-->
<para>
- Have pg_dump dump all aspects of a database (Haribabu Kommi)
+ Have <application>pg_dump</application> dump all aspects of a
+ database (Haribabu Kommi)
</para>
<para>
- Previously database attributes like GRANT/REVOKE permissions and ALTER
- DATABASE SET and ALTER ROLE IN DATABASE SET variable settings were only
- dumped by pg_dumpall. Now pg_dump --create and pg_restore --create
- will restore all database aspects. pg_dumpall -g will now only output
- role and tablespace-related attributes. pg_dumpall's output (without
- -g) is unchanged.
+ Previously database attributes like
+ <command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command> permissions
+ and <command>ALTER DATABASE SET</command> and <command>ALTER
+ ROLE IN DATABASE SET</command> variable settings were only dumped
+ by <application>pg_dumpall</application>. Now <command>pg_dump
+ --create</command> and <command>pg_restore --create</command> will
+ restore all database aspects. <command>pg_dumpall -g</command>
+ will now only output role and tablespace-related attributes.
+ <application>pg_dumpall</application>'s output (without
+ <option>-g</option>) is unchanged.
</para>
<para>
- pg_dump and pg_restore, without --clean, no longer dump/restore database
- comments and security labels.
+ <application>pg_dump</application> and
+ <application>pg_restore</application>, without
+ <option>--clean</option>, no longer dump/restore database comments
+ and security labels.
</para>
<para>
- pg_dumpall --clean now restores the "postgres" and "template1" databases
- with the original locale and encoding settings.
+ <command>pg_dumpall --clean</command> now restores the "postgres"
+ and "template1" databases with the original locale and encoding
+ settings.
</para>
<para>
- A restore of pg_dumpall will now create databases with their original
- locale and encoding, and will fail if the creation fails. Previously
- CREATE DATABASE would be dumped without such specifications if the
- database locale and encoding matched the old cluster's defaults.
+ A restore of <application>pg_dumpall</application> will now create
+ databases with their original locale and encoding, and will fail if
+ the creation fails. Previously <command>CREATE DATABASE</command>
+ would be dumped without such specifications if the database locale
+ and encoding matched the old cluster's defaults.
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Correct information schema column tables.table_type to return 'FOREIGN'
- instead of 'FOREIGN TABLE' (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Correct information schema column
+ <structname>tables</structname>.<structfield>table_type</structfield>
+ to return <literal>FOREIGN</literal> instead of <literal>FOREIGN
+ TABLE</literal> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<para>
Change the ps process display labels to match the
- pg_stat_activity.backend_type labels (Peter Eisentraut)
+ <structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield>
+ labels (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Prevent to_number() from consuming characters when the template
- separator does not match (Oliver Ford)
+ Prevent <function>to_number()</function> from consuming characters
+ when the template separator does not match (Oliver Ford)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, SELECT to_number('1234', '9,999') used to return '134'. It
- will now return '1234'. "L" and "TH" now only consume characters that
- are not digits, positive/negative signs, decimal points, and commas.
+ Specifically, <command>SELECT to_number('1234', '9,999')</command>
+ used to return <literal>134</literal>. It will now
+ return <literal>1234</literal>. <literal>L</literal> and
+ <literal>TH</literal> now only consume characters that are not
+ digits, positive/negative signs, decimal points, and commas.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Fix to_date(), to_number(), and to_timestamp() to skip a character for
- each template character (Tom Lane)
+ Fix <function>to_date()</function>,
+ <function>to_number()</function>, and
+ <function>to_timestamp()</function> to skip a character for each
+ template character (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Adjust the handling of backslashes inside double-quotes in template
- strings for to_char(), to_number(), and to_timestamp().
+ Adjust the handling of backslashes inside double-quotes in
+ template strings for <function>to_char()</function>,
+ <function>to_number()</function>, and
+ <function>to_timestamp()</function>.
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Have libpq's PQhost() always return the actual connected host (Hari
- Babu)
+ Have libpq's <function>PQhost()</function> always return the
+ actual connected host (Hari Babu)
</para>
<para>
- Previously PQhost() often returned the supplied host parameters, which
- could contain several hosts. The same is true of PQport(), which now
- returns the actual port number, not the multiple supplied port numbers.
- ACCURATE?
+ Previously <function>PQhost()</function> often returned the
+ supplied host parameters, which could contain several hosts.
+ The same is true of <function>PQport()</function>, which now
+ returns the actual port number, not the multiple supplied port
+ numbers. ACCURATE?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Remove relhaspkey column from system table pg_class (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Remove relhaspkey column from system table
+ <structname>pg_class</structname> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Applications needing to check for a primary key should consult pg_index.
+ Applications needing to check for a primary key should consult
+ <structname>pg_index</structname>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Replace system table pg_proc's proisagg and proiswindow with prokind
- (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Replace system table <structname>pg_proc</structname>'s
+ <structfield>proisagg</structfield> and
+ <structfield>proiswindow</structfield> with
+ <structfield>prokind</structfield> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Cause large object permission checks to happen on large object open,
- lo_open(), not read/write (Tom Lane)
+ Cause large object permission checks to happen on large object
+ open, <function>lo_open()</function>, not read/write (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Remove deprecated contrib/adminpack functions pg_file_read(),
- pg_file_length(), and pg_logfile_rotate() (Stephen Frost)
+ Remove deprecated contrib/adminpack functions
+ <function>pg_file_read()</function>,
+ <function>pg_file_length()</function>, and
+ <function>pg_logfile_rotate()</function> (Stephen Frost)
</para>
<para>
- These function are now present by default. Old adminpack installs will
- continue to have access to these functions until they are updated via
- ALTER EXTENSION ... UPDATE.
+ These function are now present by default. Old adminpack installs
+ will continue to have access to these functions until they are
+ updated via <command>ALTER EXTENSION ... UPDATE</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Honor the capitalization of double-quoted command options (Daniel
- Gustafsson)
+ Honor the capitalization of double-quoted command options
+ (Daniel Gustafsson)
</para>
<para>
Previously index options names like ("FillFactor" = 50) were
- automatically lower-cased. This quoted capitalization will now generate
- an error.
