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Release Notes
Release 7.3.3
Release date: 2003-05-22
This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.2.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.3.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Repair sometimes-incorrect computation of StartUpID after a crash
Avoid slowness with lots of deferred triggers in one transaction (Stephan)
Don't lock referenced row when UPDATE doesn't change foreign key's value
(Jan)
Use -fPIC not -fpic on Sparc (Tom Callaway)
Repair lack of schema-awareness in contrib/reindexdb
Fix contrib/intarray error for zero-element result array (Teodor)
Ensure createuser script will exit on control-C (Oliver)
Fix errors when the type of a dropped column has itself been dropped
CHECKPOINT does not cause database panic on failure in noncritical steps
Accept 60 in seconds fields of timestamp, time, interval input values
Issue notice, not error, if TIMESTAMP, TIME, or INTERVAL precision too
large
Fix abstime-to-time cast function (fix is not applied unless you initdb)
Fix pg_proc entry for timestamptz_izone (fix is not applied unless you
initdb)
Make EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM timestamp without time zone) treat input as
local time
'now'::timestamptz gave wrong answer if timezone changed earlier in
transaction
HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP code for time with timezone overwrote its input
Accept GLOBAL TEMP/TEMPORARY as a synonym for TEMPORARY
Avoid improper schema-permissions-check failure in foreign-key triggers
Fix bugs in foreign-key triggers for SET DEFAULT action
Fix incorrect time-qual check in row fetch for UPDATE and DELETE triggers
Foreign-key clauses were parsed but ignored in ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN
Fix createlang script breakage for case where handler function already
exists
Fix misbehavior on zero-column tables in pg_dump, COPY, ANALYZE, other
places
Fix misbehavior of func_error() on type names containing '%'
Fix misbehavior of replace() on strings containing '%'
Regular-expression patterns containing certain multibyte characters failed
Account correctly for NULLs in more cases in join size estimation
Avoid conflict with system definition of isblank() function or macro
Fix failure to convert large code point values in EUC_TW conversions
(Tatsuo)
Fix error recovery for SSL_read/SSL_write calls
Don't do early constant-folding of type coercion expressions
Validate page header fields immediately after reading in any page
Repair incorrect check for ungrouped variables in unnamed joins
Fix buffer overrun in to_ascii (Guido Notari)
contrib/ltree fixes (Teodor)
Fix core dump in deadlock detection on machines where char is unsigned
Avoid running out of buffers in many-way indexscan (bug introduced in 7.3)
Fix planner's selectivity estimation functions to handle domains properly
Fix dbmirror memory-allocation bug (Steven Singer)
Prevent infinite loop in ln(numeric) due to roundoff error.
GROUP BY got confused if there were multiple equal GROUP BY items
Fix bad plan when inherited UPDATE/DELETE references another inherited
table
Prevent clustering on incomplete (partial or non-NULL-storing) indexes
Service shutdown request at proper time if it arrives while still
starting up
Fix left-links in temporary indexes (could make backwards scans miss
entries)
Fix incorrect handling of client_encoding setting in postgresql.conf
(Tatsuo)
Fix failure to respond to 'pg_ctl stop -m fast' after Async_NotifyHandler
runs
Fix SPI for case where rule contains multiple statements of the same type
Fix problem with checking for wrong type of access permission in rule query
Fix problem with EXCEPT in CREATE RULE
Prevent problem with dropping temp tables having serial columns
Fix replace_vars_with_subplan_refs failure in complex views
Fix regexp slowness in multibyte encodings (Tatsuo)
Allow qualified type names in CREATE CAST and DROP CAST
Accept 'SETOF type[]', which formerly had to be written 'SETOF _type'
Fix pg_dump core dump in some cases with procedural languages
Force ISO datestyle in pg_dump output, for portability (Oliver)
pg_dump failed to handle error return from lo_read (Oleg Drokin)
pg_dumpall failed with groups having no members (Nick Eskelinen)
pg_dumpall failed to recognize --globals-only switch
pg_restore failed to restore blobs if -X disable-triggers is specified
Repair intrafunction memory leak in plpgsql
pltcl's elog command dumped core if given wrong parameters (Ian Harding)
plpython used wrong value of atttypmod (Brad McLean)
Fix improper quoting of boolean values in Python interface (D'Arcy)
Added addDataType() method to PGConnection interface for JDBC
Fixed various problems with updateable ResultSets for JDBC (Shawn Green)
Fixed various problems with DatabaseMetaData for JDBC (Kris Jurka,
Peter Royal)
Fixed problem with parsing table ACLs in JDBC
Better error message for character set conversion problems in JDBC
_________________________________________________________________
Release 7.3.2
Release date: 2003-02-04
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This has a variety of fixes from 7.3.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.3.1
Migration to version 7.3.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.3. However, it
should be noted that the main PostgreSQL interface library, libpq, has
a new major version number for this release, which will require that
client code using libpq be relinked.
