A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.*.
- This release does update the major version number of the
-
PostgreSQL libraries so it might be
+ This release updates the major version number of the
+
PostgreSQL libraries
, so it might be
necessary to re-link some user applications if they cannot
find the properly-numbered shared library.
Changes
-
Use the proper default mask length for INET data types with class - D addresses (Tom)
-
Allow plpgsql to assign a value to an array that is initially - NULL (Tom)
-
Fix CLUSTER failure after ALTER TABLE - SET WITHOUT OIDS (Tom)
-
Fix ecpg bugs in parsing of CREATE statement - (Michael)
-
Reduce memory usage of ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN - (Neil)
-
Allow SPI to handle utility commands like EXPLAIN - that return rows (Tom)
-
Fix ALTER LANGUAGE RENAME (Tom)-
Document the Win32 register and - unregister
-
pg_ctl options (Magnus)-
Several /contrib/btree_gist fixes (Teodor)-
-
New cache replacement policy 2Q replaces - This was done to void a pending US patent on
ARC. The -
2Q code might be a few percentage points slower than -
ARC for busy sites. Another new cache replacement - policy will appear in 8.1.
-
-
Change the Win32 default for config variable - log_destination to
- This, by default, will send all Win32 server log output to the Win32 event
- logger rather than standard error.
-
-
Fix crash of some /contrib/pgcrypto - functions on some platforms (Neil)
-
Allow ALTER DATABASE RENAME by superusers - who can't create databases (Tom)
Increment the major version number of all interface
libraries (Bruce)
can be used on the same machine as 8.0.X applications. This might require
re-linking user applications that use these libraries.
-
Do not use locale-aware versions of upper(), - lower(), and initcap() when the locale is C.
- (Bruce)
+
Add Windows-only wal_sync_method setting of+
+ This setting causes
PostgreSQL to write through
+ any disk-drive write cache when writing to WAL.
+ This behavior was formerly called
+ renamed because it acts quite differently from
+ platforms.
+
+
+
Enable the wal_sync_method setting of+
+ platform (Magnus, Bruce)
+ Because the default is no longer
+ data loss is possible during a power failure if the disk drive has
+ write caching enabled. To turn off the write cache on Windows,
+ from the
Device Manager, choose the drive properties, + then Policies.
+
+
+
New cache management algorithm 2Q replaces + This was done to avoid a pending US patent on
ARC. The +
2Q code might be a few percentage points slower than +
ARC for some work loads. A better cache management algorithm+ will appear in 8.1.
+
+
Planner adjustments to improve behavior on freshly-created+tables (Tom)
+
Allow plpgsql to assign to an element of an array that is+initially NULL (Tom)
+ Formerly the array would remain NULL, but now it becomes a
+ single-element array. The main SQL engine was changed to handle
+ UPDATE of a null array value this way in 8.0, but the similar
+ case in plpgsql was overlooked.
+
+
+
Convert \r\n and \r to \n+in plpython function bodies (Michael Fuhr)
- This allows these functions to work on platforms that sometimes
- generate errors with a locale of C and a non-SQL_ASCII
- encoding.
+ This prevents syntax errors when plpython code is written on a Windows or
+ Mac client.
+
+
+
Allow SPI cursors to handle utility commands that return rows,+such as EXPLAIN (Tom)
+
Fix CLUSTER failure after ALTER TABLE + SET WITHOUT OIDS (Tom)
+
Reduce memory usage of ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN + (Neil)
+
Fix ALTER LANGUAGE RENAME (Tom)+
Document the Windows-only register and+
unregister options of pg_ctl (Magnus)+
Ensure operations done during backend shutdown are counted by+statistics collector
+ This is expected to resolve reports of
pg_autovacuum+ not vacuuming the system catalogs often enough — it was not being
+ told about catalog deletions caused by temporary table removal during
+ backend exit.
-
Enable the wal_sync_method variable value of-
- platform. (Magnus, Bruce)
- This makes Win32 behave like other supported platforms that require the
- administrator to make sure that data is guaranteed to be written to permanent
- storage after a sync operation. To turn off the write cache on Win32,
- from the
Device Manager, chose the drive properties, - then Policies.
+
Change the Windows default for configuration parameter+ log_destination to
+ By default, a server running on Windows will now send log output to the
+ Windows event logger rather than standard error.
+
+
Make Kerberos authentication work on Windows (Magnus)+
Allow ALTER DATABASE RENAME by superusers + who aren't flagged as having CREATEDB privilege (Tom)
+
Modify WAL log entries for CREATE and+DROP DATABASE to not specify absolute paths (Tom)
+
This allows point-in-time recovery on a different machine with possibly+ different database location. Note that CREATE TABLESPACE still
+ poses a hazard in such situations.
-
Add Win32-only wal_sync_method value of - fsync_writethrough to write through any write cache between the
- operating system and the drive when doing a sync.
- (Magnus, Bruce)
-
Fix crash from a backend exiting an open transaction - with a CREATE and a FETCH (Tom)
+
Fix crash from a backend exiting with an open transaction + that created a table and opened a cursor on it (Tom)
+
Fix array_map() so it can call PL functions + (Tom)
+
Several contrib/tsearch2 and+contrib/btree_gist fixes (Teodor)
+
+
Fix crash of some contrib/pgcrypto + functions on some platforms (Marko Kreen)
+
Fix contrib/intagg for 64-bit platforms + (Tom)
+
Fix ecpg bugs in parsing of CREATE statement + (Michael)
Work around gcc bug on powerpc and amd64 causing problems in
ecpg (Christof Petig)
-
Modify WAL log entries for CREATE and - DROP DATABASE to not specify absolute paths
-
This allows point-in-time recovery on a different machine. (Tom)+
Do not use locale-aware versions of upper(), + lower(), and initcap() when the locale is
+ C (Bruce)
+ This allows these functions to work on platforms that generate errors
+ for non-7-bit data when the locale is C.
-
Fix /contrib/intagg for 64-bit platforms - (Tom)
-
Convert plpython function bodies containing \r\n - and \r to \n (Michael Fuhr)
-
Allow Kerberos to work on Win32 (Magnus)+
Fix quote_ident() to quote names that match keywords (Tom) Fix to_date() to behave reasonably when
CC and YY fields are both used (Karel)
Prevent to_char(interval) from failing
when given a zero-month interval (Tom)
-
Fix wrong week returned by date_trunc('week')+
Fix wrong week returned by date_trunc('week')+(Bruce)
- This was a problem for early January dates. date_trunc('week')
- returned the wrong year for 2005-01-01 and 2006-01-01
- (Bruce)
+ date_trunc('week')
+ returned the wrong year for the first few days of January in some years.
+
Use the correct default mask length for class D+ addresses in INET data types (Tom)
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