+ automatically lower-cased. This quoted capitalization will now
+ generate an error.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Remove WITH clause in CREATE FUNCTION (Michael Paquier)
+ Remove <literal>WITH</literal> clause in <command>CREATE
+ FUNCTION</command> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- Postgres has long supported a more standard-compliant syntax for this
- capability.
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has long supported a more
+ standard-compliant syntax for this capability.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow faster partition elimination during query processing (Amit Langote,
- David Rowley, Dilip Kumar)
+ Allow faster partition elimination during query processing (Amit
+ Langote, David Rowley, Dilip Kumar)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Allow partition elimination during query execution (David Rowley, Beena
- Emerson)
+ Allow partition elimination during query execution (David Rowley,
+ Beena Emerson)
</para>
<para>
- Previously partition elimination could only happen at planning time,
- meaning many joins and prepared queries could not use partition
- elimination.
+ Previously partition elimination could only happen at planning
+ time, meaning many joins and prepared queries could not use
+ partition elimination.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow updated rows to automatically move to new partitions based on the
- new row contents (Amit Khandekar)
+ Allow updated rows to automatically move to new partitions based
+ on the new row contents (Amit Khandekar)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- The default partition can store rows that don't match any of the other
- defined partitions, and is searched accordingly.
+ The default partition can store rows that don't match any of the
+ other defined partitions, and is searched accordingly.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow UNIQUE indexes on partitioned tables if the partition key
- guarantees uniqueness (Álvaro Herrera, Amit Langote)
+ Allow <literal>UNIQUE</literal> indexes on partitioned tables if
+ the partition key guarantees uniqueness (Álvaro Herrera,
+ Amit Langote)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow indexes on a partitioned table to be automatically created in any
- child partitions (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Allow indexes on a partitioned table to be automatically created
+ in any child partitions (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
- The new command ALTER INDEX ATTACH PARTITION allows indexes to be attached
- to partitions. This does not behave as a global index since the
- contents are private to each index. WARN WHEN USING AN EXISTING INDEX?
+ The new command <command>ALTER INDEX ATTACH PARTITION</command>
+ allows indexes to be attached to partitions. This does not behave
+ as a global index since the contents are private to each index.
+ WARN WHEN USING AN EXISTING INDEX?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow INSERTs, UPDATEs, and COPY on partitioned tables to properly route
+ Allow <command>INSERT</command>, <command>UPDATE</command>, and
+ <command>COPY</command> on partitioned tables to properly route
rows to foreign partitions (Etsuro Fujita, Amit Langote)
</para>
<para>
- This is supported by postgres_fdw foreign tables.
+ This is supported by <application>postgres_fdw</application>
+ foreign tables.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow FOR EACH ROW triggers on partitioned tables (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Allow <literal>FOR EACH ROW</literal> triggers on partitioned
+ tables (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
Creation of a trigger on partitioned tables automatically creates
- triggers on all partition tables, and on newly-created ones. This also
- allows deferred unique constraints on partitioned tables.
+ triggers on all partition tables, and on newly-created ones.
+ This also allows deferred unique constraints on partitioned tables.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Allow equality joins between partitioned tables with identically
- partitioned child tables to join the child tables directly (Ashutosh
- Bapat)
+ partitioned child tables to join the child tables directly
+ (Ashutosh Bapat)
</para>
<para>
This features is disabled by default but can be enabled by changing
- enable_partitionwise_join.
+ <varname>enable_partitionwise_join</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This features is disabled by default but can be enabled by changing
- enable_partitionwise_aggregate.
+ <varname>enable_partitionwise_aggregate</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow postgres_fdw to push down aggregates to foreign tables that are
- partitions (Jeevan Chalke)
+ Allow <application>postgres_fdw</application> to push down
+ aggregates to foreign tables that are partitions (Jeevan Chalke)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow indexes to be built in parallel (Peter
- Geoghegan, Rushabh Lathia, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow indexes to be built in parallel (Peter Geoghegan, Rushabh
+ Lathia, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow hash joins to be performed in parallel using a shared hash table
- (Thomas Munro)
+ Allow hash joins to be performed in parallel using a shared hash
+ table (Thomas Munro)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow UNION to run each SELECT in parallel if the individual SELECTs cannot be
- parallelized (Amit Khandekar, Robert Haas, Amul Sul)
+ Allow <literal>UNION</literal> to run each
+ <command>SELECT</command> in parallel if the individual
+ <command>SELECT</command>s cannot be parallelized (Amit Khandekar,
+ Robert Haas, Amul Sul)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow partition scans to more efficiently use parallel workers (Amit Khandekar, Robert
- Haas, Amul Sul)
+ Allow partition scans to more efficiently use parallel workers
+ (Amit Khandekar, Robert Haas, Amul Sul)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow LIMIT to be passed to parallel workers (Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
+ Allow <literal>LIMIT</literal> to be passed to parallel workers
+ (Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- This allows workers to reduce returned results and use targeted index
- scans.
+ This allows workers to reduce returned results and use targeted
+ index scans.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add server option parallel_leader_participation to control if the leader
- executes subplans (Thomas Munro)
+ Add server option <varname>parallel_leader_participation</varname>
+ to control if the leader executes subplans (Thomas Munro)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Allow parallelization of commands CREATE TABLE .. AS, SELECT INTO, and CREATE
- MATERIALIZED VIEW (Haribabu Kommi)
+ Allow parallelization of commands <command>CREATE TABLE
+ .. AS</command>, <command>SELECT INTO</command>, and
+ <command>CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW</command> (Haribabu Kommi)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add reporting of parallel worker sort activity to EXPLAIN (Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
+ Add reporting of parallel worker sort activity to
+ <command>EXPLAIN</command> (Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow indexes to INCLUDE columns that are not part of the unique
- constraint but are available for index-only scans (Anastasia
- Lubennikova, Alexander Korotkov, Teodor Sigaev)
+ Allow indexes to <literal>INCLUDE</literal> columns that are not
+ part of the unique constraint but are available for index-only
+ scans (Anastasia Lubennikova, Alexander Korotkov, Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
- This is also useful for including columns that don't have btree support.
