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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 43 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 39f6f763c9b..dee389e31e1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.311 2004/11/22 00:37:59 tgl Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <note> <title>Release date</title> - <simpara>2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-06</simpara> + <simpara>2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-21</simpara> </note> <sect2> @@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <para> Syntax checking of array input values has been tightened up considerably. Junk that was previously allowed in odd places with - odd results now causes an <literal>ERROR. Empty-string element - values must now be written as ""</>, rather than writing nothing. + odd results now causes an error. Empty-string element values + must now be written as <literal>""</>, rather than writing nothing. Also changed behavior with respect to whitespace surrounding array elements: trailing whitespace is now ignored, for symmetry with leading whitespace (which has always been ignored). @@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp (Manfred Koizar) </para> <para> - This gives better statistics for asymmetric data distributions. + This gives better statistics when the density of valid rows is very + different in different regions of a table. </para> </listitem> @@ -767,10 +768,22 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <listitem> <para> + Some logging-related configuration parameters could formerly be adjusted + by ordinary users, but only in the <quote>more verbose</> direction. + They are now treated more strictly: only superusers can set them. + However, a superuser may use <command>ALTER USER</> to provide per-user + settings of these values for non-superusers. Also, it is now possible + for superusers to set values of superuser-only configuration parameters + via <literal>PGOPTIONS</>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> Allow configuration files to be placed outside the data directory (mlw) </para> <para> - By default, configuration files sit in the top server directory. + By default, configuration files are kept in the cluster's top directory. With this addition, configuration files can be placed outside the data directory, easing administration. </para> @@ -1070,7 +1083,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp columns (Tom) </para> <para> - This is related to the new capability of adding defaults for new + This falls out from the new capability of specifying defaults for new columns. </para> </listitem> @@ -1141,7 +1154,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <listitem> <para> - Have <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</> change dependent sequence + Make <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</> change dependent sequence ownership too (Alvaro) </para> </listitem> @@ -1471,7 +1484,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <listitem> <para> - Fix <function>to_char(year)</> for BC dates (previously it + Fix <function>date_part(year)</> for BC dates (previously it returned one less than the correct year) (Bruce) </para> </listitem> @@ -1831,6 +1844,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp Use dependency information to improve the reliability of <application>pg_dump</> (Tom) </para> + <para> + This should solve the longstanding problems with related objects + sometimes being dumped in the wrong order. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -1937,15 +1954,15 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp <listitem> <para> - Many ecpg improvements, including <command>SET DESCRIPTOR</> (Michael) + Add <function>PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()</> functions to support + preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types + of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add <function>PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()</> functions to support - preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types - of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen) + Many ecpg improvements, including <command>SET DESCRIPTOR</> (Michael) </para> </listitem> |