Overview
- NARRATIVE HERE. Major enhancements include:
+ This release has been largely focused on performance improvements, though
+ new SQL features are not lacking. Work also continues in the area of
+ replication support. Major enhancements include:
- MAJOR LIST HERE
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+ Allow queries to retrieve data only from indexes, avoiding heap
+ access (index-only scans>)
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+ Allow the planner to generate custom plans for specific parameter
+ values even when using prepared statements
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+ Improve the planner's ability to use nested loops with inner
+ index scans
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+ Allow streaming replication slaves to forward data to other slaves
+ (cascading
+ replication>)
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+ Add a pg_receivexlog>
+ tool to archive WAL file changes as they are written
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+ Add the SP-GiST (Space-Partitioned
+ GiST) index access method
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+ Add support for range data types
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+ Add a JSON
+ data type
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+ Add a security_barrier>
+ option for views
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+ Allow libpq> connection strings to have the format of a
+ URI
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+ Add a single-row processing
+ mode to libpq> for better handling of large
+ result sets
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- Allow connection strings to have the format of a URI (Alexander
- Shulgin)
+ Allow libpq> connection strings to have the format of a
+ URI
+ (Alexander Shulgin)