a new major version number for this release, which may require
recompilation of client code in certain cases.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Fix a core dump of COPY TO when client/server encodings don't match
(Tom)
Fix a core dump of COPY TO when client/server encodings don't match (Tom)
Allow pg_dump to work with pre-7.2 servers (Philip)
contrib/adddepend fixes (Tom)
Fix problem with deletion of per-user/per-database config settings
(Tom)
contrib/vacuumlo fix (Tom)
/contrib/adddepend fixes (Tom)
Fix problem with deletion of per-user/per-database config settings (Tom)
/contrib/vacuumlo fix (Tom)
Allow 'password' encryption even when pg_shadow contains MD5 passwords
(Bruce)
contrib/dbmirror fix (Steven Singer)
(Bruce)
/contrib/dbmirror fix (Steven Singer)
Optimizer fixes (Tom)
contrib/tsearch fixes (Teodor Sigaev, Magnus)
Fix encoding name resolution to work in Turkish locale (Nicolai Tufar)
/contrib/tsearch fixes (Teodor Sigaev, Magnus)
Allow locale names to be mixed case (Nicolai Tufar)
Increment libpq library's major version number (Bruce)
pg_hba.conf error reporting fixes (Bruce, Neil)
Add SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 as a supported platform (Bruce)
Add SCO Openserver 5.0.4 as a supported platform (Bruce)
Prevent EXPLAIN from crashing server (Tom)
SSL fixes (Nathan Mueller)
Prevent composite column creation via ALTER TABLE (Tom)
Fix conversion between LATIN9 and UNICODE (Peter)
Translation updates
_________________________________________________________________
Release 7.3
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Release date: 2002-11-27
_________________________________________________________________
Overview
Overview
Major changes in this release:
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result types.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.3
Migration to version 7.3
A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
data from any previous release. If your application examines the
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integer field. Formerly, it was silently interpreted as 0.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Server Operation
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possible data loss.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.2.3
Migration to version 7.2.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Prevent possible compressed transaction log loss (Tom)
Prevent non-superuser from increasing most recent vacuum info (Tom)
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This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.1.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.2.2
Migration to version 7.2.2
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.X.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Allow EXECUTE of "CREATE TABLE AS ... SELECT" in PL/pgSQL (Tom)
Fix for compressed transaction log id wraparound (Tom)
@@ -705,12 +801,12 @@ Changes
This has a variety of fixes from 7.2.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.2.1
Migration to version 7.2.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.2.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Ensure that sequence counters do not go backwards after a crash (Tom)
Fix pgaccess kanji-coversion key binding (Tatsuo)
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Release date: 2002-02-04
_________________________________________________________________
Overview
Overview
This release improves PostgreSQL for use in high-volume applications.
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languages.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.2
Migration to version 7.2
A dump/restore using "pg_dump" is required for those wishing to
migrate data from any previous release.
@@ -804,7 +900,7 @@ Migration to version 7.2
clauses, e.g. LIMIT 10 OFFSET 20.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Server Operation
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Release date: 2001-08-15
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.1.3
Migration to version 7.1.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Remove unused WAL segements of large transactions (Tom)
Multiaction rule fix (Tom)
@@ -1213,12 +1309,12 @@ Cygwin build (Jason Tishler)
This has one fix from 7.1.1.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.1.2
Migration to version 7.1.2
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.X.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Fix PL/pgSQL SELECTs when returning no rows
Fix for psql backslash core dump
@@ -1235,12 +1331,12 @@ pg_dump cleanups
This has a variety of fixes from 7.1.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.1.1
Migration to version 7.1.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.1.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Fix for numeric MODULO operator (Tom)
pg_dump fixes (Philip)
@@ -1303,13 +1399,13 @@ Python fixes (Darcy)
default. Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.1
Migration to version 7.1
A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
data from any previous release.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -1506,12 +1602,12 @@ New FreeBSD tools ipc_check, start-scripts/freebsd
This has a variety of fixes from 7.0.2.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.0.3
Migration to version 7.0.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Jdbc fixes (Peter)
Large object fix (Tom)
@@ -1562,12 +1658,12 @@ Fix for crash of backend, on abort (Tom)
This is a repackaging of 7.0.1 with added documentation.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.0.2
Migration to version 7.0.2
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Added documentation to tarball.
