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docs: remove unnecessary references to old PG versions

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Bruce Momjian
2014-02-24 12:56:37 -05:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_cast.sgml
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@@ -331,17 +331,6 @@ SELECT CAST ( 2 AS numeric ) + 4.0;
mostly because of requirements of the SQL standard.)
</para>
<para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.3, every function that had
the same name as a data type, returned that data type, and took one
argument of a different type was automatically a cast function.
This convention has been abandoned in face of the introduction of
schemas and to be able to represent binary-coercible casts in the
system catalogs. The built-in cast functions still follow this naming
scheme, but they have to be shown as casts in the system catalog
<structname>pg_cast</> as well.
</para>
<para>
While not required, it is recommended that you continue to follow this old
convention of naming cast implementation functions after the target data

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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
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@@ -236,19 +236,11 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE <replaceable
</para>
<para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0, <command>CREATE
TABLE AS</command> always included OIDs in the table it
created. As of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.0,
the <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> command allows the user to
The <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> command allows the user to
explicitly specify whether OIDs should be included. If the
presence of OIDs is not explicitly specified,
the <xref linkend="guc-default-with-oids"> configuration variable is
used. As of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.1,
this variable is false by default, so the default behavior is not
identical to pre-8.0 releases. Applications that
require OIDs in the table created by <command>CREATE TABLE
AS</command> should explicitly specify <literal>WITH (OIDS)</literal>
to ensure desired behavior.
used.
</para>
</refsect1>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
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@@ -296,15 +296,6 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
The option <option>--includedir-server</option> was added in
<productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.2. In prior releases, the server include files were
installed in the same location as the client headers, which could
be queried with the option <option>--includedir</option>. To make your
package handle both cases, try the newer option first and test the
exit status to see whether it succeeded.
</para>
<para>
The options <option>--docdir</option>, <option>--pkgincludedir</option>,
<option>--localedir</option>, <option>--mandir</option>,
@@ -316,12 +307,6 @@
The option <option>--htmldir</option> was added in <productname>PostgreSQL</> 8.4.
The option <option>--ldflags_ex</option> was added in <productname>PostgreSQL</> 9.0.
</para>
<para>
In releases prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.1, before
<command>pg_config</command> came to be, a method for finding the
equivalent configuration information did not exist.
</para>
</refsect1>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml
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@@ -218,19 +218,6 @@ REINDEX { INDEX | TABLE | DATABASE | SYSTEM } <replaceable class="PARAMETER">nam
reindex anything.
</para>
<para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.1, <command>REINDEX
DATABASE</> processed only system indexes, not all indexes as one would
expect from the name. This has been changed to reduce the surprise
factor. The old behavior is available as <command>REINDEX SYSTEM</>.
</para>
<para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.4, <command>REINDEX
TABLE</> did not automatically process TOAST tables, and so those had
to be reindexed by separate commands. This is still possible, but
redundant.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml
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@@ -106,12 +106,9 @@ SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replac
</para>
<para>
Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</> 8.1, the table created by
<command>SELECT INTO</command> included OIDs by default. In
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.1, this is not the case
&mdash; to include OIDs in the new table, the <xref
linkend="guc-default-with-oids"> configuration variable must be
enabled. Alternatively, <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> can be
To add OIDs to the table created by <command>SELECT INTO</command>,
enable the <xref linkend="guc-default-with-oids"> configuration
variable. Alternatively, <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> can be
used with the <literal>WITH OIDS</literal> clause.
</para>
</refsect1>