<listitem>
<para>
- Add configuration variable <varname>lock_timeout</> to limit lock
- wait duration (Zoltán Böszörményi)
+ Add configuration variable <link
+ linkend="guc-lock-timeout"><varname>lock_timeout</></link> to limit
+ lock wait duration (Zoltán Böszörményi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <type>SP-GiST</> support for range data types (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Add <link linkend="rangetypes-indexing"><type>SP-GiST</></link>
+ support for range data types (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow unlogged <type>GiST</> indexes (Jeevan Chalke)
+ Allow unlogged <link linkend="SPGiST"><type>GiST</></link> indexes
+ (Jeevan Chalke)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Collect and use histograms for range types (Alexander Korotkov)
+ Collect and use histograms for <link linkend="rangetypes">range
+ types</link> (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>COPY FREEZE</> option to avoid the overhead of later
- marking tuples as committed (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY FREEZE</></link>
+ option to avoid the overhead of later marking tuples as committed
+ (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of <type>NUMERIC</> calculations (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
+ Improve performance of <link
+ linkend="datatype-numeric"><type>NUMERIC</></link> calculations
+ (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve grouping of sessions waiting for <varname>commit_delay</>
+ Improve grouping of sessions waiting for <link
+ linkend="guc-commit-delay"><varname>commit_delay</></link>
(Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</para>
<para>
- Users who have set <varname>work_mem</> based on the previous
- behavior should revisit that setting.
+ Users who have set <link
+ linkend="guc-work-mem"><varname>work_mem</></link> based on the
+ previous behavior should revisit that setting.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of the <command>CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE
- ... ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS</> clause by only issuing delete if
+ Improve performance of the <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ... ON
+ COMMIT DELETE ROWS</></link> clause by only issuing delete if
the temporary table was accessed (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Split pgstat file into per-database and global files (Tomas Vondra)
+ Split the <link
+ linkend="guc-stats-temp-directory"><filename>pg_stat_tmp</></link>
+ statistics file into per-database and global files (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add optional ability to checksum data pages and report corruption
- (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis, Greg Smith, Ants Aasma)
+ Add optional ability to <link
+ linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums">checksum</link> data pages and
+ report corruption (Simon Riggs, Jeff Davis, Greg Smith, Ants Aasma)
</para>
<para>
- The checksum option can be set during initdb.
+ The checksum option can be set during <link
+ linkend="APP-INITDB">initdb</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to terminate other
- backends with the same role (Dan Farina)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-signal-table"><function>pg_terminate_backend()</></link>
+ to terminate other backends with the same role (Dan Farina)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the statistics collector to operate properly in cases where
- the system clock goes backwards (Tom Lane)
+ Allow the <link
+ linkend="runtime-config-statistics-collector">statistics
+ collector</link> to operate properly in cases where the system
+ clock goes backwards (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <acronym>LDAP</> error reporting and documentation
- (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Improve <link linkend="auth-ldap"><acronym>LDAP</></link> error
+ reporting and documentation (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change the <varname>ssl_ciphers</> parameter to start with
- <literal>DEFAULT</>, rather than <literal>ALL</>, then remove
- insecure ciphers (Magnus Hagander)
+ Change the <link
+ linkend="guc-ssl-ciphers"><varname>ssl_ciphers</></link> parameter
+ to start with <literal>DEFAULT</>, rather than <literal>ALL</>,
+ then remove insecure ciphers (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Parse/load <filename>pg_ident.conf</> once, not during each
- connection (Amit Kapila)
+ Parse and load <link
+ linkend="auth-username-maps"><filename>pg_ident.conf</></link>
+ once, not during each connection (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
- This is similar to how <filename>pg_hba.conf</> is processed.
+ This is similar to how <link
+ linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link>
+ is processed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Dramatically reduce System V shared memory usage (Robert Haas)
+ Dramatically reduce System V <link linkend="sysvipc">shared
+ memory</link> usage (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
<para>
This renames configuration parameter
- <varname>unix_socket_directory</> to
- <varname>unix_socket_directories</>, which accepts a list of
- directories.
+ <varname>unix_socket_directory</> to <link
+ linkend="guc-unix-socket-directories"><varname>unix_socket_directories</></link>,
+ which accepts a list of directories.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- The directory is specified as <varname>include_dir</> in server
+ The directory is specified as <link
+ linkend="config-includes"><varname>include_dir</></link> in server
configuration file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Increase the maximum initdb-configured value for
- <varname>shared_buffers</> to 128MB (Robert Haas)
+ Increase the maximum <link
+ linkend="APP-INITDB">initdb</link>-configured value for <link
+ linkend="guc-shared-buffers"><varname>shared_buffers</></link>
+ to 128MB (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
- This is the maximum value initdb attempts to set in
- <filename>postgresql.conf</>; the previous value was 32MB.