+ This is also useful for including columns that don't have btree
+ support.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Remember the highest btree index page to optimize future monotonically
- increasing index additions (Pavan Deolasee, Peter Geoghegan)
+ Remember the highest btree index page to optimize future
+ monotonically increasing index additions (Pavan Deolasee, Peter
+ Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add predicate locking for Hash, GiST and GIN indexes (Shubham Barai)
+ Add predicate locking for Hash, GiST and GIN indexes (Shubham
+ Barai)
</para>
<para>
- This reduces the likelyhood of serialization conflicts. ACCURATE?
+ This reduces the likelihood of serialization conflicts. ACCURATE?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow heap-only-tuple (HOT) updates for expression indexes when the
- values of the expressions are unchanged (Konstantin Knizhnik)
+ Allow heap-only-tuple (<acronym>HOT</acronym>) updates for
+ expression indexes when the values of the expressions are unchanged
+ (Konstantin Knizhnik)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add TEXT prefix operator ^@ which is supported by SP-GiST (Ildus
- Kurbangaliev)
+ Add <type>TEXT</type> prefix operator ^@ which is supported by
+ SP-GiST (Ildus Kurbangaliev)
</para>
<para>
- This is similar to using LIKE 'word%' with btree indexes, but is more efficient.
+ This is similar to using <literal>LIKE</literal> 'word%' with
+ btree indexes, but is more efficient.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow polygons to be indexed with SP-GiST (Nikita Glukhov, Alexander
- Korotkov)
+ Allow polygons to be indexed with SP-GiST (Nikita Glukhov,
+ Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Improve the selection of the optimizer statistics' most-common-values
- (Jeff Janes, Dean Rasheed)
+ Improve the selection of the optimizer statistics'
+ most-common-values (Jeff Janes, Dean Rasheed)
</para>
<para>
- Previously most-common-values (MCV) were chosen based on their
- significance compared to all column values. Now, MCV are chosen based
- on their significance compared to the non-MCV values. This improves the
- statistics for uniform (fewer) and non-uniform (more) distributions.
+ Previously most-common-values (<acronym>MCV</acronym>) were
+ chosen based on their significance compared to all column
+ values. Now, <acronym>MCV</acronym> are chosen based on their
+ significance compared to the non-<acronym>MCV</acronym> values.
+ This improves the statistics for uniform (fewer) and non-uniform
+ (more) distributions.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Improve selectivity estimates for >= and <= when the constants are not
- common values (Tom Lane)
+ Improve selectivity estimates for >= and <= when the
+ constants are not common values (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- Previously such cases used the same selectivity as > and <,
- respectively. This change is particularly useful for BETWEEN with
- small ranges.
+ Previously such cases used the same selectivity as > and
+ <, respectively. This change is particularly useful for
+ <literal>BETWEEN</literal> with small ranges.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Optimize var = var to var IS NOT NULL where equivalent (Tom Lane)
+ Optimize var = var to var <literal>IS NOT NULL</literal> where
+ equivalent (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Improve row count optimizer estimates for EXISTS and NOT EXISTS queries (Tom
- Lane)
+ Improve row count optimizer estimates for <literal>EXISTS</literal>
+ and <literal>NOT EXISTS</literal> queries (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add optimizer selectivity costs for HAVING clauses (Tom Lane)
+ Add optimizer selectivity costs for <literal>HAVING</literal>
+ clauses (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add Just-In-time (JIT) compilation of plans run the by the executor
+ Add Just-In-Time (<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of plans
+ run the by the executor
(Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow bitmap scans to perform index-only scans when possible (Alexander
- Kuzmenkov)
+ Allow bitmap scans to perform index-only scans when possible
+ (Alexander Kuzmenkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
-2018-03-29 [851a26e26] While vacuuming a large table, update upper-level FSM da
+2018-03-29 [851a26e26] While vacuuming a large table, update upper-level <acronym>FSM</acronym> da
2018-03-30 [c79f6df75] Do index FSM vacuuming sooner.
-->
-->
<para>
- Improve performance of committing multiple concurrent transactions (Amit Kapila)
+ Improve performance of committing multiple concurrent transactions
+ (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Reduce memory usage for queries using set-returning functions in their
- target lists (Andres Freund)
+ Reduce memory usage for queries using set-returning functions in
+ their target lists (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow postgres_fdw to push UPDATEs and DELETEs using joins to foreign
- servers (Etsuro Fujita)
+ Allow <application>postgres_fdw</application> to push
+ <command>UPDATE</command>s and <command>DELETE</command>s using
+ joins to foreign servers (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
<para>
- Previously only non-join UPDATEs and DELETEs were pushed.
+ Previously only non-join <command>UPDATE</command>s and
+ <command>DELETE</command>s were pushed.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Show memory usage in log_statement_stats, log_parser_stats,
- log_planner_stats, log_executor_stats (Justin Pryzby, Peter Eisentraut)
+ Show memory usage in <varname>log_statement_stats</varname>,
+ <varname>log_parser_stats</varname>,
+ <varname>log_planner_stats</varname>,
+ <varname>log_executor_stats</varname> (Justin Pryzby, Peter
+ Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_stat_activity.backend_type now shows the type of background worker
-(Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add
+ <structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield>
+ now shows the type of background worker (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Add bgw_type to the background worker C structure (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <structfield>bgw_type</structfield> to the background worker
+ C structure (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- This is displayed to the user in pg_stat_activity.backend_type and ps
- output.
+ This is displayed to the user in
+ <structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield>
+ and <application>ps</application> output.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Have log_autovacuum_min_duration log skipped tables that are
- concurrently being dropped (Nathan Bossart)
+ Have <varname>log_autovacuum_min_duration</varname> log skipped
+ tables that are concurrently being dropped (Nathan Bossart)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add information_schema columns related to table constraints and triggers
- (Michael Paquier)
+ Add information_schema columns related to table constraints and
+ triggers (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, table_constraints.enforced, triggers.action_order,
- triggers.action_reference_old_table, and
- triggers.action_reference_new_table.
