From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:26:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: More new subsections in release notes.
X-Git-Tag: REL8_4_BETA1~89
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c9aa8a62c026e6ac35ad286f7be77d21c04a7a48;p=postgresql

More new subsections in release notes.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 410e6ecc2f..c42909ff48 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.619 2009/03/30 22:01:15 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.620 2009/03/31 01:26:13 momjian Exp $ -->
 <!--
 
 Typical markup:
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
      <title>Temporal Functions and Operators</title>
 
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <function>to_char()</>'s localized month/day names depend
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         Taveira de Oliveira)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Cause <function>to_date()</> and <function>to_timestamp()</>
@@ -370,14 +370,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         Jurd)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Provide consistent rounding for fractional seconds (Ron Mayer)
         bjm:  combine with another item?
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> to not require upper/lower case
@@ -385,13 +385,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         (<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations  (Brendan
         Jurd)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         For example, input value <literal>ad</> now matches the format
         string <literal>AD</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Require the existence of periods in <function>to_timestamp()</>
@@ -399,22 +399,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         (<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations to match
         (Brendan Jurd)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         For example, input value <literal>AD</> now does not match
         format string <literal>A.D.</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         <varname>DateStyle</> no longer controls <type>INTERVAL</>
         output (use new variable <varname>IntervalStyle</>)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
    </sect3>
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
      <title>Settings</title>
 
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Convert many <filename>postgresql.conf</> settings to enumerated
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         values (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <varname>cursor_tuple_fraction</> parameter to control the
@@ -587,57 +587,57 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         user (Robert Hell)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow underscores in <filename>postgresql.conf</> custom variable
         classes (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Authentication</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Report appropriate error message for combination of <literal>MD5</>
         authentication and <varname>db_user_namespace</> enabled (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support regular expressions in <filename>pg_ident.conf</>
         (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <productname>Kerberos</>/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters
         to be changed without restarting the postmaster (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4 id="release-8-4-pg-hba-conf">
      <title><filename>pg_hba.conf</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Parse <filename>pg_hba.conf</> in the postmaster so errors are
         reported on reload (Magnus)
        </para>
-       
+
        <para>
         Previously errors in the file wouldn't be detected until clients
         tried to connect, which could leave the system with a broken
@@ -651,223 +651,223 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         if no usermap is specified (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Change all authentication options to be <literal>name=value</>
         settings (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
-      
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow usermap parameter for all external authentication methods
         (Magnus)
        </para>
-       
+
        <para>
         Previously this was only supported for <literal>ident</>
         authentication.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <literal>ident</> authentication over Unix-domain sockets
         on <productname>Solaris</> (Garick Hamlin)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>clientcert</> option to control requesting of a
         client certificate (Magnus)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Previously this was controlled by the presence of a root
         certificate file in the server's data directory.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>cert</> authentication method to allow user
         authentication via <acronym>SSL</> certificates (Magnus)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Previously <acronym>SSL</> certificates could only verify that
         the client had access to a certificate, not authenticate a
         user.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <literal>krb5</>, <literal>gssapi</> and <literal>sspi</>
         realm and <literal>krb5</> host settings to be specified in
         <filename>pg_hba.conf</> (Magnus)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         These override the settings in <filename>postgresql.conf</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>krb5</>, <literal>gssapi</>, and <literal>sspi</>
         <varname>include_realm</> parameter (Magnus)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows identical usernames from different realms to be
         authenticated as different database users using usermaps.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Show all parsing errors instead of aborting after the first
         one (Selena Deckelmann)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
-   </sect3>
+    <sect4>
+     <title>Continuous Archiving</title>
+     <itemizedlist>
 
