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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2006-09-18 22:43:16 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2006-09-18 22:43:16 +0000
commit1fc333f041b0487e4c20fc584d20d48baf1d0314 (patch)
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parent9b4cda0df674e0c7b70aa61d768471a97205113f (diff)
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Updates from Jim Nasby.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release.sgml49
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 2a1566f7f56..26a5188379d 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 1.435 2006/09/18 21:45:10 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.436 2006/09/18 22:43:16 momjian Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<title>Additional Changes</title>
<para>
- Below you will find a detailed account of the additional changes
- between <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.2 and the
- previous major release.
+ Below you will find a detailed account of the additional
+ changes between <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.2 and
+ the previous major release.
</para>
<sect3>
@@ -230,7 +230,15 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of statistics monitoring, especially <literal>pg_stat_activity</> (Tom)
+ Improve performance of statistics monitoring, especially
+ <literal>stats_command_string</> (Tom, Bruce)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This release sets <envar>stats_command_string</> to
+ <literal>on</> by default, now that its overhead is minimal.
+ This means <literal>pg_stat_activity</> now will show all
+ active queries by default.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -321,17 +329,6 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
- Default <envar>stats_command_string</> to <literal>on</>, now that its overhead is minimal
- (Bruce)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This means <literal>pg_stat_activity</> now will show all active queries by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
Add <acronym>GUC</> <envar>update_process_title</> to control whether the <application>ps</> display is
updated for every command, default to <literal>on</> (Bruce)
</para>
@@ -587,9 +584,9 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
</para>
<para>
- The old behavior is still available by omitting <literal>.*</>. The new behavior is
- substantially more useful since it allows, for example, triggers to check
- for data changes with <literal>if row(new.*) IS DISTINCT FROM row(old.*)</>.
+ The new behavior is substantially more useful since it allows, for example,
+ triggers to check for data changes with <literal>IF row(new.*) IS DISTINCT FROM row(old.*)</>.
+ The old behavior is still available by omitting <literal>.*</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -799,7 +796,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow placeholder (shell) types to be create (Martijn van Oosterhout)
+ Allow placeholder (shell) types to be created (Martijn van Oosterhout)
</para>
<para>
@@ -906,12 +903,6 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove dead index entries during btree page split (Junji Teramoto)
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being affected by other concurrent
<command>VACUUM</>s (Hannu Krossing, Alvaro, Tom)
</para>
@@ -919,13 +910,13 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
- Avoid extra scan of table during <command>VACUUM</> of index-less table (Greg Stark)
+ Avoid extra scan of tables during <command>VACUUM</> of index-less table (Greg Stark)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add option to allow indexes to be created indexes without blocking
+ Add option to allow indexes to be created without blocking
concurrent writes to the table (Greg Stark)
</para>
@@ -1549,7 +1540,7 @@ Tom)
</para>
<para>
- Rtree has been re implemented using <acronym>GIST</>.
+ Rtree has been re-implemented using <acronym>GIST</>.
</para>
</listitem>