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This is a cleanup release for 7.0.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.0.1
Migration to version 7.0.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 7.0.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom)
Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom)
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are available, as are column correlation names.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 7.0
Migration to version 7.0
A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. For those upgrading from
@@ -1677,7 +1773,7 @@ Migration to version 7.0
geometric types.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -2010,12 +2106,12 @@ New multibyte encodings
PgAccess that was missing in 6.5.2, and installed an NT-specific fix.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.5.3
Migration to version 6.5.3
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
NT-specific patch
@@ -2031,12 +2127,12 @@ Fix dumping rules on inherited tables
of problems reported by 6.5.1 users.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.5.2
Migration to version 6.5.2
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
subselect+CASE fixes(Tom)
Add SHLIB_LINK setting for solaris_i386 and solaris_sparc ports(Daren Sefcik)
@@ -2075,12 +2171,12 @@ Updated version of pgaccess 0.98
of problems reported by 6.5 users.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.5.1
Migration to version 6.5.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.5.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Add NT README file
Portability fixes for linux_ppc, IRIX, linux_alpha, OpenBSD, alpha
@@ -2178,7 +2274,7 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
CVSup.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.5
Migration to version 6.5
A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate
data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. pg_upgrade can *not* be
@@ -2224,7 +2320,7 @@ Multiversion Concurrency Control
referential integrity will be implemented.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -2401,12 +2497,12 @@ New install commands for plpgsql(Jan)
additional bug fix.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.4.2
Migration to version 6.4.2
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.*.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
_________________________________________________________________
@@ -2419,12 +2515,12 @@ Fix for datetime constant problem on some platforms(Thomas)
of problems reported by 6.4 users.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.4.1
Migration to version 6.4.1
A dump/restore is *not* required for those running 6.4.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Add pg_dump -N flag to force double quotes around identifiers. This is
the default(Thomas)
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it has ever been.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.4
Migration to version 6.4
A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -2726,7 +2822,7 @@ new Makefile.shlib for shared library configuration(Tom)
migration instructions for version 6.3.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Configure detection improvements for tcl/tk(Brook Milligan, Alvin)
Manual page improvements(Bruce)
@@ -2769,7 +2865,7 @@ ASSERT fixes(Bruce)
migration instructions for version 6.3.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
ecpg cleanup/fixes, now version 1.1(Michael Meskes)
pg_user cleanup(Bruce)
@@ -2882,13 +2978,13 @@ Better identify tcl and tk libs and includes(Bruce)
using are no longer needed.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.3
Migration to version 6.3
A dump/restore using pg_dump or pg_dumpall is required for those
wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -3076,7 +3172,7 @@ Remove un-needed malloc() calls and replace with palloc()(Bruce)
notes for instructions.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
version 6.2, but is required from any release prior to 6.2.
@@ -3094,7 +3190,7 @@ Migration from version 6.2 to version 6.2.1
template1.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Allow TIME and TYPE column names(Thomas)
Allow larger range of true/false as boolean values(Thomas)
@@ -3118,7 +3214,7 @@ Trigger function for inserting user names for INSERT/UPDATE(Brook Milligan)
previous releases of PostgreSQL.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.2
This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.1 database and a
restore of the database in 6.2.
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used to dump the 6.1 database.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
Migration from version 1.x to version 6.2
Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
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Release date: 1997-07-22
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
Migration from version 6.1 to version 6.1.1
This is a minor bug-fix release. A dump/reload is not required from
version 6.1, but is required from any release prior to 6.1. Refer to
the release notes for 6.1 for more details.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
fix for SET with options (Thomas)
allow pg_dump/pg_dumpall to preserve ownership of all tables/objects(Bruce)
@@ -3322,7 +3418,7 @@ pg_dumpall now returns proper status, portability fix(Bruce)
on my test machine (Linux/gcc/i686).
_________________________________________________________________
Migration to version 6.1
Migration to version 6.1
This migration requires a complete dump of the 6.0 database and a
restore of the database in 6.1.
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because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -3437,19 +3533,19 @@ DG/UX, Ultrix, IRIX, AIX portability fixes
previous releases of PostgreSQL.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
Migration from version 1.09 to version 6.0
This migration requires a complete dump of the 1.09 database and a
restore of the database in 6.0.
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
Migration from pre-1.09 to version 6.0
Those migrating from earlier 1.* releases should first upgrade to 1.09
because the COPY output format was improved from the 1.02 release.
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Bug Fixes
---------
@@ -3572,7 +3668,7 @@ Unused/uninialized variables corrected
Release date: 1996-08-01
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
Here is a new migration file for 1.02.1. It includes the 'copy' change
and a script to convert old ASCII files.
@@ -3600,7 +3696,7 @@ Migration from version 1.02 to version 1.02.1
present in 1.02. This is not a cause for concern.
_________________________________________________________________
Dump/Reload Procedure
Dump/Reload Procedure
If you are trying to reload a pg_dump or text-mode, copy tablename to
stdout generated with a previous version, you will need to run the
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xne);
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Source code maintenance and development
* worldwide team of volunteers
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Release date: 1996-02-23
_________________________________________________________________
Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
Migration from version 1.0 to version 1.01
The following notes are for the benefit of users who want to migrate
databases from Postgres95 1.0 to Postgres95 1.01.
@@ -3748,7 +3844,7 @@ create operator !~* (leftarg = text, rightarg = text, procedure = texticregexne
);
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Incompatibilities:
* 1.01 is backwards compatible with 1.0 database provided the user
@@ -3789,7 +3885,7 @@ Bug fixes:
Release date: 1995-09-05
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Copyright change:
* The copyright of Postgres 1.0 has been loosened to be freely modifiable
@@ -3837,7 +3933,7 @@ Bug fixes:
Release date: 1995-07-21
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Incompatible changes:
* BETA-0.3 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DATABASES CREATED WITH PREVIOUS VERSIONS
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Release date: 1995-05-25
_________________________________________________________________
Changes
Changes
Incompatible changes:
* The SQL statement for creating a database is 'CREATE DATABASE' instead