-   <sect3>
-    <title>Continuous Archiving</title>
-    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Have <function>pg_stop_backup()</> wait for modified <acronym>WAL</>
+        files to be archived (Simon)
+       </para>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Have <function>pg_stop_backup()</> wait for modified <acronym>WAL</>
-       files to be archived (Simon)
-      </para>
+       <para>
+        This guarantees that the backup is valid at the time
+        <function>pg_stop_backup()</> completes.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-      <para>
-       This guarantees that the backup is valid at the time
-       <function>pg_stop_backup()</> completes.
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Prevent normal shutdown if a continuous archiving base backup
+        is in progress (Laurenz Albe)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Prevent normal shutdown if a continuous archiving base backup
-       is in progress (Laurenz Albe)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Cancel a continuous archiving base backup if a fast shutdown
+        is requested (Laurenz Albe)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Cancel a continuous archiving base backup if a fast shutdown
-       is requested (Laurenz Albe)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Allow <filename>recovery.conf</> boolean variables to take the
+        same range of string values as <filename>postgresql.conf</>
+        (Bruce)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Allow <filename>recovery.conf</> boolean variables to take the
-       same range of string values as <filename>postgresql.conf</>
-       (Bruce)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
 
-    </itemizedlist>
+    </sect4>
 
-   </sect3>
+    <sect4>
+     <title>Monitoring</title>
+     <itemizedlist>
 
-   <sect3>
-    <title>Monitoring</title>
-    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Add <function>pg_conf_load_time()</> to report when
+        the Postgres configuration files were last loaded (George
+        Gensure)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Add <function>pg_conf_load_time()</> to report when
-       the Postgres configuration files were last loaded (George
-       Gensure)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Add <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to safely terminate a
+        backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal works also) (Tom, Bruce)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Add <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to safely terminate a
-       backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal works also) (Tom, Bruce)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and
+        runtimes via parameter <varname>track_functions</> (Martin
+        Pihlak)
+       </para>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and
-       runtimes via parameter <varname>track_functions</> (Martin
-       Pihlak)
-      </para>
+       <para>
+        Function statistics appear in a new system table,
+        <literal>pg_stat_user_functions</>.  However, inlined
+        <acronym>SQL</> functions are not tracked.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-      <para>
-       Function statistics appear in a new system table,
-       <literal>pg_stat_user_functions</>.  However, inlined
-       <acronym>SQL</> functions are not tracked.
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</>
+        query string size via <varname>track_activity_query_size</>
+        parameter (Thomas Lee)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</>
-       query string size via <varname>track_activity_query_size</>
-       parameter (Thomas Lee)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Improve syslog performance by increasing the maximum line length
+        (Tom)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Improve syslog performance by increasing the maximum line length
-       (Tom)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables <varname>segment_size</>,
+        <varname>wal_block_size</>, and <varname>wal_segment_size</> (Bernd Helmle)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables <varname>segment_size</>,
-       <varname>wal_block_size</>, and <varname>wal_segment_size</> (Bernd Helmle)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        When reporting a deadlock, report all session queries involved
+        in the deadlock to the server log  (Itagaki Takahiro)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       When reporting a deadlock, report all session queries involved
-       in the deadlock to the server log  (Itagaki Takahiro)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        New <function>pg_stat_get_activity(pid)</> function to return
+        information about a specific process id (Magnus)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       New <function>pg_stat_get_activity(pid)</> function to return
-       information about a specific process id (Magnus)
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory
+        <filename>pg_stat_tmp</> and allow its location to be specified
+        via <varname>stats_temp_directory</> (Magnus)
+       </para>
 
-     <listitem>
-      <para>
-       Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory
-       <filename>pg_stat_tmp</> and allow its location to be specified
-       via <varname>stats_temp_directory</> (Magnus)
-      </para>
+       <para>
+        This allows the statistics file to be placed in a
+        <acronym>RAM</>-resident directory to reduce I/O requirements.
+        On startup/shutdown, the file is copied to the top-level
+        <literal>$PGDATA</> directory so it is preserved between
+        restarts.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
 
-      <para>
-       This allows the statistics file to be placed in a
-       <acronym>RAM</>-resident directory to reduce I/O requirements.
-       On startup/shutdown, the file is copied to the top-level
-       <literal>$PGDATA</> directory so it is preserved between
-       restarts.
-      </para>
-     </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
 
