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More incremental improvements for the release notes.

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Neil Conway 2006-09-25 15:35:28 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.456 2006/09/25 15:31:50 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.457 2006/09/25 15:35:28 neilc Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
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<listitem>
<para>
Query enhancements including <literal>RETURNING</literal>
Query language enhancements including <literal>RETURNING</literal>
values, multi-<literal>VALUES</literal>, support, and
self-joins for <command>DELETE</command>
</para>
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<para>
Index creation without blocking concurrent
<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>
commands
operations
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Make command-line options of postmaster and postgres
identical (Peter)
Make command-line options of <application>postmaster</> and
<application>postgres</> identical (Peter)
</para>
<para>
@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
<listitem>
<para>
Change <application>libpq</> <function>PQgetssl()</> to
return a <literal>void*</>, rather than <literal>SSL*</>
return a <literal>void *</>, rather than <literal>SSL *</>
(Martijn van Oosterhout)
</para>
<para>
This allows applications to use the function without
<acronym>SSL</> headers.
This allows applications to use the function without including
the OpenSSL headers.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add support for multi-row <literal>VALUES</> clauses as
Add support for multiple-row <literal>VALUES</> clauses as
part of <command>INSERT</> and <command>SELECT</> statements,
per SQL standard (Joe, Tom)
</para>
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</para>
<para>
This allows the tablespace to be specified for the new
table.
This allows a tablespace to be specified for the new table.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
This is a new locking API compared to what used to be in /contrib.
The /contrib code is now on pgfoundry.
This is a new locking API that is similar to what used to be
in /contrib. The /contrib code is now on pgfoundry.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being
affected by other concurrent <command>VACUUM</>s (Hannu
Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being affected
by other concurrent <command>VACUUM</> operations (Hannu
Krossing, Alvaro, Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
The file name is controlled by GUC variable
The file name is controlled by the GUC variable
<varname>timezone_abbreviations</>.
</para>
</listitem>
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<function>covar_pop()</>, <function>regr_avgx()</>,
<function>regr_avgy()</>, <function>regr_sxy()</>,
<function>regr_sxx()</>, <function>regr_syy()</>,
<function>regr_count()</>
<function>regr_count()</>.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
<literal>relname</> is kept but now deprecated
<literal>relname</> is kept but now deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Support retrieving <command>SELECT</> results in batches
using a cursor (Chris Mair)
Support for automatically retrieving <command>SELECT</>
results in batches using a cursor (Chris Mair)
</para>
<para>
This is accomplished using <command>\set FETCH_COUNT</>.
This is accomplished using <command>\set FETCH_COUNT</>. This
feature allows large result sets to be manipulated in
<application>psql</> without needing to buffer the entire
result set in memory.
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Make the line counter 64-bit so it can handle files over
two billion lines (David Fetter)
Make the line counter 64-bit so it can handle files with more
than two billion lines (David Fetter)
</para>
</listitem>