+ Specifically,
+ <structname>table_constraints</structname>.<structfield>enforced</structfield>,
+ <structname>triggers</structname>.<structfield>action_order</structfield>,
+ <structname>triggers</structname>.<structfield>action_reference_old_table</structfield>,
+ and
+ <structname>triggers</structname>.<structfield>action_reference_new_table</structfield>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add libpq option to support channel binding when using SCRAM
- authentication (Michael Paquier)
+ Add libpq option to support channel binding when using
+ <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- Channel binding requires the server end of the TLS connection to prove
+ Channel binding requires the server end of
+ the <acronym>TLS</acronym> connection to prove
that it knows the password. The options are
- 'scram_channel_binding=tls-unique' and
- 'scram_channel_binding=tls-server-end-point'.
+ <option>scram_channel_binding=tls-unique</option> and
+ <option>scram_channel_binding=tls-server-end-point</option>.
</para>
<para>
- WHAT DOES THIS DOC TEXT MEAN? "An empty value specifies that the client will not
- use channel binding. The default value is tls-unique."
+ WHAT DOES THIS DOC TEXT MEAN? "An empty value specifies that
+ the client will not use channel binding. The default value
+ is tls-unique."
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow the server to specify more complex LDAP specifications in
- search+bind mode (Thomas Munro)
+ Allow the server to specify more complex <acronym>LDAP</acronym>
+ specifications in search+bind mode (Thomas Munro)
</para>
<para>
Specifically, "ldapsearchfilter" allows pattern matching using
- combinations of LDAP attributes.
+ combinations of <acronym>LDAP</acronym> attributes.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow LDAP authentication to use ldaps (Thomas Munro)
+ Allow <acronym>LDAP</acronym> authentication to use ldaps
+ (Thomas Munro)
</para>
<para>
- We already supported LDAP over TLS by using ldaptls=1. This new TLS
- LDAP method of encrypted LDAP is enabled with ldapscheme=ldaps or
+ We already supported <acronym>LDAP</acronym> over
+ <acronym>TLS</acronym> by using ldaptls=1. This new
+ <acronym>TLS</acronym> <acronym>LDAP</acronym> method of encrypted
+ <acronym>LDAP</acronym> is enabled with ldapscheme=ldaps or
ldapurl=ldaps://.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Improve LDAP logging of errors (Thomas Munro)
+ Improve <acronym>LDAP</acronym> logging of errors (Thomas Munro)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, the new roles are: pg_read_server_files,
- pg_write_server_files, pg_execute_server_program. These roles now also
- control who can use COPY and extension file_fdw. Previously only
- super-users could use these functions, and that is still the default
- behavior.
+ Specifically, the new roles are:
+ <literal>pg_read_server_files</literal>,
+ <literal>pg_write_server_files</literal>,
+ <literal>pg_execute_server_program</literal>. These roles now
+ also control who can use <command>COPY</command> and extension
+ <application>file_fdw</application>. Previously only super-users
+ could use these functions, and that is still the default behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow access to file system functions to be controlled by GRANT/REVOKE
- permissions, rather than super-user checks (Michael Paquier)
+ Allow access to file system functions to be controlled by
+ <command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command> permissions,
+ rather than super-user checks (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, these functions were modified: pg_ls_dir(), pg_read_file(),
- pg_read_binary_file(), pg_stat_file().
+ Specifically, these functions were
+ modified: <function>pg_ls_dir()</function>,
+ <function>pg_read_file()</function>,
+ <function>pg_read_binary_file()</function>,
+ <function>pg_stat_file()</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Use GRANT/REVOKE to control access to lo_import() and lo_export()
- (Michael Paquier)
+ Use <command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command>
+ to control access to <function>lo_import()</function> and
+ <function>lo_export()</function> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Use view owner not session owner when preventing non-password access to
- postgres_fdw tables (Robert Haas)
+ Use view owner not session owner when preventing non-password
+ access to <application>postgres_fdw</application> tables
+ (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- Postgres only allows super-users to access postgres_fdw tables without
- passwords, e.g. via peer. Previously the session owner had to be a
- super-user to allow such access; now the view owner is checked instead.
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> only allows super-users to
+ access <application>postgres_fdw</application> tables without
+ passwords, e.g. via peer. Previously the session owner had to
+ be a super-user to allow such access; now the view owner is
+ checked instead.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Fix invalid locking permission check in SELECT FOR UPDATE on views (Tom
- Lane)
+ Fix invalid locking permission check in <command>SELECT FOR
+ UPDATE</command> on views (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add server setting ssl_passphrase_command to allow supplying of the the
- passphrase for SSL key files (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add server setting <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname> to
+ allow supplying of the the passphrase for <acronym>SSL</acronym>
+ key files (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Also add ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload to specify whether the
- the SSL configuration should be reloaded and ssl_passphrase_command
+ Also add <varname>ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload</varname>
+ to specify whether the the <acronym>SSL</acronym> configuration
+ should be reloaded and <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname>
called during a server configuration reload.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add server variable toast_tuple_target to control the minimum length
- before TOAST storage will be considered for new rows (Simon Riggs)
+ Add server variable <varname>toast_tuple_target</varname>
+ to control the minimum length before <acronym>TOAST</acronym>
+ storage will be considered for new rows (Simon Riggs)
</para>
<para>
- The default TOAST threshold has not been changed.
+ The default <acronym>TOAST</acronym> threshold has not been
+ changed.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow bytes to be specified for server variable sizes (Beena Emerson)
+ Allow bytes to be specified for server variable sizes (Beena
+ Emerson)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Allow the WAL file size to be set via initdb (Beena Emerson)
+ Allow the <acronym>WAL</acronym> file size to be set via initdb
+ (Beena Emerson)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- No longer retain WAL that spans two checkpoints (Simon Riggs)
+ No longer retain <acronym>WAL</acronym> that spans two checkpoints
+ (Simon Riggs)
</para>
<para>
- The retention of WAL records for only one checkpoint is required.
