <application>pg_ctl</>
so it no longer incorrectly reports that the server is not
running (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <link linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link>
+ Improve <application>pg_ctl</>
start's "wait" (<option>-w</>) mode to handle non-standard
port numbers, non-standard unix-domain socket locations,
permission problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <literal>promote</> option to <link
- linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</></link> to change
- a standby server to primary (Fujii Masao)
+ Add <literal>promote</> option to <application>pg_ctl</> to
+ change a standby server to primary (Fujii Masao)
</para>
</listitem>
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