+ linkend="functions-aggregate-table">string_agg()
+ to process bytea values (Pavel Stehule)
- Allow per-column foreign data wrapper options and
- force_not_null (Shigeru Hanada)
+ Fix regular expressions in which a back-reference occurs within
+ a larger quantified subexpression (Tom Lane)
- This allows
SQL specification of per-column
- information useful to foreign data sources. Includes
-
psql option display support.-
-
-
-
- Improve pretty printing of view definitions (Andrew Dunstan)
+ For example, ^(\w+)( \1)+$. Previous releases did not
+ check that the back-reference actually matched the first occurrence.
- >
+ >
- >
-
<link linkend="information-schema">Information Schema</link>
+ >
+
<link linkend="information-schema">Information Schema</link>
- Add information_schema views
+ Add information schema views
role_udt_grants, udt_privileges,
and user_defined_types (Peter Eisentraut)
Add composite-type attributes to the
- information_schema.name>element_types view
+ information schema name>element_types view
(Peter Eisentraut)
- Implement information schema interval_type columns
- (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Implement interval_type columns in the information
+ schema (Peter Eisentraut)
-
-
- Add collation columns to various information schema views (Peter
- Eisentraut)
+ Formerly these columns read as nulls.
+
+
- Specifically, provide collation columns for views referencing
- attributes, columns, domains, and element_types.
+ Implement collation-related columns in the information schema
+ attributes, columns,
+ domains, and element_types
+ views (Peter Eisentraut)
- Add display of sequence USAGE privileges to information
- schema (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Implement the with_hierarchy column in the
+ information schema table_privileges view (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
- Add a with_hierarchy column to the information schema
- privileges display (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add display of sequence USAGE privileges to information
+ schema (Peter Eisentraut)
- Have the information schema show default privileges (Peter
+ Make the information schema show default privileges (Peter
Eisentraut)
- Previously, default permissions generated NULL fields.
- (WAS IT NULL?)
+ Previously, non-empty default permissions were not represented in the
+ views.
-
-
- Improve performance and memory consumption of the PL/pgSQL
+ Improve performance and memory consumption for long chains of
ELSIF clauses (Tom Lane)
- Specifically, this adds result object functions .colnames,
- .coltypes, and .coltypmods.
+ Specifically, this adds result object functions
+ .colnames, .coltypes, and
+ .coltypmods.
- To use this, simply name the function arguments and reference
+ To use this, simply name the function arguments and then reference
the argument names in the
SQL function body.
- This allows individual control of local and
+ This allows separate control of local and
host pg_hba.conf authentication
settings.
Give command-line tools the ability to specify the name of the
- database to connect to, and fall back to <varname>template1
+ database to connect to, and fall back to <literal>template1
if a postgres database connection fails (Robert Haas)
- Add
psql mode to auto-expand output based on the
+ Add a display mode to auto-expand output based on the
display width (Peter Eisentraut)
- Allow inclusion of
psql files relative to the- directory of the input file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet
- Singh)
+ Allow inclusion of a script file relative to the directory of the
+ file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet Singh)
- Th
e psql command is \ir.+ This is done with a new command \ir.
psql already supported minor-version-specific
- .psqlrc
- files.
+ .psqlrc files.
Specifically, PSQL_HISTORY and
- PSQLRC.
+ PSQLRC determine these file names if set.
- Add a
psql \setenv command to modify- the environment variables used by child processes (Andrew Dunstan)
-
-
- This is useful in .psqlrc files.
+ Add a \setenv command to modify
+ the environment variables passed to child processes (Andrew Dunstan)
-
Have psql temporary editor files use a
+
Make psql's temporary editor files use a
.sql extension (Peter Eisentraut)
+
+ This allows extension-sensitive editors to select the right mode.
+
- Allow
s psql to use zero-byte field and record+ Allow
psql to use zero-byte field and record separators (Peter Eisentraut)
- Various shell tools use zero/null-byte separators, e.g. find.
+ Various shell tools use zero-byte (NUL) separators, e.g. find.
-
Have psql \timing report times for
+ Make the \timing option report times for
failed queries (Magnus Hagander)
- Previously only successful query times were reported.
+ Previously times were reported only for successful queries.
- Unify and tighten
psql treatment of \copy- and plain COPY (Noah Misch)
+ Unify and tighten
psql's treatment of \copy+ and SQL COPY (Noah Misch)
- This makes failure behavior more predictable and honors \set
- ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK.
