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Final updates of release notes for 8.4.1, 8.3.8, 8.2.14, 8.1.18, 8.0.22,
7.4.26.
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<sect1 id="release-7-4-26">
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
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<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
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However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
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you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 7.4.26.
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Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11,
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see the release notes for 7.4.11.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<para>
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Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
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Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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<para>
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This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
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disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
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(See CVE-2007-6600)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
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an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values.
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It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns.
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If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them
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after updating.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
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when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
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datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
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amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Properly round datetime input like
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<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
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(Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
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from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
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when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<sect1 id="release-8-0-22">
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
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<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
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However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
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you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.0.22.
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Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6,
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see the release notes for 8.0.6.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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<para>
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This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
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disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
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(See CVE-2007-6600)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
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an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values.
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It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns.
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If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them
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after updating.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
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Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
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when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
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datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
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amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Properly round datetime input like
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<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
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(Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
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<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
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properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
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Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
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from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
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when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
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for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
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Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
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Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
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<sect1 id="release-8-1-18">
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
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<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X.
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However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
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you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.1.18.
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Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.15,
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see the release notes for 8.1.15.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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<para>
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This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
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disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
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(See CVE-2007-6600)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
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an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values.
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It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns.
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If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them
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after updating.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
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@ -42,14 +80,83 @@
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
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Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
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when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
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datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
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amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
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(Teodor)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
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<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
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properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
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Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
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from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
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when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
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for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
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Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
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Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml,v 1.2 2009/08/27 01:27:34 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.2.sgml,v 1.3 2009/09/03 22:13:47 tgl Exp $ -->
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<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
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<sect1 id="release-8-2-14">
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<note>
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<title>Release date</title>
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<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
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<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.2.X.
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However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
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you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.2.14.
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Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.2.11,
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see the release notes for 8.2.11.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Force WAL segment switch during <function>pg_start_backup()</>
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(Heikki)
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</para>
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This avoids corner cases that could render a base backup unusable.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
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</para>
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<para>
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This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
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disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
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AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
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(See CVE-2007-6600)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Make <command>LOAD</> of an already-loaded loadable module
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into a no-op (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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Formerly, <command>LOAD</> would attempt to unload and re-load the
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Disallow empty passwords during LDAP authentication (Magnus)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
|
||||
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix bugs associated with fetching a whole-row value from the
|
||||
output of a Sort or Materialize plan node (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Revert planner change that disabled partial-index and constraint
|
||||
exclusion optimizations when there were more than 100 clauses in
|
||||
an AND or OR list (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values.
|
||||
It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns.
|
||||
If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them
|
||||
after updating.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
|
||||
@ -42,14 +124,105 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
|
||||
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
|
||||
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
|
||||
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Properly round datetime input like
|
||||
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
|
||||
(Teodor)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Avoid performance degradation in bulk inserts into GIN indexes
|
||||
when the input values are (nearly) in sorted order (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Correctly enforce NOT NULL domain constraints in some contexts in
|
||||
PL/pgSQL (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
|
||||
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make <filename>contrib/hstore</> throw an error when a key or
|
||||
value is too long to fit in its data structure, rather than
|
||||
silently truncating it (Andrew Gierth)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
|
||||
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
|
||||
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
|
||||
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
|
||||
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
|
||||
Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
|
||||
Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
|
||||
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml,v 1.2 2009/08/27 01:27:34 momjian Exp $ -->
|
||||
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml,v 1.3 2009/09/03 22:13:47 tgl Exp $ -->
|
||||
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="release-8-3-8">
|
||||
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<title>Release date</title>
|
||||
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
|
||||
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X.
|
||||
However, if you have any hash indexes on <type>interval</> columns,
|
||||
you must <command>REINDEX</> them after updating to 8.3.8.
|
||||
Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.5,
|
||||
see the release notes for 8.3.5.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
@ -29,6 +33,102 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix Windows shared-memory allocation code (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug led to the often-reported <quote>could not reattach
|
||||
to shared memory</> error message.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Force WAL segment switch during <function>pg_start_backup()</>
|
||||
(Heikki)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This avoids corner cases that could render a base backup unusable.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
|
||||
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
|
||||
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
|
||||
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
|
||||
(See CVE-2007-6600)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make <command>LOAD</> of an already-loaded loadable module
|
||||
into a no-op (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Formerly, <command>LOAD</> would attempt to unload and re-load the
|
||||
module, but this is unsafe and not all that useful.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Disallow empty passwords during LDAP authentication (Magnus)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix handling of sub-SELECTs appearing in the arguments of
|
||||
an outer-level aggregate function (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix bugs associated with fetching a whole-row value from the
|
||||
output of a Sort or Materialize plan node (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Prevent <varname>synchronize_seqscans</> from changing the results of
|
||||
scrollable and <literal>WITH HOLD</> cursors (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Revert planner change that disabled partial-index and constraint
|
||||
exclusion optimizations when there were more than 100 clauses in
|
||||
an AND or OR list (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix hash calculation for data type <type>interval</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This corrects wrong results for hash joins on interval values.
