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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.46 2008/09/19 02:45:56 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.321.4.47 2008/10/30 22:23:25 tgl Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
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review, so each item is truly a community effort.
</para>
<sect1 id="release-8-0-19">
<title>Release 8.0.19</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.18.
For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-8-0">.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 8.0.19</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6,
see the release notes for 8.0.6.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized
error message (Tom)
</para>
<para>
We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if
the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't
be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain
ASCII error message when we detect such a situation.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible crash when deeply nested functions are invoked from
a trigger (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Ensure an error is reported when a newly-defined PL/pgSQL trigger
function is invoked as a normal function (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query
item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when
using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</>
build (Ron Mayer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</>
behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have
different numbers of columns (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed,
but these two functions didn't handle it properly.
The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE USER</> (Michael)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix recent breakage of <literal>pg_ctl restart</> (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2008i (for
DST law changes in Argentina, Brazil, Mauritius, Syria)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-8-0-18">
<title>Release 8.0.18</title>
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</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-23">
<title>Release 7.4.23</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2008-11-03</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.22.
For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-7-4">.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 7.4.23</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11,
see the release notes for 7.4.11.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix backend crash when the client encoding cannot represent a localized
error message (Tom)
</para>
<para>
We have addressed similar issues before, but it would still fail if
the <quote>character has no equivalent</> message itself couldn't
be converted. The fix is to disable localization and send the plain
ASCII error message when we detect such a situation.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix incorrect tsearch2 headline generation when single query
item matches first word of text (Sushant Sinha)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix improper display of fractional seconds in interval values when
using a non-ISO datestyle in an <option>--enable-integer-datetimes</>
build (Ron Mayer)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Ensure <function>SPI_getvalue</> and <function>SPI_getbinval</>
behave correctly when the passed tuple and tuple descriptor have
different numbers of columns (Tom)
</para>
<para>
This situation is normal when a table has had columns added or removed,
but these two functions didn't handle it properly.
The only likely consequence is an incorrect error indication.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix <application>ecpg</>'s parsing of <command>CREATE USER</> (Michael)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-22">
<title>Release 7.4.22</title>