+ This fix makes failure behavior more predictable and honors
+ \set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK.
- Make <application>psql <command>\d on a sequence show the
+ Make \d on a sequence show the
table/column name owning it (Magnus Hagander)
- Show statistics target for columns in <application>psql
- \d+ (Magnus Hagander)
+ Show statistics target for columns in <command>\d+ (Magnus
+ Hagander)
- Show role password expiration dates in <application>psql
- \du (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
+ Show role password expiration dates in <command>\du
+ (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
-
-
-
-
-
Comments
-
-
- Allow
psql to display comments for languages and- casts (Josh Kupershmidt)
+ Display comments for casts, conversions, domains, and languages
+ (Josh Kupershmidt)
- These are output via \dL and \dC.
+ These are included in the output of \dC+,
+ \dc+, \dD+, and \dL respectively.
- Allow
psql to display comments for conversions- and domains (Josh Kupershmidt)
+ Display comments for
SQL/
MED+ objects (Josh Kupershmidt)
- This is accomplished with the addition of + to
- \dc and \dD commands.
+ These are included in the output of \des+,
+ \det+, and \dew+ for foreign servers, foreign
+ tables, and foreign data wrappers respectively.
- Allow
psql to display the comments on-
SQL/
MED objects in verbose
- mode (Josh Kupershmidt)
-
-
-
-
- Change
psql's \dd command to display- only objects without their own backslash command (Josh Kupershmidt)
+ Change \dd to display comments only for object types
+ without their own backslash command (Josh Kupershmidt)
-
-
- In
psql tab completion,- complete
SQL keywords based on
- COMP_KEYWORD_CASE setting and the perhaps case of
- the partially-supplied word (Peter Eisentraut)
+ In
psql tab completion, complete SQL+ keywords in either upper or lower case according to the new
+ linkend="APP-PSQL-variables">COMP_KEYWORD_CASE
+ setting (Peter Eisentraut)
- Add
psql tab completion support for
+ Add tab completion support for
EXECUTE (Andreas Karlsson)
- Change
psql tab completion support for
- TABLE to also display views (Magnus Hagander)
+ Change tab completion support for
+ TABLE to also include views (Magnus Hagander)
Valid values are pre-data, data,
and post-data. The option can be
- given more than once.
- is equivalent to --section=pre-data
- --section=post-data.
- --section=data.
+ given more than once to select two or more sections.
-
Have
+
Make
linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL">
pg_dumpall dump all roles first, then all configuration settings on roles (Phil Sorber)
- This allows a role's configuration settings to rely on other
+ This allows a role's configuration settings to mention other
roles without generating an error.
- Add
URIs support to libpq connection functions
- (Alexander Shulgin)
+ Allow connection strings to have the format of a
+ linkend="libpq-connstring">
URI (Alexander
+ Shulgin)
- The syntax begins with postgres://.
+ The syntax begins with postgres://. This can allow
+ applications to avoid implementing their own parser for URIs
+ representing database connections.
- Add a libpq connection
+ Add a connection
option to disable
SSL compression
(Laurenz Albe)
Add a single-row processing
- mode to libpq for better handling of large result sets
+ mode for better handling of large result sets
(Kyotaro Horiguchi, Marko Kreen)
- Previously, libpq always collected the entire query result in memory
- before passing it back to the application.
+ Previously,
libpq always collected the entire query
+ result in memory before passing it back to the application.
- Enhance const qualifiers in the libpq functions
- PQconnectdbParams, PQconnectStartParams, and PQpingParams (Lionel
- Elie Mamane)
+ Add const qualifiers to the declarations of the functions
+ PQconnectdbParams, PQconnectStartParams,
+ and PQpingParams (Lionel Elie Mamane)
- Allow libpq's .pgpass file to process escaped characters
+ Allow the .pgpass file to include escaped characters
in the password field (Robert Haas)
- Have library functions use abort() instead of
- exit() to terminate the executable (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Make library functions use abort() instead of
+ exit() when it is necessary to terminate the process
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
- This does not interfere with the normal exit codes used by the
+ This choice does not interfere with the normal exit codes used by the
program, and generates a signal that can be caught by the caller.
-
- Fix a libpq memory leak by freeing client encoding connection
- parameters (Peter Eisentraut)
-
-
-
- The following platforms are no longer considered supported: dgux,
+ The following platforms are no longer supported: dgux,
nextstep, sunos4, svr4, ultrix4, univel, bsdi.