+ The retention of <acronym>WAL</acronym> records for only one
+ checkpoint is required.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Fill the unused portion of force-switched WAL segment files with zeros
- for improved compressibility (Chapman Flack)
+ Fill the unused portion of force-switched <acronym>WAL</acronym>
+ segment files with zeros for improved compressibility (Chapman
+ Flack)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Replicate TRUNCATE activity when using logical replication (Simon Riggs,
- Marco Nenciarini, Peter Eisentraut)
+ Replicate <command>TRUNCATE</command> activity when using logical
+ replication (Simon Riggs, Marco Nenciarini, Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Pass prepared transaction information to logical replication subscribers
- (Nikhil Sontakke, Stas Kelvich)
+ Pass prepared transaction information to logical replication
+ subscribers (Nikhil Sontakke, Stas Kelvich)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Exclude unlogged and temporary tables from streaming base backups (David
- Steele)
+ Exclude unlogged and temporary tables from streaming base backups
+ (David Steele)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Allow heap pages checksums to be checked during streaming base backup
- (Michael Banck)
+ Allow heap pages checksums to be checked during streaming base
+ backup (Michael Banck)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow replication slots to be advanced programatically, rather than be
- consumed by subscribers (Petr Jelinek)
+ Allow replication slots to be advanced programatically, rather
+ than be consumed by subscribers (Petr Jelinek)
</para>
<para>
- This allows efficient advancement replication slots when the contents do
- not need to be consumed. This is performed by pg_replication_slot_advance().
+ This allows efficient advancement replication slots when the
+ contents do not need to be consumed. This is performed by
+ <function>pg_replication_slot_advance()</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add timeline information to the backup_label file (Simon Riggs)
+ Add timeline information to the <filename>backup_label</filename>
+ file (Simon Riggs)
</para>
<para>
- Also add a check that the WAL timeline matches the backup_label file's
- timeline.
+ Also add a check that the <acronym>WAL</acronym> timeline matches
+ the <filename>backup_label</filename> file's timeline.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add host and port connection information to the pg_stat_wal_receiver
- system view (Haribabu Kommi)
+ Add host and port connection information to the
+ <structname>pg_stat_wal_receiver</structname> system view
+ (Haribabu Kommi)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Document that pg_internal.init files do not need to be included in the
- base backup (David Steele)
+ Document that <filename>pg_internal.init</filename> files do not
+ need to be included in the base backup (David Steele)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add window function features to complete SQL:2011 compliance (Oliver
- Ford, Tom Lane)
+ Add window function features to complete SQL:2011 compliance
+ (Oliver Ford, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, allow RANGE mode to use PRECEDING and FOLLOWING to specify
- peer groups with values plus or minus the specified offset. Add
- GROUPS mode to include plus or minus the number of peer groups. Frame
- exclusion syntax was also added.
+ Specifically, allow <literal>RANGE</literal> mode to use
+ <literal>PRECEDING</literal> and <literal>FOLLOWING</literal> to
+ specify peer groups with values plus or minus the specified offset.
+ Add <literal>GROUPS</literal> mode to include plus or minus the
+ number of peer groups. Frame exclusion syntax was also added.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow NOT NULL to be added to columns without requiring a table rewrite
- (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)
+ Allow <literal>NOT NULL</literal> to be added to columns without
+ requiring a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow views to be locked by locking the underlying tables (Yugo Nagata)
+ Allow views to be locked by locking the underlying tables
+ (Yugo Nagata)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow ALTER INDEX to set statistics-gathering targets for expression
- indexes (Alexander Korotkov, Adrien nayrat)
+ Allow <command>ALTER INDEX</command> to set statistics-gathering
+ targets for expression indexes (Alexander Korotkov, Adrien nayrat)
</para>
<para>
- In psql, \d+ now shows the statistics target for indexes.
+ In <application>psql</application>, \d+ now shows the statistics
+ target for indexes.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow multiple tables to be specified in one VACUUM or ANALYZE command
+ Allow multiple tables to be specified in one
+ <command>VACUUM</command> or <command>ANALYZE</command> command
(Nathan Bossart)
</para>
<para>
- Also, if any table mentioned in VACUUM uses a column list, then ANALYZE
- keyword must be supplied; previously ANALYZE was implied in such cases.
+ Also, if any table mentioned in <command>VACUUM</command> uses
+ a column list, then <command>ANALYZE</command> keyword must be
+ supplied; previously <command>ANALYZE</command> was implied in
+ such cases.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add parenthesized options syntax to ANALYZE (Nathan Bossart)
+ Add parenthesized options syntax to <command>ANALYZE</command>
+ (Nathan Bossart)
</para>
<para>
- This is similar to the syntax supported by VACUUM.
+ This is similar to the syntax supported by
+ <command>VACUUM</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add CREATE AGGREGATE option to specify the behavior of the aggregate
- finalization function (Tom Lane)
+ Add <command>CREATE AGGREGATE</command> option to specify the
+ behavior of the aggregate finalization function (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- This is useful for allowing aggregate functions be optimized and to work
- as window functions.
+ This is useful for allowing aggregate functions be optimized and
+ to work as window functions.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This also allows array_agg() to be used on domains.
+ This also allows <function>array_agg()</function> to be used
+ on domains.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Also allow PL/PL/Perl, PL/Python, and PL/Tcl to handle composite-domain
- function arguments and results. Also improve PL/Python domain handling.
+ Also allow PL/PL/Perl, PL/Python, and PL/Tcl to handle
+ composite-domain function arguments and results. Also improve
+ PL/Python domain handling.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add SHA-2 family of hash functions (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <acronym>SHA</acronym>-2 family of hash functions (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, sha224(), sha256(), sha384(), sha512() were added.
+ Specifically, <function>sha224()</function>,
+ <function>sha256()</function>, <function>sha384()</function>,
+ <function>sha512()</function> were added.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add support for 64-bit non-cryptographic hash functions (Robert Haas, Amul Sul)
+ Add support for 64-bit non-cryptographic hash functions (Robert
+ Haas, Amul Sul)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow to_char() and to_timestamp() to specify the time zone's hours and
- minutes from UTC (Nikita Glukhov, Andrew Dunstan)
+ Allow <function>to_char()</function> and
+ <function>to_timestamp()</function> to specify the time zone's
+ hours and minutes from <acronym>UTC</acronym> (Nikita Glukhov,
+ Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
- This is done with format specifications TZH and TZM.
