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new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link>
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installs (Tom)
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<title>Release date</title>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.16.
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to version 7.3.17</title>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
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if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release
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notes for 7.3.13.
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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|
<para>
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|
<function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</>
|
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|
are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for
|
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|
new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link>
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||||||
|
installs (Tom)
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|
</para>
|
||||||
|
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||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
This is because <link
|
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|
linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
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|
change the output of the functions.
|
||||||
|
</para>
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||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
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||||||
|
<listitem>
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom)
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
<para>
|
||||||
|
This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also.
|
||||||
|
</para>
|
||||||
|
</listitem>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</itemizedlist>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
</sect2>
|
||||||
|
</sect1>
|
||||||
|
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<sect1 id="release-7-3-16">
|
<sect1 id="release-7-3-16">
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<title>Release 7.3.16</title>
|
<title>Release 7.3.16</title>
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