+ This is the maximum value initdb attempts to set in <link
+ linkend="config-setting-configuration-file"><filename>postgresql.conf</></link>;
+ the previous value was 32MB.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require superuser privileges to set <varname>commit_delay</>
+ Require superuser privileges to set <link
+ linkend="guc-commit-delay"><varname>commit_delay</></link>
because it can now potentially delay other sessions (Simon Riggs)
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove the external <acronym>PID</> file on postmaster exit
- (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Remove the <link linkend="guc-external-pid-file">external
+ <acronym>PID</> file</link> on postmaster exit (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <quote>session id</> (<literal>%c</>) in
- <varname>log_line_prefix</> always output four hex digits after
- the period (Bruce Momjian) COMPATIBILITY
+ Have <quote>session id</> (<literal>%c</>) in <link
+ linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"><varname>log_line_prefix</></link>
+ always output four hex digits after the period (Bruce Momjian)
+ COMPATIBILITY
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow a streaming replication standbys to follow a timeline switch
+ Allow a streaming replication standbys to <link
+ linkend="protocol-replication">follow a timeline switch</link>
(Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <acronym>SQL</> functions <function>pg_backup_in_progress()</>
+ Add <acronym>SQL</> functions <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-backup"><function>pg_is_in_backup()</></link>
and <function>pg_backup_start_time()</> (Gilles Darold)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve performance of streaming log shipping with
- <varname>synchronous_commit</> disabled (Andres Freund)
+ Improve performance of streaming log shipping with <link
+ linkend="guc-synchronous-commit"><varname>synchronous_commit</></link>
+ disabled (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the last checkpoint's redo location to
- <application>pg_controldata</>'s output (Fujii Masao)
+ Add the last checkpoint's redo location to <link
+ linkend="APP-PGCONTROLDATA"><application>pg_controldata</></link>'s
+ output (Fujii Masao)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow tooling like <application>pg_receivexlog</> to run on computers with different
- architectures (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow tooling like <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></link>
+ to run on computers with different architectures (Heikki
+ Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <application>pg_basebackup</> <option>--write-recovery-conf</>
- output a minimal <filename>recovery.conf</> (Zoltán
+ Have <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>
+ <option>--write-recovery-conf</> output a
+ minimal <filename>recovery.conf</> (Zoltán
Böszörményi, Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <application>pg_receivexlog</> and
- <application>pg_basebackup</> <option>--xlog-method</> to handle
- streaming timeline switches (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>
+ <option>--xlog-method</> to handle streaming timeline switches
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <varname>wal_receiver_timeout</> parameter to control the <acronym>WAL</>
- receiver timeout (Amit Kapila)
+ Add <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-receiver-timeout"><varname>wal_receiver_timeout</></link>
+ parameter to control the <acronym>WAL</> receiver timeout
+ (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
- This allows more rapid detection of connection failure. No longer set
- <varname>wal_receiver_status_interval</>?
+ This allows more rapid detection of
+ connection failure. No longer set <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-receiver-status-interval"><varname>wal_receiver_status_interval</></link>?
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Rename <varname>replication_timeout</> to <varname>wal_sender_timeout</> (Amit Kapila)
+ Rename <varname>replication_timeout</> to <link
+ linkend="guc-wal-sender-timeout"><varname>wal_sender_timeout</></link>
+ (Amit Kapila)
</para>
<para>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title>Write-Ahead Log (<acronym>WAL</>)</title>
+ <title><link linkend="wal">Write-Ahead Log</link>
+ (<acronym>WAL</>)</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Implement <acronym>SQL</>-standard <literal>LATERAL</> for
+ Implement <acronym>SQL</>-standard <link
+ linkend="queries-lateral"><literal>LATERAL</></link> for
<literal>FROM</>-clause subqueries and function calls (Tom Lane)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support for piping <command>COPY</> and <application>psql</>
- <command>\copy</> to/from an external program (Etsuro Fujita)
+ Add support for piping <link
+ linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link> and <link
+ linkend="APP-PSQL"><application>psql</></link> <command>\copy</>
+ to/from an external program (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support to event triggers (Dimitri Fontaine, Robert Haas,
- Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add support to <link linkend="event-triggers">event triggers</link>
+ (Dimitri Fontaine, Robert Haas, Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow a multi-row <literal>VALUES</> clause in rules to reference
- <literal>OLD</>/<literal>NEW</> (Tom Lane)
+ Allow a multi-row <link
+ linkend="SQL-VALUES"><literal>VALUES</></link> clause in rules
+ to reference <literal>OLD</>/<literal>NEW</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>CREATE SCHEMA ... IF NOT EXISTS</> clause (Fabrízio de
- Royes Mello)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATESCHEMA"><command>CREATE SCHEMA ... IF
+ NOT EXISTS</></link> clause (Fabrízio de Royes Mello)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <command>REASSIGN OWNED</> also change ownership of shared
- objects (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED"><command>REASSIGN
+ OWNED</></link> also change ownership of shared objects
+ (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change <literal>ON UPDATE SET NULL/SET DEFAULT</> foreign key
- actions to affect all referenced columns, not just those referenced
- in the <command>UPDATE</> (Tom Lane)
+ Change <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><literal>ON UPDATE
+ SET NULL/SET DEFAULT</></link> foreign key actions to affect
+ all referenced columns, not just those referenced in the
+ <command>UPDATE</> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Provide clients with constraint violation details as separate fields
- (Pavel Stehule)
+ Provide clients with <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqresulterrorfield">constraint violation details</link>
+ as separate fields (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
This allows clients to retrieve table, column, data type, or constraint
- name error details. Previously such information had to be extracted from
- error strings. Client language support is required to access these
+ name error details. Previously such information had to be extracted from
+ error strings. Client language support is required to access these
fields.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
These were previously stored as "<unspecified>".
