Release date
- 2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-06
+ 2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-21
Syntax checking of array input values has been tightened up
considerably. Junk that was previously allowed in odd places with
- odd results now causes an ERROR. Empty-string element
- values must now be written as "">, rather than writing nothing.
+ odd results now causes an error. Empty-string element values
+ must now be written as "">, rather than writing nothing.
Also changed behavior with respect to whitespace surrounding
array elements: trailing whitespace is now ignored, for symmetry
with leading whitespace (which has always been ignored).
(Manfred Koizar)
- This gives better statistics for asymmetric data distributions.
+ This gives better statistics when the density of valid rows is very
+ different in different regions of a table.
+
+ Some logging-related configuration parameters could formerly be adjusted
+ by ordinary users, but only in the more verbose> direction.
+ They are now treated more strictly: only superusers can set them.
+ However, a superuser may use ALTER USER> to provide per-user
+ settings of these values for non-superusers. Also, it is now possible
+ for superusers to set values of superuser-only configuration parameters
+ via PGOPTIONS>.
+
+
+
Allow configuration files to be placed outside the data directory (mlw)
- By default, configuration files sit in the top server directory.
+ By default, configuration files are kept in the cluster's top directory.
With this addition, configuration files can be placed outside the
data directory, easing administration.
columns (Tom)
- This is related to the new capability of adding defaults for new
+ This falls out from the new capability of specifying defaults for new
columns.
- Have ALTER TABLE OWNER> change dependent sequence
+ Make ALTER TABLE OWNER> change dependent sequence
ownership too (Alvaro)
- Fix to_char(year)> for BC dates (previously it
+ Fix date_part(year)> for BC dates (previously it
returned one less than the correct year) (Bruce)
Use dependency information to improve the reliability of
+ This should solve the longstanding problems with related objects
+ sometimes being dumped in the wrong order.
+
- Many ecpg improvements, including SET DESCRIPTOR> (Michael)
+ Add PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()> functions to support
+ preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types
+ of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
- Add PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()> functions to support
- preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types
- of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+ Many ecpg improvements, including SET DESCRIPTOR> (Michael)