-
+ This is done with format specifications <literal>TZH</literal>
+ and <literal>TZM</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<!--
2018-01-09 [69c3936a1] Expression evaluation based aggregate transition invocat
-->
- </para>
<para>
Improve the speed of aggregate computations (Andres Freund)
-->
<para>
- Add text search function websearch_to_tsquery() that supports a queries
- syntax similar to that used by web search engines (Victor Drobny, Dmitry
- Ivanov)
+ Add text search function
+ <function>websearch_to_tsquery()</function> that supports a queries
+ syntax similar to that used by web search engines (Victor Drobny,
+ Dmitry Ivanov)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add functionjson(b)_to_tsvector to create usable text search queries
- matching JSON/JSONB values (Dmitry Dolgov)
+ Add function <function>json(b)_to_tsvector()</function> to create
+ text search query for matching <type>JSON</type>/<type>JSONB
+ </type>values (Dmitry Dolgov)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add SQL procedures, which can start and commit their own transactions
+ Add SQL procedures, which can start and commit their own
+ transactions
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- They are created with the new CREATE PROCEDURE command and invoked via
- CALL. The new ALTER/DROP ROUTINE commands allows altering/dropping of
- procedures, functions, and aggregates.
+ They are created with the new <command>CREATE PROCEDURE</command>
+ command and invoked via <command>CALL</command>. The new
+ <command>ALTER</command>/<command>DROP ROUTINE</command> commands
+ allows altering/dropping of procedures, functions, and aggregates.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add transaction control to PL/pgSQL, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Tcl, and SPI
- server-side languages (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add transaction control to PL/pgSQL, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Tcl,
+ and <acronym>SPI</acronym> server-side languages (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- Transaction control is only available to top-transaction-level CALLs or
- in nested PL/pgSQL DO and CALL blocks that only contain other PL/pgSQL
- DO and CALL blocks. ACCURATE?
+ Transaction control is only available to top-transaction-level
+ <command>CALL</command>s or in nested PL/pgSQL DO and
+ <command>CALL</command> blocks that only contain other PL/pgSQL
+ <command>DO</command> and <command>CALL</command> blocks.
+ ACCURATE?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add the ability to define PL/pgSQL record types as not null, constant, or
- with initial values (Tom Lane)
+ Add the ability to define PL/pgSQL record types as not null,
+ constant, or with initial values (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add extension jsonb_plpython to transform JSONB to/from PL/Python
- types (Anthony Bykov)
+ Add extension <application>jsonb_plpython</application> to
+ transform <type>JSONB </type>to/from PL/Python types (Anthony
+ Bykov)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add extension jsonb_plpython to transform JSONB to/from PL/Perl types
- (Anthony Bykov)
+ Add extension <application>jsonb_plperl</application> to
+ transform <type>JSONB </type>to/from PL/Perl types (Anthony Bykov)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Compression is already disabled in modern OpenSSL versions and the libpq
- setting had no effect in that case.
+ Compression is already disabled in modern OpenSSL versions and
+ the libpq setting had no effect in that case.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
-2017-08-25 [d22e9d530] Implement DO CONTINUE action for ECPG WHENEVER statement
+2017-08-25 [d22e9d530] Implement <literal>DO CONTINUE</literal> action for <literal>ECPG WHENEVER</literal> statement
-->
<para>
- Add DO CONTINUE action to the ECPG WHENEVER statement (Vinayak Pokale)
+ Add <literal>DO CONTINUE</literal> action to the <literal>ECPG
+ WHENEVER</literal> statement (Vinayak Pokale)
</para>
<para>
- This generates a C 'continue' statement, causing a return to the top of
- the contained loop when the specified condition occurs.
+ This generates a C 'continue' statement, causing a return to the
+ top of the contained loop when the specified condition occurs.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This mode is enabled with -C.
+ This mode is enabled with <option>-C</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add psql command \gdesc to display the column names and types of the
- query output (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <application>psql</application> command \gdesc to display
+ the column names and types of the query output (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add psql variables to report query activity and errors (Fabien Coelho)
+ Add <application>psql</application> variables to report query
+ activity and errors (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, the new variables are ERROR, SQLSTATE, ROW_COUNT,
- LAST_ERROR_MESSAGE, and LAST_ERROR_SQLSTATE.
+ Specifically, the new variables are <literal>ERROR</literal>,
+ <literal>SQLSTATE</literal>, <literal>ROW_COUNT</literal>,
+ <literal>LAST_ERROR_MESSAGE</literal>, and
+ <literal>LAST_ERROR_SQLSTATE</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow psql to test for the existence of a variable (Fabien Coelho)
+ Allow <application>psql</application> to test for the existence
+ of a variable (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically , the syntax :{?variable_name} allows a variable's
- existence to be tested in an \if statement.
+ Specifically , the syntax <literal>:{?variable_name}</literal>
+ allows a variable's existence to be tested in an \if statement.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add PSQL_PAGER to control psql's pager (Pavel Stehule)
+ Add <envar>PSQL_PAGER</envar> to control
+ <application>psql</application>'s pager (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
- This allows psql's default pager to be specified as a separate environment
- variable from the pager for other applications. PAGER is still honored
- if PSQL_PAGER is not set.
+ This allows <application>psql</application>'s default pager to
+ be specified as a separate environment variable from the pager
+ for other applications. <envar>PAGER</envar> is still honored
+ if <envar>PSQL_PAGER</envar> is not set.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Have psql \d+ show a partition count of zero (Amit Langote)
+ Have <application>psql</application> \d+ show a partition count
+ of zero (Amit Langote)
</para>
<para>
- Previously no partition information would be displayed for such tables.
- Also indicate which partitions are themselves partitioned.
+ Previously no partition information would be displayed for such
+ tables. Also indicate which partitions are themselves partitioned.
ACCURATE?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Have psql report the proper user name before the password prompt (Tom
- Lane)
+ Have <application>psql</application> report the proper user name
+ before the password prompt (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
- Previously, combinations of -U and a user name embedded in a URI caused
- incorrect reporting. Also suppress the user name before the password
- prompt when --password is specified.