-    </itemizedlist>
+    </sect4>
 
    </sect3>
 
@@ -983,111 +983,111 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title><command>TRUNCATE</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support statement-level <literal>ON TRUNCATE</> triggers (Simon)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <command>TRUNCATE TABLE</> ...
         <literal>RESTART</>/<literal>CONTINUE IDENTITY</> clauses
         (Zoltan Boszormenyi)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         The start value of a sequence can be changed by <command>ALTER
         SEQUENCE START WITH</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <command>TRUNCATE tab1, tab1</> to succeed (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add a separate <command>TRUNCATE</> permission (Robert Haas)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title><command>EXPLAIN</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> show the output columns of a
         query (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> output an internal
         representation of the query plan.  (That behavior is now
         available via <varname>debug_print_plan</>.)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor <varname>debug_print_plan</> (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <command>EXPLAIN</> on <command>CREATE TABLE AS</> (Peter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title><literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <literal>LIMIT</> and <literal>OFFSET</> to use subselects
         as arguments (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Document that <literal>LIMIT NULL</> and <literal>OFFSET NULL</>
         have no effect (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <acronym>SQL</>-standards syntax for
         <literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</> capabilities (Peter)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         <literal>OFFSET num {ROW|ROWS} FETCH {FIRST|NEXT} [num] {ROW|ROWS}
         ONLY</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
    </sect3>
- 
+
    <sect3>
     <title>Object Manipulation</title>
     <itemizedlist>
@@ -1155,13 +1155,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title><command>ALTER</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <command>ALTER TYPE RENAME</> (Petr Jelinek)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <command>ALTER SEQUENCE ... RESTART</> (no parameter) to
@@ -1169,20 +1169,20 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         bjm: compatibility problem?
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Modify the <command>ALTER TABLE</> syntax to allow all reasonable
         combinations for tables, indexes, sequences, and views (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         New syntax supported (these formerly required <command>ALTER
         TABLE</>)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
@@ -1207,41 +1207,41 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
          </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
        </para>
- 
+
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add support for the syntax <command>ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN
         ... SET DATA TYPE</> (Peter)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This is <acronym>SQL</>-standard syntax for functionality that
         was already supported.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS</> rewrite the table
         to remove <type>OID</> values (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Also, add <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITH OIDS</> to rewrite the
         table to add <type>OID</>s.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Database Manipulation</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Improve reporting of
@@ -1250,19 +1250,19 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Make <varname>LC_COLLATE</> and <varname>LC_CTYPE</> database-level
         settings (Radek Strnad, Heikki)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This makes collation similar to encoding, which was always
         configurable per database.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Improve checks that the database encoding, collation
@@ -1270,18 +1270,18 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         (<varname>LC_CTYPE</>) match (Heikki)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <command>ALTER DATABASE SET TABLESPACE</> to move a database
         to a new tablespace (Guillaume Lelarge, Bernd Helmle)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
    </sect3>
 
