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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-08-23 12:47:30 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-08-23 12:47:30 +0000
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Release note updates.
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-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.343 2005/08/23 12:46:35 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.344 2005/08/23 12:47:30 momjian Exp $
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<appendix id="release">
@@ -30,21 +30,22 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.343 2005/08/23 12:46:35 momjian
<listitem>
<para>
This was accomplished by eliminating global locks and using a clock
- sweep algorithm to find free buffers.
+ sweep algorithm to find free buffers. This increases scalability
+ on multi-CPU systems.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- Allow indexes to be used for MIN/MAX (Tom)
+ Automatically use indexes for MIN() and MAX() (Tom)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- In previous releases, the only way to use index for MIN/MAX was to rewrite
- the query as SELECT col FROM tab ORDER BY col LIMIT 1. This now happens
- automatically.
+ In previous releases, the only way to use an index for MIN/MAX
+ was to rewrite the query as SELECT col FROM tab ORDER BY col
+ LIMIT 1. Index usage now happens automatically.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>