Release date
- 2004-??-??, current as of 2004-08-06
+ 2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-06
Server configuration parameter log_statement> has been
changed so it can selectively log just database modification or
- data definition statements.
+ data definition statements. Server configuration parameter
+ log_duration> now prints only when log_statement>
+ prints the query.
proceeds to its next operation.
+
+
+ CIDR values now must have their non-masked bits be zero. For example,
+ no longer allow 204.248.199.1/31 as a CIDR value.
+ Such values should have never been accepted by PostgreSQL and will now be
+ rejected.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Use CIDR format in pg_hba.conf examples (Andrew)
+
+
+
Rename server configuration parameters SortMem> and
+
+ Make log_duration> print only when log_statement>
+ prints the query (Ed L.)
+
+
+
Warn when primary/foreign key datatype mismatch requires costly lookup
+
+
+ New ALTER INDEX command to allow moving of indexes between tablespaces
+ (Gavin)
+
+
+
+
+ Have ALTER TABLE OWNER change dependent sequence ownership too (Alvaro)
+ (Gavin)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Add Win32 service "register" command to pg_ctl (Dave Page)
+
+
+
- to_char/to_date date conversion improvements (Kurt Roeckx)
+ to_char/to_date date conversion improvements (Kurt Roeckx, Fabien Coelho)
+
+ Detect overflow of integer arithmetic (Tom)
+
+
+
+
+ Remove arithmetic operators for one-byte character type/"char" (Tom)
+
+ The data type can be cast to 'int' to perform such operations.
+
+
+
+
+ Require CIDR values to have all non-masked bits be zero (Kevin Brintnall)
+
+
+
+
+ Improve tab completion support (Stefan Kaltenbrunn, Greg Sabino Mullane)
+
+
+
+
+ Allow boolean settings to be set using upper or lower case (Michael Paesold)
+
+
+
This makes pg_restore's behavior similar to the results of feeding
a pg_dump output script to psql. In most cases, ignoring errors and
- plowing ahead is the most useful thing to do.
+ plowing ahead is the most useful thing to do. Also added was a
+ pg_restore option to give the old behavior of exiting on an error.
+
+ Add PQserverVersion() to provide more convenient access to
+ the server version number (Greg Sabino Mullane)
+
+
+
+
+ Many ecpg fixes, including SET DESCRIPTOR (Michael)
+
+
+
+
+ Add PQprepare()/PQsendPrepared() functions to support preparing
+ statements without necessarily specifying the datatypes of their parameters
+ (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+
+
+
Contrib Changes
-
- Many ecpg fixes, including SET DESCRIPTOR (Michael)
-
-
-
Overhaul of /contrib/dblink (Joe)
- /contrib/dbmirror improvements
+ /contrib/dbmirror improvements (Steven Singer)
+
+ Remove /contrib/rserv
+
+
+
+
+ Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as a Win32 service (Dave Page)
+
+
+
+
+ Add functions to /contrib/dbsize (Andreas Pflug)
+
+
+
+
+ Remove contrib/pg_logger
+
+
+