|
||||
It also changes the contents of hash indexes on interval columns.
|
||||
If you have any such indexes, you must <command>REINDEX</> them
|
||||
after updating.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Treat <function>to_char(..., 'TH')</> as an uppercase ordinal
|
||||
@ -42,33 +142,147 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
|
||||
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
|
||||
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix calculation of distance between a point and a line segment (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This led to incorrect results from a number of geometric operators.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <type>money</> data type to work in locales where currency
|
||||
amounts have no fractional digits, e.g. Japan (Itagaki Takahiro)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <literal>LIKE</> for case where pattern contains <literal>%_</>
|
||||
(Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Properly round datetime input like
|
||||
<literal>00:12:57.9999999999999999999999999999</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix memory leaks in XML operations (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix poor choice of page split point in GiST R-tree operator classes
|
||||
(Teodor)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Ensure that a <quote>fast shutdown</> request will forcibly terminate
|
||||
open sessions, even if a <quote>smart shutdown</> was already in progress
|
||||
(Fujii Masao)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Avoid performance degradation in bulk inserts into GIN indexes
|
||||
when the input values are (nearly) in sorted order (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Correctly enforce NOT NULL domain constraints in some contexts in
|
||||
PL/pgSQL (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix portability issues in plperl initialization (Andrew Dunstan)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
|
||||
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Improve <application>pg_dump</>'s efficiency when there are
|
||||
many large objects (Tamas Vincze)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Use <literal>SIGUSR1</>, not <literal>SIGQUIT</>, as the
|
||||
failover signal for <application>pg_standby</> (Heikki)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make <application>pg_standby</>'s <literal>maxretries</> option
|
||||
behave as documented (Fujii Masao)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make <filename>contrib/hstore</> throw an error when a key or
|
||||
value is too long to fit in its data structure, rather than
|
||||
silently truncating it (Andrew Gierth)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix case where <application>pg_ctl</> fast shutdown was not
|
||||
working if <application>pg_ctl</> smart shutdown was already in
|
||||
progress (Fujii Masao)
|
||||
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
|
||||
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
|
||||
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
|
||||
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix problem where Win32 shared memory allocation sometimes failed on
|
||||
startup (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug caused some Win32 backends to randomly not start.
|
||||
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
|
||||
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan,
|
||||
Argentina/San_Luis, Cuba, Jordan (historical correction only),
|
||||
Mauritius, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
|
||||
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.14 2009/08/27 20:05:28 alvherre Exp $ -->
|
||||
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml,v 1.15 2009/09/03 22:13:47 tgl Exp $ -->
|
||||
<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="release-8-4-1">
|
||||
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<note>
|
||||
<title>Release date</title>
|
||||
<simpara>2009-09-09, AS OF 2009-08-26</simpara>
|
||||
<simpara>2009-09-09</simpara>
|
||||
</note>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
@ -31,26 +31,140 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix pg_dump <literal>--binary-upgrade</> to handle dropped inherited columns
|
||||
and their check constraints properly (Tom)
|
||||
Fix WAL page header initialization at the end of archive recovery
|
||||
(Heikki)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<literal>pg_dump --binary-upgrade</> is used by pg_migrator.
|
||||
This could lead to failure to process the WAL in a subsequent
|
||||
archive recovery.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix pg_dump <literal>--binary-upgrade</> to handle pg_largeobject frozen xid value
|
||||
(Bruce)
|
||||
Fix <quote>cannot make new WAL entries during recovery</> error (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Allow parentheses around the <literal>WITH</> query expression
|
||||
body (Tom)
|
||||
Fix problem that could make expired rows visible after a crash (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug involved a page status bit potentially not being set
|
||||
correctly after a server crash.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Disallow <command>RESET ROLE</> and <command>RESET SESSION
|
||||
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions (Tom, Heikki)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This covers a case that was missed in the previous patch that
|
||||
disallowed <command>SET ROLE</> and <command>SET SESSION
|
||||
AUTHORIZATION</> inside security-definer functions.
|
||||
(See CVE-2007-6600)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make <command>LOAD</> of an already-loaded loadable module
|
||||
into a no-op (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Formerly, <command>LOAD</> would attempt to unload and re-load the
|
||||
module, but this is unsafe and not all that useful.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Make window function <literal>PARTITION BY</> and <literal>ORDER BY</>
|
||||
items always be interpreted as simple expressions (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In 8.4.0 these lists were parsed following the rules used for
|
||||
top-level <literal>GROUP BY</> and <literal>ORDER BY</> lists.
|
||||
But this was not correct per the SQL standard, and it led to possible
|
||||
circularity.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix several errors in planning of semi-joins (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
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These led to wrong query results in some cases where <literal>IN</>
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or <literal>EXISTS</> was used together with another join.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of whole-row references to subqueries that are within
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an outer join (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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An example is
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<literal>SELECT COUNT(ss.*) FROM ... LEFT JOIN (SELECT ...) ss ON ...</>.