+ Previously, combinations of <option>-U</option> and a user name
+ embedded in a <acronym>URI</acronym> caused incorrect reporting.
+ Also suppress the user name before the password prompt when
+ <option>--password</option> is specified.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow 'quit' and 'exit' to exit psql when used in an empty buffer (Bruce
- Momjian)
+ Allow 'quit' and 'exit' to exit <application>psql</application>
+ when used in an empty buffer (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
- Also add hints of how to exit when 'quit' and 'exit' are used alone on a
- line in a non-empty buffer. Add a similar hint for 'help'.
+ Also add hints of how to exit when 'quit' and 'exit' are used alone
+ on a line in a non-empty buffer. Add a similar hint for 'help'.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Have psql hint at using control-D when \q is entered alone on a line but
- ignored (Bruce Momjian)
+ Have <application>psql</application> hint at using control-D when
+ \q is entered alone on a line but ignored (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Improve tab-completion for ALTER INDEX RESET/SET (Masahiko Sawada)
+ Improve tab-completion for <command>ALTER INDEX
+ RESET</command>/<command>SET</command> (Masahiko Sawada)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add infrastructure to allow psql to customize tab completion queries
- based on the server version (Tom Lane)
+ Add infrastructure to allow <application>psql</application>
+ to customize tab completion queries based on the server version
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Add major scripting features to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
+ Add pgbench expressions support for NULLs, booleans, and some
+ functions and operators (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add \if macro support to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
+ Add \if conditional support to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow the use of non-ASCII characters in pgbench variable names (Fabien
- Coelho)
+ Allow the use of non-<acronym>ASCII</acronym> characters in
+ pgbench variable names (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pgbench option --init-steps to control the initialization steps
- performed (Masahiko Sawada)
+ Add pgbench option <option>--init-steps</option> to control the
+ initialization steps performed (Masahiko Sawada)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add approximated Zipfian-distributed random generator to pgbench (Alik
- Khilazhev)
+ Add approximated Zipfian-distributed random generator to pgbench
+ (Alik Khilazhev)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow pgbench to do exponentiation with pow() and power() (Raúl
- Marín Rodríguez)
+ Allow pgbench to do exponentiation with <function>pow()</function>
+ and <function>power()</function> (Raúl Marín
+ Rodríguez)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Make pgbench statistics more accurate when using --latency-limit and
- --rate (Fabien Coelho)
+ Make pgbench statistics more accurate when using
+ <option>--latency-limit</option> and <option>--rate</option>
+ (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_basebackup option to create a named replication slot (Michael Banck)
+ Add <application>pg_basebackup</application> option to create a
+ named replication slot (Michael Banck)
</para>
<para>
- The option --create-slot creates the named replication slot (--slot)
- when the WAL streaming method (-wal-method=stream) is used.
+ The option <option>--create-slot</option> creates
+ the named replication slot (<option>--slot</option>)
+ when the <acronym>WAL</acronym> streaming method
+ (<option>-wal-method=stream</option>) is used.
</para>
<para>
- IS IT CLEAR FROM THE DOCS THAT THE REPLICATION SLOT IS NOT TEMPORARY?
+ IS IT CLEAR FROM THE DOCS THAT THE REPLICATION SLOT IS NOT
+ TEMPORARY?
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow initdb to set group read access to the data directory (David
- Steele)
+ Allow initdb to set group read access to the data directory
+ (David Steele)
</para>
<para>
- This is accomplished with the initdb --allow-group-access flag.
- Administrators can also set group permissions on the empty data
- directory before running initdb. Server variable data_directory_mode
- allows reading of data directory group permissions.
+ This is accomplished with the initdb
+ <option>--allow-group-access</option> flag. Administrators
+ can also set group permissions on the empty data
+ directory before running initdb. Server variable
+ <varname>data_directory_mode</varname> allows reading of data
+ directory group permissions.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_verify_checksums tool to verify database checksums while offline
- (Magnus Hagander)
+ Add <application>pg_verify_checksums</application> tool to verify
+ database checksums while offline (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow pg_resetwal to change the WAL segment size via --wal-segsize (Nathan
- Bossart)
+ Allow <application>pg_resetwal</application> to
+ change the <acronym>WAL</acronym> segment size via
+ <option>--wal-segsize</option> (Nathan Bossart)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add long options to pg_resetwal and pg_controldata (Nathan Bossart,
+ Add long options to <application>pg_resetwal</application>
+ and <application>pg_controldata</application> (Nathan Bossart,
Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_receivewal option --no-sync to prevent synchronous WAL writes
- (Michael Paquier)
+ Add <application>pg_receivewal</application> option
+ <option>--no-sync</option> to prevent synchronous
+ <acronym>WAL</acronym> writes (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_receivewal option --endpos to specify when WAL receiving should
- stop (Michael Paquier)
+ Add <application>pg_receivewal</application> option
+ <option>--endpos</option> to specify when <acronym>WAL</acronym>
+ receiving should stop (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow pg_ctl to send the SIGKILL signal to processes (Andres Freund)
+ Allow <application>pg_ctl</application> to send the
+ <literal>SIGKILL</literal> signal to processes (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Reduce the number of files copied by pg_rewind (Michael Paquier)
+ Reduce the number of files copied by
+ <application>pg_rewind</application> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Prevent pg_rewind from running as root (Magnus Hagander)
+ Prevent <application>pg_rewind</application> from running as
+ <literal>root</literal> (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_dumpall option --encoding to control encoding (Michael Paquier)
+ Add <application>pg_dumpall</application> option
+ <option>--encoding</option> to control encoding (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
- pg_dump already had this option.
+ <application>pg_dump</application> already had this option.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pg_dump option --load-via-partition-root to force loading of data
- into the partition's root table, rather than the original partitions
+ Add <application>pg_dump</application> option
+ <option>--load-via-partition-root</option> to force loading of
+ data into the partition's root table, rather than the original
+ partitions
(Rushabh Lathia)
</para>
<para>
This is useful if the system to be loaded has a different collation
- definitions or endianness, requiring the rows to be stored in different partitions.