    <sect3>
@@ -1290,98 +1290,98 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title>Indexes</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Dramatically improve the speed of building and accessing hash
         indexes (Tom Raney, Shreya Bhargava, Kenneth Marshall)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows hash indexes to be sometimes faster than btree
         indexes.  However, hash indexes are still not crash-safe.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have hash indexes store only the hashed value, not the full
         indexed columns (Xiao Meng)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This greatly reduces the size of hash indexes for long indexed
         values, and improves performance.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be
         used for simple equality comparisons (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Full Text Indexes</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Remove the requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing
         <acronym>GIN</> weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         The normal <literal>@@</> text search operator can be used
         instead.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add an optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text
         search operations (Jan Urbanski)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add partial match support for <acronym>GIN</> indexes (Teodor
         Sigaev, Oleg Bartunov)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow prefix matching in full text searches (Teodor Sigaev,
         Oleg Bartunov)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support multi-column <acronym>GIN</> indexes (Teodor Sigaev)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title><command>VACUUM</></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow relation forks to track free space (Heikki)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows the recording of all free space discovered by vacuum
         in <filename>*.fsm</> files, rather than having to limit
@@ -1390,30 +1390,30 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         settings have been removed.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         New visibility map file to track pages that do not require
         vacuum (Heikki)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows <command>VACUUM</> to avoid sequentially scanning
         a table when only a portion of the table needs vacuuming.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Track explicit transaction snapshots (Alvaro)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This improves space reuse by vacuum in the presence of long-running
         transactions.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> parameter to control
@@ -1421,53 +1421,53 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         do a full table scan to set frozen xids (Heikki)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add ability to specify autovacuum and <acronym>TOAST</> parameters
         in <command>CREATE TABLE</> (Alvaro, Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Autovacuum options used to be stored in a system table.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>--freeze</> option to <application>vacuumdb</>
         (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Other Utility Operations</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add verbose option to the <command>CLUSTER</> command and
         <application>clusterdb</> (Jim Cox)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Decrease memory requirements for recording pending trigger
         events (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
    </sect3>
- 
+
    <sect3>
     <title>Data Types</title>
     <itemizedlist>
@@ -1515,64 +1515,64 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title>Temporal Data Types</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Reject year <literal>0 BC</> and years <literal>000</> and
         <literal>0000</> (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>;  years
         <literal>0</> and <literal>00</> are assumed to be the year
         2000.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid time zone
         abbreviation (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support the <acronym>IS0 8601</> <type>interval</> syntax (Tom,
         Kevin Grittner)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         For example, <literal>INTERVAL 'P1Y2M3DT4H5M6.7S'</> is now
         supported.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <type>INTERVAL</> precision to be specified after the
         last field, for <acronym>SQL</>-standards compliance (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Formerly the precision had to be specified after the keyword
         <type>INTERVAL</> (this syntax is still supported).  Data type
         definitions will now be output using the new format.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support <literal>infinite</> dates (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <varname>IntervalStyle</> parameter
         which controls how <type>INTERVAL</> values are output (Ron Mayer)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Valid value are:  <literal>postgres</>, <literal>postgres_verbose</>,
         <literal>sql_standard</>, <literal>iso_8601</>.  This also
@@ -1580,61 +1580,61 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         some fields have positive/negative designations.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Make <type>INTERVAL</> seconds rounding more consistent across
         output formats (Ron Mayer)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Arrays</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have cast on <type>ARRAY</> apply to all elements, not just
         the array result (Brendan Jurd)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows <literal>NULL</> <type>ARRAY</> entries as long as
         they are properly cast.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Make <acronym>SQL</>-syntax <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional
         to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>array_ndims()</> to return the number
         of dimensions of an array (Robert Haas)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>array_length()</> to return the length
         of an array for the specified dimensions (Jim Nasby, Robert
         Haas, Peter Eisentraut)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Also add identically-functioning <acronym>SQL</>-standard
         function <function>cardinality()</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add new aggregate function <function>array_agg()</>, which
@@ -1642,74 +1642,74 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         Jeff Davis, Peter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>unnest()</>, which converts an array to
         individual row values (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This is the opposite of <function>array_agg()</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>array_fill()</> to create arrays initialized with
         a value (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>generate_subscripts()</> to generate array
         subscripts (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Generate proper error if a <type>SERIAL</> array is specified
         (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
     <sect4>
      <title>Wide-Value Storage (<acronym>TOAST</>)</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Consider <acronym>TOAST</> compression on values as short as
         32 bytes (previously 256 bytes) (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Require 25% of space savings before using <acronym>TOAST</>
         compression (previously 20%) (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Be more aggressive in storing <literal>EXTERNAL</> and
         <literal>EXTENDED</> column values in <acronym>TOAST</>(Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
    </sect3>
- 
+
    <sect3>
     <title>Functions</title>
     <itemizedlist>
@@ -1770,79 +1770,79 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title>Object Information Functions</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Implement <function>current_query()</> for use by functions
         that need to know the currently running query (Tomas Doran)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>pg_get_keywords()</> to return predefined
         parser keywords (Dave Page)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>pg_get_functiondef()</> to see a functions
         definition (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to handle free space
         map (<filename>*.fsm</>) files (Heikki)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to use <literal>regclass</>
         (Heikki)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         <function>pg_relation_size(data_type_name)</> no longer works.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>boot_val</> and <literal>reset_val</> columns to
         <literal>pg_settings</> output (Greg Smith)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add support for <varname>CURRENT_CATALOG</>,
         <varname>CURRENT_SCHEMA</>, <varname>SET CATALOG</>, <varname>SET
         SCHEMA</> (Peter)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         These are <acronym>SQL</>-standard capabilities.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>pg_typeof()</> which returns the data type
         of any value (Brendan Jurd)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <function>version()</> return information about whether
         the server is a 32 or 64-bit binary (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Fix the behavior of information schema columns
@@ -1850,13 +1850,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         be consistent (Peter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Convert remaining builtin set-returning functions to use
         <literal>OUT</> parameters (Jaime Casanova)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This makes it possible to call these functions without specifying
         a column list:  <function>pg_show_all_settings()</>,
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         <function>pg_prepared_statement()</>, <function>pg_cursor()</>
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <function>pg_*_is_visible()</> and
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         for invalid oids, rather than generate an error (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <function>has_column_privilege()</> and
@@ -1880,87 +1880,87 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         Frost, Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Function Creation</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support variadic functions (functions with a variable number
         of arguments) (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Only trailing arguments can be optional, and they all must be
         of the same data type.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <literal>DEFAULT</> values for function arguments (Pavel
         Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <command>CREATE FUNCTION ... RETURNS TABLE</> clause (Pavel
         Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <acronym>SQL</>-language functions to return the output
         of an <command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>
         <literal>RETURNING</> clause (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Formerly only <command>SELECT</> was supported.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>PL/PgSQL Server-Side Language</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow looping over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</>
         loop (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> (Pavel
         Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Improve the <literal>RAISE</> command: (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         <itemizedlist>
@@ -1988,41 +1988,41 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         </itemizedlist>
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes
         in <literal>EXCEPTION</> lists (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This is useful for handling custom <varname>SQLSTATE</> codes.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Support the <literal>CASE</> statement (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> support
         for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</> statement (Pavel Stehule)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add message translation support (Alvaro)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
    </sect3>
 
