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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml index 05f3949ac7b..2ab27b721ea 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.44 2010/07/29 21:18:11 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.45 2010/08/06 17:56:43 rhaas Exp $ --> <sect1 id="release-9-0"> <title>Release 9.0</title> @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ <listitem> <para> + Add support for compiling on <link + linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit + <productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit + mode. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> Broadly enhanced stored procedure support. The <link linkend="SQL-DO"><command>DO</></link> statement permits anonymous code blocks. Functions can now be called using named @@ -64,6 +73,14 @@ <listitem> <para> + More advanced reporting queries with additional windowing functions + (PRECEDING and FOLLOWING) and the ability to ORDER BY inside aggregate + functions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> Triggers now support two new features, SQL-compliant <link linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER">per-column triggers</link>, and @@ -80,9 +97,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - 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. </para> </listitem> @@ -99,8 +116,31 @@ <listitem> <para> + Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link> + to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + 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). + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness + based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such + as time periods, ranges and arrays. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM, - <command>VACUUM FULL</> is now substantially faster by + <command>VACUUM FULL</> is not substantially faster by rewriting the entire table and indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space. </para> @@ -108,17 +148,15 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add support for compiling on <link - linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit - <productname>Windows</></link> 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. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link> - 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. </para> </listitem> |