+ definitions or endianness, requiring the rows to be stored in
+ different partitions.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add ability to suppress dumping and restoring of comments (Robins Tharakan)
+ Add ability to suppress dumping and restoring of comments
+ (Robins Tharakan)
</para>
<para>
- The new pg_dump, pg_dumpall, and pg_restore option is --no-comments.
+ The new <application>pg_dump</application>,
+ <application>pg_dumpall</application>, and
+ <application>pg_restore</application> option is
+ <option>--no-comments</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add support for with huge(large) pages on Windows (Takayuki Tsunakawa,
- Thomas Munro)
+ Add support for with huge(large) pages on Windows (Takayuki
+ Tsunakawa, Thomas Munro)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add support for ARMv8 hardware CRC calculations (Yuqi Gu, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Add support for <productname>ARMv8</productname> hardware
+ <acronym>CRC</acronym> calculations (Yuqi Gu, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add configure flag --with-llvm to test for LLVM support (Andres Freund)
+ Add configure flag <option>--with-llvm</option> to test for
+ <acronym>LLVM</acronym> support (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Have configure check for the availability of a C++ compiler (Andres
- Freund)
+ Have configure check for the availability of a C++ compiler
+ (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Convert documentation to DocBook XML (Peter Eisentraut, Alexander
- Lakhin, Jürgen Purtz)
+ Convert documentation to DocBook <acronym>XML</acronym> (Peter
+ Eisentraut, Alexander Lakhin, Jürgen Purtz)
</para>
<para>
- The file names still use an 'sgml' extension for compatibility with back
- branches.
+ The file names still use an 'sgml' extension for compatibility
+ with back branches.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Overhaul the way system tables are defined for bootstrap use (John
- Naylor)
+ Overhaul the way system tables are defined for bootstrap use
+ (John Naylor)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow background workers to attach to databases that normally disallow
- connections (Magnus Hagander)
+ Allow background workers to attach to databases that normally
+ disallow connections (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Speed up lookups of builtin function names matching oids (Andres Freund)
+ Speed up lookups of builtin function names matching oids (Andres
+ Freund)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Make the computation of system column pg_class.reltuples consistent
+ Make the computation of system column
+ <structname>pg_class</structname>.<structfield>reltuples</structfield>
+ consistent
(Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Replacement sorts were determined to be no longer useful. Also remove
- server variable replacement sorts.
+ Replacement sorts were determined to be no longer useful.
+ Also remove server variable replacement sorts.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow extension pg_prewarm to restore the previous shared buffer
- contents on startup (Mithun Cy, Robert Haas)
+ Allow extension <application>pg_prewarm</application> to restore
+ the previous shared buffer contents on startup (Mithun Cy,
+ Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- This is accomplished by having pg_prewarm store the shared buffer
- relation/offset values to disk occasionally during server operation and
- shutdown.
+ This is accomplished by having
+ <application>pg_prewarm</application> store the shared buffer
+ relation/offset values to disk occasionally during server operation
+ and shutdown.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Add pgtrgm function strict_word_similarity() to compute the similarity
- of whole words (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Add pgtrgm function <function>strict_word_similarity()</function>
+ to compute the similarity of whole words (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
<para>
- The function word_similarity() already existed for this purpose, but it
- was designed to find similar parts of words, while
- strict_word_similarity() computes the similarity to whole words.
+ The function <function>word_similarity()</function> already
+ existed for this purpose, but it was designed to find similar
+ parts of words, while <function>strict_word_similarity()</function>
+ computes the similarity to whole words.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow creation of indexes on citext-extension columns that can be used
- by LIKE comparisons (Alexey Chernyshov)
+ Allow creation of indexes on citext-extension columns that can
+ be used by <literal>LIKE</literal> comparisons (Alexey Chernyshov)
</para>
<para>
- Specifically, indexes must be created using the citext_pattern_ops
- operator class.
+ Specifically, indexes must be created using the
+ <literal>citext_pattern_ops</literal> operator class.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow btree_gin to index bool, bpchar, name and uuid data types (Matheus
- Oliveira)
+ Allow <application>btree_gin</application> to index
+ <type>bool</type>, <type>bpchar</type>, <type>name</type> and
+ <type>uuid</type> data types (Matheus Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow cube and seg extensions using GiST indexes to perform index-only
- scans (Andrey Borodin)
+ Allow cube and seg extensions using GiST indexes to perform
+ index-only scans (Andrey Borodin)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Allow retrieval of negative cube coordinates using the ~> operator
- (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Allow retrieval of negative cube coordinates using the ~>
+ operator (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Add Vietnamese letter detection to the unaccent extension (Dang Minh Huong, Michael Paquier)
+ Add Vietnamese letter detection to the unaccent extension (Dang
+ Minh Huong, Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Enhance contrib/amcheck to check that each heap tuple has an index entry
+ Enhance contrib/amcheck to check that each heap tuple has an
+ index entry
(Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Previously only super-users could call adminpack functions; now role
- permissions are checked.
+ Previously only super-users could call adminpack functions;
+ now role permissions are checked.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Increase pg_stat_statement's query id to 64 bits (Robert Haas)
+ Increase <structname>pg_stat_statement</structname>'s query id
+ to 64 bits (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- This greatly reduces the chance of query id hash collisions. The query
- id can now potentially display as a negative value.
+ This greatly reduces the chance of query id hash collisions.
+ The query id can now potentially display as a negative value.
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Install errcodes.txt to provide access to the error codes reported by
- Postgres (Thomas Munro)
+ Install errcodes.txt to provide access to the error codes reported
+ by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> (Thomas Munro)
</para>
</listitem>
-->
<para>
- Prevent extensions from creating custom server variables that take a
- quoted list of values (Tom Lane)
+ Prevent extensions from creating custom server variables that
+ take a quoted list of values (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
-->
<para>
- Remove contrib/start-scripts/osx since they are no longer recommended
- (Tom Lane)
+ Remove contrib/start-scripts/osx since they are no longer
+ recommended (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This extension no longer served as a usable security tool or example of
- how to write an extension.
+ This extension no longer served as a usable security tool or
+ example of how to write an extension.
</para>
</listitem>
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