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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml index dedb5caef2..1f0d54a8da 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ <note> <title>Release Date</title> - <simpara>2012-??-??</simpara> - <simpara>CURRENT AS OF 2012-08-21</simpara> + <simpara>2012-09-10</simpara> </note> <sect2> @@ -54,8 +53,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to make base backups from - standby servers + Allow <link + linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link> + to make base backups from standby servers </para> </listitem> @@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - No longer forcibly lowercase procedural language names (Robert Haas) + No longer forcibly lowercase procedural language names in <link + linkend="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION"><command>CREATE FUNCTION</></link> + (Robert Haas) </para> <para> @@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Reduce overhead of creating virtual transaction id locks (Robert + Reduce overhead of creating virtual transaction ID locks (Robert Haas) </para> </listitem> @@ -672,7 +674,8 @@ </para> <para> - This allows Windows sessions to use more open file descriptors. + This allows Windows sessions to use more open file descriptors than + before. </para> </listitem> @@ -790,7 +793,7 @@ </para> <para> - This is only enabled when <link + This check is only performed when <link linkend="guc-constraint-exclusion"><varname>constraint_exclusion</></link> is <literal>on</literal>. </para> @@ -837,7 +840,7 @@ <para> This change improves selectivity estimation for the array <literal><@</literal>, <literal>&&</literal>, and - <literal>@></literal> (containment and overlaps) array operators. + <literal>@></literal> operators (array containment and overlaps). </para> </listitem> @@ -988,6 +991,11 @@ Change <quote>unexpected EOF</> messages to <literal>DEBUG1</> level, except when there is an open transaction (Magnus Hagander) </para> + + <para> + This change reduces log chatter caused by applications that close + database connections ungracefully. + </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -1044,6 +1052,11 @@ Silently ignore nonexistent schemas specified in <link linkend="guc-search-path"><varname>search_path</></link> (Tom Lane) </para> + + <para> + This makes it more convenient to use generic path settings, which + might include some schemas that don't exist in all databases. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -1079,7 +1092,8 @@ <para> The system now remembers whether a <command>SET</command> was - performed by a superuser. + performed by a superuser, so that proper privilege checking can be + done when the extension is loaded. </para> </listitem> @@ -1225,20 +1239,26 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow streaming of WAL files while <link linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link> - is performing a backup (Magnus Hagander) + Allow <link + linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link> + to make base backups from standby servers (Jun Ishizuka, Fujii Masao) </para> <para> - This allows passing of WAL files to the standby before they are - discarded on the primary. + This feature lets the work of making new base backups be off-loaded + from the primary server. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to make base backups from - standby servers (Jun Ishizuka, Fujii Masao) + Allow streaming of WAL files while <application>pg_basebackup</> + is performing a backup (Magnus Hagander) + </para> + + <para> + This allows passing of WAL files to the standby before they are + discarded on the primary. </para> </listitem> @@ -1253,7 +1273,13 @@ <listitem> <para> - Cancel queries if clients get disconnected (Florian Pflug) + Cancel the running query if the client gets disconnected + (Florian Pflug) + </para> + + <para> + If the backend detects loss of client connection during a query, it + will now cancel the query rather than attempting to finish it. </para> </listitem> @@ -1297,7 +1323,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Warn about casts to and from domain types (Robert Haas) + Warn about creating casts to or from domain types (Robert Haas) </para> <para> @@ -1361,7 +1387,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Improve pretty printing of view definitions (Andrew Dunstan) + Improve pretty-printing of view definitions (Andrew Dunstan) </para> </listitem> @@ -1426,12 +1452,12 @@ <para> Reduce need to rebuild tables and indexes for certain <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE</command></link> - operations (Noah Misch) + ... <literal>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</> operations (Noah Misch) </para> <para> Increasing the length limit for a <type>varchar</> or <type>varbit</> - column, or removing it altogether, no longer requires a table + column, or removing the limit altogether, no longer requires a table rewrite. Similarly, increasing the allowable precision of a <type>numeric</> column, or changing a column from constrained <type>numeric</> to unconstrained <type>numeric</>, no longer @@ -1451,7 +1477,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add <literal>IF EXISTS</> clause to some <command>ALTER</command> + Add <literal>IF EXISTS</> options to some <command>ALTER</command> commands (Pavel Stehule) </para> @@ -1605,13 +1631,13 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow vacuum to more easily skip pages that cannot be locked - (Simon Riggs, Robert Haas) + Allow <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to more + easily skip pages that cannot be locked (Simon Riggs, Robert Haas) </para> <para> - This change should greatly reduce the incidence of vacuum getting - <quote>stuck</>. + This change should greatly reduce the incidence of <command>VACUUM</> + getting <quote>stuck</> waiting for other sessions. </para> </listitem> @@ -1772,7 +1798,7 @@ </para> <para> - Previously only superusers could use these functions. + Previously only superusers were allowed to use these functions. </para> </listitem> @@ -2101,8 +2127,8 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow inclusion of a script file relative to the directory of the - file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet Singh) + Allow inclusion of a script file that is named relative to the + directory of the file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet Singh) </para> <para> @@ -2136,8 +2162,8 @@ </para> <para> - Specifically, <envar>PSQL_HISTORY</envar> and - <envar>PSQLRC</envar> determine these file names if set. + <envar>PSQL_HISTORY</envar> and <envar>PSQLRC</envar> now + determine these file names if set. </para> </listitem> @@ -2150,7 +2176,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Make <application>psql</>'s temporary editor files use a + Name <application>psql</>'s temporary editor files with a <filename>.sql</> extension (Peter Eisentraut) </para> @@ -2166,7 +2192,8 @@ </para> <para> - Various shell tools use zero-byte (NUL) separators, e.g. find. + Various shell tools use zero-byte (NUL) separators, + e.g. <application>find</>. </para> </listitem> |