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<note>
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<simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.17.
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For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see
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<title>Migration to Version 8.0.18</title>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
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see the release notes for 8.0.6.
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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Widen local lock counters from 32 to 64 bits (Tom)
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This responds to reports that the counters could overflow in
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sufficiently long transactions, leading to unexpected <quote>lock is
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already held</> errors.
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<command>INSERT</> or <command>UPDATE</> will match the target table's
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current rowtype (Tom)
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<para>
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<command>ALTER COLUMN TYPE</>, followed by re-use of a previously
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cached plan, could produce this type of situation. The check protects
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against data corruption and/or crashes that could ensue.
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<para>
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Fix datetime input functions to correctly detect integer overflow when
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running on a 64-bit platform (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Improve performance of writing very long log messages to syslog (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix bug in backwards scanning of a cursor on a <literal>SELECT DISTINCT
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ON</> query (Tom)
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix planner to estimate that <literal>GROUP BY</> expressions yielding
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boolean results always result in two groups, regardless of the
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expressions' contents (Tom)
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</para>
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<para>
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This is very substantially more accurate than the regular <literal>GROUP
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BY</> estimate for certain boolean tests like <replaceable>col</>
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<literal>IS NULL</>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix PL/Tcl to behave correctly with Tcl 8.5, and to be more careful
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|
about the encoding of data sent to or from Tcl (Tom)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Fix PL/Python to work with Python 2.5
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</para>
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<para>
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|
This is a back-port of fixes made during the 8.2 development cycle.
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</para>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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||||||
|
Improve <application>pg_dump</> and <application>pg_restore</>'s
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||||||
|
error reporting after failure to send a SQL command (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
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||||||
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</listitem>
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|
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<listitem>
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|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Fix <application>pg_ctl</> to properly preserve postmaster
|
||||||
|
command-line arguments across a <literal>restart</> (Bruce)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
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|
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|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2008f (for
|
||||||
|
DST law changes in Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Mauritius, Morocco,
|
||||||
|
Pakistan, Palestine, and Paraguay)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
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|
</itemizedlist>
|
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|
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|
</sect2>
|
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|
</sect1>
|
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|
|
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<sect1 id="release-8-0-17">
|
<sect1 id="release-8-0-17">
|
||||||
<title>Release 8.0.17</title>
|
<title>Release 8.0.17</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
@ -11996,6 +12538,82 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
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</sect2>
|
</sect2>
|
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</sect1>
|
</sect1>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<sect1 id="release-7-4-22">
|
||||||
|
<title>Release 7.4.22</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<note>
|
||||||
|
<title>Release date</title>
|
||||||
|
<simpara>2008-09-22</simpara>
|
||||||
|
</note>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.21.
|
||||||
|
For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
|
||||||
|
<xref linkend="release-7-4">.
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<sect2>
|
||||||
|
<title>Migration to Version 7.4.22</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 datetime input functions to correctly detect integer overflow when
|
||||||
|
running on a 64-bit platform (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Improve performance of writing very long log messages to syslog (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Fix bug in backwards scanning of a cursor on a <literal>SELECT DISTINCT
|
||||||
|
ON</> query (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Fix planner to estimate that <literal>GROUP BY</> expressions yielding
|
||||||
|
boolean results always result in two groups, regardless of the
|
||||||
|
expressions' contents (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
This is very substantially more accurate than the regular <literal>GROUP
|
||||||
|
BY</> estimate for certain boolean tests like <replaceable>col</>
|
||||||
|
<literal>IS NULL</>.
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Improve <application>pg_dump</> and <application>pg_restore</>'s
|
||||||
|
error reporting after failure to send a SQL command (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</itemizedlist>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</sect2>
|
||||||
|
</sect1>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
<sect1 id="release-7-4-21">
|
<sect1 id="release-7-4-21">
|
||||||
<title>Release 7.4.21</title>
|
<title>Release 7.4.21</title>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|||||||
Reference in New Issue
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