    <sect3>
@@ -2031,21 +2031,21 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="APP-PSQL"><application>psql</></link></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Remove startup banner;  now just suggest <literal>help</>
         (Joshua Drake)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg
         Sabino Mullane)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output to the
@@ -2053,95 +2053,95 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         is set (Bryce Nesbitt)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Use the pager for wide output (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Require a space between a backslash command and the first
         argument (Bernd Helmle)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Display access control rights on multiple lines (Brendan
         Jurd, Andreas Scherbaum)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Improve tab completion support for schema qualified and
         quoted identifiers (Greg Sabino Mullane)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow the normal range of boolean values in <command>\pset</>,
         rather than just <literal>on</> and <literal>off</> (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> arguments for
         <command>\timing</> (David Fetter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions
         allow (Andrew Gilligan)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add the <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions
         (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         <command>\ef</> without a function name creates an empty
         function template for editing.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="APP-PSQL"><application>psql</></link> \d*</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>\d</> show cases where this table is referenced
         as a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns
         (Euler Taveira de Oliveira)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add column storage type and other relation options to the
@@ -2149,64 +2149,64 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         Oliveira)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Show relation size in <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S.
         Guedes)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have all <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only
         if <literal>S</> is specified (Greg Sabino Mullane)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         <command>\dt</> already behaved this way. bjm: accuate?
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Make <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in
         their display of system tables (Bruce)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show <literal>pg_class</>
         while <literal>\dt pg_class</> would not.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Show enumerated values in <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of
         <productname>PostgreSQL</> back to 7.4 (Guillaume Lelarge)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></link></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add a <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to
@@ -2215,53 +2215,53 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         tablespace layouts (Gavin Roy)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Remove <literal>-i</>/<literal>--ignore-version</> option from
         <application>pg_dump</> and <application>pg_dumpall</> (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         Use of this option does not throw an error, but it has no
         effect.  This option was removed because the version checks
         are considered necessary.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Disable <varname>statement_timeout</> during dump and restore
         (Joshua Drake)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</> option
         <literal>--lock-wait-timeout</> (David Gould)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire a shared lock
         within the specified amount of time.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Reorder <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--data-only</> output
         to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys before
         the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This allows data loads when foreign keys are already present.
         If circular references make this impossible, a <literal>NOTICE</>
         is issued.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <application>pg_dump</>, <application>pg_dumpall</>, and
@@ -2269,41 +2269,41 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         László)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow <application>pg_restore</> of a custom format archive to
         use multiple concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         The number of concurrent connections is controlled by the option
         <literal>--jobs</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add new <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--binary-upgrade</>
         option for use by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
- 
+
     <sect4>
      <title>Other Client Applications</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Fix <literal>pg_ctl restart</> to preserve command-line arguments
         (Bruce)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add <literal>-w</>/<literal>--no-password</> option that
@@ -2311,21 +2311,21 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         <literal>-W</>/<literal>--password</> option (Peter)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Remove <literal>-q</> (quiet) option for create* and drop*
         utility commands (Peter)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         These options have had no effect since <productname>PostgreSQL</>
         8.3.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
    </sect3>
@@ -2336,65 +2336,65 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link></title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow the <type>OID</> to be specified when importing large
         objects using <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add events support (Andrew Chernow, Merlin Moncure)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         This adds the ability to register callbacks to handle private
         data for connection and result creation and destruction.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Improve error handling to allow the return of multiple
         error messages as multi-line error reports (Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Have <function>PQexecParams()</> return
         <varname>PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY</> for an empty query (Tom)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
          It previously returned <varname>PGRES_COMMAND_OK</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Document how to avoid the overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</>
         on Windows (Andrew Chernow)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
      </itemizedlist>
- 
+
     </sect4>
 
