``<function> WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY <criteria>)``, using the
method :class:`.FunctionElement.within_group`.  A series of common
set-aggregate functions with return types derived from the set have
been added. This includes functions like :class:`.percentile_cont`,
:class:`.dense_rank` and others.
fixes #1370
- make sure we use func.name for all _literal_as_binds in functions.py
so we get consistent naming behavior for parameters.

which automatically returns an :class:`.Array` of the correct type
and supports index / slice operations.   As arrays are only
supported on Postgresql at the moment, only actually works on
Postgresql. fixes #3132

- any/all work for Array as well as subqueries, accepted by MySQL
- Postgresql ARRAY now subclasses Array
- fixes #3516

- new test for json col['x']['y']['z'] seems to fail pre PG 9.4,
fails on comparisons for non-compatible data instead of not matching
- no need to call SpecPredicate(db) directly in exclusion functions,
by using Predicate.as_predicate() the spec strings can have version
comparisons

- Fixes to the ORM and to the postgresql JSON type regarding the
``None`` constant in conjunction with the Postgresql :class:`.JSON` type.  When
the :paramref:`.JSON.none_as_null` flag is left at its default
value of ``False``, the ORM will now correctly insert the Json
"'null'" string into the column whenever the value on the ORM
object is set to the value ``None`` or when the value ``None``
is used with :meth:`.Session.bulk_insert_mappings`,
**including** if the column has a default or server default on it.  This
makes use of a new type-level flag "evaluates_none" which is implemented
by the JSON type based on the none_as_null flag. fixes #3514
- Added a new constant :attr:`.postgresql.JSON.NULL`, indicating
that the JSON NULL value should be used for a value
regardless of other settings. part of fixes #3514

- The "hashable" flag on special datatypes such as :class:`.postgresql.ARRAY`,
:class:`.postgresql.JSON` and :class:`.postgresql.HSTORE` is now
set to False, which allows these types to be fetchable in ORM
queries that include entities within the row.  fixes #3499
- The Postgresql :class:`.postgresql.ARRAY` type now supports multidimensional
indexed access, e.g. expressions such as ``somecol[5][6]`` without
any need for explicit casts or type coercions, provided
that the :paramref:`.postgresql.ARRAY.dimensions` parameter is set to the
desired number of dimensions. fixes #3487
- The return type for the :class:`.postgresql.JSON` and :class:`.postgresql.JSONB`
when using indexed access has been fixed to work like Postgresql itself,
and returns an expression that itself is of type :class:`.postgresql.JSON`
or :class:`.postgresql.JSONB`.  Previously, the accessor would return
:class:`.NullType` which disallowed subsequent JSON-like operators to be
used. part of fixes #3503
- The :class:`.postgresql.JSON`, :class:`.postgresql.JSONB` and
:class:`.postgresql.HSTORE` datatypes now allow full control over the
return type from an indexed textual access operation, either ``column[someindex].astext``
for a JSON type or ``column[someindex]`` for an HSTORE type,
via the :paramref:`.postgresql.JSON.astext_type` and
:paramref:`.postgresql.HSTORE.text_type` parameters. also part of fixes #3503
- The :attr:`.postgresql.JSON.Comparator.astext` modifier no longer
calls upon :meth:`.ColumnElement.cast` implicitly, as PG's JSON/JSONB
types allow cross-casting between each other as well.  Code that
makes use of :meth:`.ColumnElement.cast` on JSON indexed access,
e.g. ``col[someindex].cast(Integer)``, will need to be changed
to call :attr:`.postgresql.JSON.Comparator.astext` explicitly.  This is
part of the refactor in references #3503 for consistency in operator
use.

or other variable-length column type with unbounded length
by assigning the token ``"max"`` to the
length attribute of the string.   While using the ``"max"`` token
explicitly is supported by the SQL Server dialect, it isn't part
of the normal contract of the base string types, and instead the
length should just be left as None.   The dialect now assigns the
length to None on reflection of the type so that the type behaves
normally in other contexts.
fixes #3504

options and USING of :ticket:`3455` released in 1.0.6,
to disable the feature for Postgresql versions < 8.2 where the
``reloptions`` column is not provided; this allows Amazon Redshift
to again work as it is based on an 8.0.x version of Postgresql.
Fix courtesy Pete Hollobon.
references #3455

an INSERT of NULL + pyodbc; pyodbc requires a special
object be passed in order to persist NULL.  As the :class:`.VARBINARY`
type is now usually the default for :class:`.LargeBinary` due to
:ticket:`3039`, this issue is partially a regression in 1.0.
The pymssql driver appears to be unaffected.
fixes #3464