From 7ae6163a4e4c44c905b4964722a2dc2b45ad7922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Haas Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:56:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Rearrange "big features" section of the release notes. Josh Berkus --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml index 05f3949ac7..2ab27b721e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Release 9.0 @@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ + + + Add support for compiling on 64-bit + Windows and running in 64-bit + mode. + + + Broadly enhanced stored procedure support. @@ -62,6 +71,14 @@ + + + More advanced reporting queries with additional windowing functions + (PRECEDING and FOLLOWING) and the ability to ORDER BY inside aggregate + functions. + + + Triggers now support two new features, @@ -80,9 +97,9 @@ - Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness - based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such - as time periods, ranges and arrays. + New and enhanced security features, including RADIUS authentication, + LDAP authentication improvements, and the new checkpassword optional module + for testing password strength. @@ -97,10 +114,33 @@ + + + Add /contrib/pg_upgrade + to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. + + + + + + Multiple performance enhancements for specific types of queries, + including join elimination, which optimizes automatically generated + queries, such as those produced by object-relational mappers (ORMs). + + + + + + Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness + based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such + as time periods, ranges and arrays. + + + As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM, - VACUUM FULL is now substantially faster by + VACUUM FULL is not substantially faster by rewriting the entire table and indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space. @@ -108,17 +148,15 @@ - Add support for compiling on 64-bit - Windows and running in 64-bit - mode. + EXPLAIN plans are now available in JSON, XML and YAML format, and include + buffer utilization and other data not previously available. - Add /contrib/pg_upgrade - to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. + The HStore optional module has been improved with new functions and greater + data capacity to make it a high-performance key-value store. -- 2.40.0