     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link>
      <acronym>SSL</> (Secure Sockets Layer)</title>
      <itemizedlist>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Fix certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections
         (Magnus)
        </para>
-       
+
        <para>
         <application>libpq</> now verifies both the certificate and
         the name of the server by default when making <acronym>SSL</>
@@ -2404,97 +2404,97 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
         and certificate verification if required.
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Allow the file locations for client certificates to be specified
         (Mark Woodward, Alvaro, Magnus)
        </para>
       </listitem>
- 
+
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control
         the verification of the server's certificate
         (Magnus)
        </para>
- 
+
        <para>
         The default is full verification.
        </para>
       </listitem>
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       <listitem>
        <para>
         Properly unregister <application>OpenSSL</> callbacks when
         libpq is done with all connection (Bruce, Magnus, Russell Smith)
        </para>
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        <para>
         This is required for applications that unload the libpq library
         so no invalid <application>OpenSSL</> callbacks remain.
        </para>
       </listitem>
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      </itemizedlist>
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     </sect4>
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     <sect4>
      <title><link linkend="ecpg"><application>ecpg</></link></title>
      <itemizedlist>
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       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add localization support for messages (Euler Taveira de
         Oliveira)
        </para>
       </listitem>
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       <listitem>
        <para>
         ecpg parser is now automatically generated from the server
         parser (Michael)
        </para>
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        <para>
         Previously a separate ecpg parser was maintained.
        </para>
       </listitem>
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      </itemizedlist>
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     </sect4>
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     <sect4>
      <title>Server Programming Interface (<acronym>SPI</>)</title>
      <itemizedlist>
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       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add support for single-use plans with out-of-line
         parameters (Tom)
        </para>
       </listitem>
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       <listitem>
        <para>
         Add new <varname>SPI_OK_REWRITTEN</> return code to
         <function>SPI_execute()</> (Heikki)
        </para>
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        <para>
         This is used when a command is rewritten to another type of
         command.
        </para>
       </listitem>
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      </itemizedlist>
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     </sect4>
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    </sect3>
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    <sect3>
     <title>Build Options</title>
     <itemizedlist>