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Here, <literal>ss.*</> would be treated as <literal>ROW(NULL,NULL,...)</>
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for null-extended join rows, which is not the same as a simple NULL.
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Now it is treated as a simple NULL.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix Windows shared-memory allocation code (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
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</para>
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<para>
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This bug led to the often-reported <quote>could not reattach
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to shared memory</> error message.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix locale handling with plperl (Heikki)
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</para>
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<para>
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This bug could cause the server's locale setting to change when a
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plperl function is called, leading to data corruption.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix handling of reloptions to ensure setting one option doesn't
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force default values for others (Itagaki Takahiro)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Ensure that a <quote>fast shutdown</> request will forcibly terminate
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open sessions, even if a <quote>smart shutdown</> was already in progress
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(Fujii Masao)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
|
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<para>
|
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Avoid memory leak for <function>array_agg()</> in <literal>GROUP BY</>
|
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queries (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -67,19 +181,52 @@
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<listitem>
|
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<para>
|
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Fix locale handling with plperl (Heikki)
|
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Include the fractional part in the result of
|
||||
<function>EXTRACT(second)</> and
|
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<function>EXTRACT(milliseconds)</> for
|
||||
<type>time</> and <type>time with time zone</> inputs (Tom)
|
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</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug could cause the servers locale to change, leading to
|
||||
data corruption.
|
||||
This has always worked for floating-point datetime configurations,
|
||||
but was broken in the integer datetime code.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix <filename>/contrib/xml2</> <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
|
||||
Fix overflow for <literal>INTERVAL '<replaceable>x</> ms'</literal>
|
||||
when <replaceable>x</> is more than 2 million and integer
|
||||
datetimes are in use (Alex Hunsaker)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Improve performance when processing toasted values in index scans (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is particularly useful for <ulink
|
||||
url="http://postgis.refractions.net/">PostGIS</ulink>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix a typo that disabled <varname>commit_delay</> (Jeff Janes)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Output early-startup messages to <filename>postmaster.log</> if the
|
||||
server is started in silent mode (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Previously such error messages were discarded, leading to
|
||||
difficulty in debugging.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -97,79 +244,54 @@
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Reduce memory consumption of aggregates on arrays (Tom)
|
||||
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to not go into an infinite loop if
|
||||
<filename>postgresql.conf</> is empty (Jeff Davis)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Properly show fractional seconds and milliseconds for
|
||||
<function>EXTRACT()</> (Tom)
|
||||
Fix several errors in <application>pg_dump</>'s
|
||||
<literal>--binary-upgrade</> mode (Bruce, Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<literal>pg_dump --binary-upgrade</> is used by pg_migrator.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix case where <application>pg_ctl</> fast shutdown was not
|
||||
working if <application>pg_ctl</> smart shutdown was already in
|
||||
progress (Fujii Masao)
|
||||
Fix <filename>contrib/xml2</>'s <function>xslt_process()</> to
|
||||
properly handle the maximum number of parameters (twenty) (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix rare recovery error related to the creation of WAL entries (Tom)
|
||||
Improve robustness of <application>libpq</>'s code to recover
|
||||
from errors during <command>COPY FROM STDIN</> (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Re-add documentation for configure flag <literal>--no-readline</> (Andrew)
|
||||
Avoid including conflicting readline and editline header files
|
||||
when both libraries are installed (Zdenek Kotala)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix problem where Win32 shared memory allocation sometimes failed on
|
||||
startup (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug caused some Win32 backends to randomly not start.
|
||||
Work around gcc bug that causes <quote>floating-point exception</>
|
||||
instead of <quote>division by zero</> on some platforms (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Improve performance when processing TOAST rows (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is particularly useful for <ulink
|
||||
url="http://postgis.refractions.net/">PostGIS</ulink>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fix problem where expired rows could appear visible after a crash (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This bug involved a page status bit potentially not being set
|
||||
correctly after a server crash.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Output configuration file errors to <filename>postmaster.log</> if the
|
||||
server is started in silent mode (Tom)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Previously such error messages were discarded, leading to
|
||||
difficulty in debugging.
|
||||
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009l
|
||||
for DST law changes in Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
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