Improve the concurrent transaction regression tests
- (isolationtester) (Noah Misch)
+ (
isolationtester) (Noah Misch)
Modify
thread_test to create its test files in- the current directory, rather than /tmp (Bruce Momjian)
+ the current directory, rather than /tmp (Bruce Momjian)
- Add tcn (triggered change notification)
- to generate NOTIFY events on table changes
- (Kevin Grittner)
+ Support
force_not_null option in
+ linkend="file-fdw">file_fdw (Shigeru Hanada)
-
- Have vacuumlo remove large objects
- in batches, to reduce locking (Tim Lewis, Tom Lane)
-
-
- The new
- objects removed per transaction.
-
-
-
Change
+
+ Add a tcn (triggered change notification)
+ module to generate NOTIFY events on table changes
+ (Kevin Grittner)
+
+
+
- Allow
pg_upgrade to upgrade an old cluster that- does not have a postgres database (Bruce Momjian)
+ Adjust
pg_upgrade environment variables (Bruce+ Momjian)
+
+
+ Rename data, bin, and port environment
+ variables to begin with PG, and support
+ PGPORTOLD/PGPORTNEW, to replace
+ PGPORT.
- Allow
pg_upgrade to handle cases where some- old or new databases are missing, as long as they are empty
+ Overhaul
pg_upgrade logging and failure reporting (Bruce Momjian)
-
-
- Allow
pg_upgrade to handle configuration-only- directory installations (Bruce Momjian)
+ Create four append-only log files, and delete them on success.
+ Add
+ retain these files. Also remove
pg_upgrade options+
+ and tighten log file permissions.
- In
pg_upgrade, add - options to pass parameters to the servers (Bruce Momjian)
+ Make
pg_upgrade create a script to incrementally+ generate more accurate optimizer statistics (Bruce Momjian)
- This is useful for configuration-only directory installs.
+ This reduces the time needed to generate minimal cluster statistics
+ after an upgrade.
- Change
pg_upgrade to use port 50432 by default- (Bruce Momjian)
-
-
- This helps avoid unintended client connections during the upgrade.
+ Allow
pg_upgrade to upgrade an old cluster that+ does not have a postgres database (Bruce Momjian)
- Overhaul
pg_upgrade logging and failure reporting+ Allow
pg_upgrade to handle cases where some+ old or new databases are missing, as long as they are empty
(Bruce Momjian)
+
+
- Create four append-only log files, and delete them on success.
- Add
- retain these files. Also remove
pg_upgrade options-
- and tighten log file permissions.
+ Allow
pg_upgrade to handle configuration-only+ directory installations (Bruce Momjian)
- Adjust
pg_upgrade environment variables (Bruce- Momjian)
+ In
pg_upgrade, add + options to pass parameters to the servers (Bruce Momjian)
- Rename data, bin, and port environment
- variables to begin with PG, and support
- PGPORTOLD/PGPORTNEW, to replace
- PGPORT. INCOMPATIBILITY?
+ This is useful for configuration-only directory installs.
- Have
pg_upgrade create a script to incrementally- generate more accurate optimizer statistics (Bruce Momjian)
+ Change
pg_upgrade to use port 50432 by default+ (Bruce Momjian)
- This reduces the time needed to generate minimal cluster statistics
- after an upgrade.
+ This helps avoid unintended client connections during the upgrade.
Allow
pg_stat_statements to aggregate similar- queries via SQL text normalisation (Peter Geoghegan, Tom Lane)
+ queries via SQL text normalization (Peter Geoghegan, Tom Lane)
Users with applications that use non-parameterized SQL will now
- be able to monitor query performance without using log file
- analysis.
+ be able to monitor query performance without detailed log analysis.
- Specifically, add SECURITY LABELs to databases,
+ Specifically, add security labels to databases,
tablespaces, and roles.
- Add a rule to optionally build docs with the stylesheet from the
- website (Magnus Hagander)
+ Add a rule to optionally build HTML documentation using the
+ stylesheet from the website (Magnus Hagander)
- Use make STYLE=website draft.
+ Use gmake STYLE=website draft.
-
- Improve the foreign data wrapper
API and
- documentation (Hanada Shigeru)
-
-
-
Document the actual string returned by the client for MD5
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