- This changes the value stored in system column
- <structname>pg_constraint.confmatchtype</>. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
- CHANGE
+ This changes the value stored in system column <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-constraint"><structname>pg_constraint.confmatchtype</></link>.
+ BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY CHANGE
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add the <command>ALTER TYPE ... IF NOT EXISTS</> clause when
- adding enumerated type labels (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add the <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTYPE"><command>ALTER TYPE ... IF
+ NOT EXISTS</></link> clause when adding enumerated type labels
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>ALTER ROLE ALL SET</> to add settings to all users
- (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-ALTERROLE"><command>ALTER ROLE ALL
+ SET</></link> to add settings to all users (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- This allows settings to apply to all users in all
- databases. <command>ALTER DATABASE SET</> already allowed
- addition of settings for all users in a single database.
- <filename>postgresql.conf</> has a similar effect.
+ This allows settings to apply to all users in all databases. <link
+ linkend="SQL-ALTERDATABASE"><command>ALTER DATABASE SET</></link>
+ already allowed addition of settings for all users in a single
+ database. <filename>postgresql.conf</> has a similar effect.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add support for <command>ALTER RULE ... RENAME</> (Ali Dar)
+ Add support for <link linkend="SQL-ALTERRULE"><command>ALTER RULE
+ ... RENAME</></link> (Ali Dar)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add a materialized view relations (Kevin Grittner)
+ Add a <link linkend="SQL-CREATEMATERIALIZEDVIEW">materialized
+ view</link> relations (Kevin Grittner)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Make simple views auto-updatable (Dean Rasheed)
+ Make simple views <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW-updatable-views">auto-updatable</link>
+ (Dean Rasheed)
</para>
<para>
- Simple views that reference some or all columns from a single base table
- are now updatable by default. More complex views can be made updatable
- using <literal>INSTEAD OF</> triggers or <literal>INSTEAD</> rules.
+ Simple views that reference some or all columns from a
+ single base table are now updatable by default. More
+ complex views can be made updatable using <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><literal>INSTEAD OF</></link> triggers
+ or <link linkend="SQL-CREATERULE"><literal>INSTEAD</></link> rules.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <command>CREATE RECURSIVE VIEW</> syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW"><command>CREATE RECURSIVE
+ VIEW</></link> syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Increase the maximum length of large objects from 2GB to 4TB (Nozomi
- Anzai, Yugo Nagata)
+ Increase the maximum length of <link linkend="lo-open">large
+ objects</link> from 2GB to 4TB (Nozomi Anzai, Yugo Nagata)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow text timezone designations, e.g. <quote>America/Chicago</>
- when using the <acronym>ISO</> <quote>T</> timestamptz format (Bruce
- Momjian)
+ Allow text <link linkend="datatype-timezones">timezone
+ designations</link>, e.g. <quote>America/Chicago</> when using
+ the <acronym>ISO</> <quote>T</> timestamptz format (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title><type>JSON</></title>
+ <title><link linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSON</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add operators and functions to extract values from <type>JSON</> data strings
- (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add <link linkend="functions-json">operators and functions</link>
+ to extract values from <type>JSON</> data strings (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <type>JSON</> data strings to be converted into records (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Allow <type>JSON</> data strings to be <link
+ linkend="functions-json-table">converted into records</link>
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add functions to convert values, records, and hstore data to
- <type>JSON</> (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Add <link linkend="functions-json-table">functions</link>
+ to convert values, records, and hstore data to <type>JSON</>
+ (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <function>array_remove()</> and <function>array_replace()</>
+ Add <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_remove()</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_replace()</></link>
functions (Marco Nenciarini, Gabriele Bartolini)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <function>concat()</> and <function>format()</> to properly
- expand <literal>VARIADIC</>-labeled arguments (Pavel Stehule)
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="functions-string-other"><function>concat()</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-string-format"><function>format()</></link>
+ to properly expand <literal>VARIADIC</>-labeled arguments
+ (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <function>format()</> to handle field width and left/right
- alignment (Pavel Stehule)
+ Improve <link
+ linkend="functions-string-format"><function>format()</></link>
+ to handle field width and left/right alignment (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <function>to_char()</>, <function>to_date()</>, and
- <function>to_timestamp()</> properly handle negative century
- designations (<literal>CC</>) (Bruce Momjian)
+ Have <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_char()</></link>,
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_date()</></link>,
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_timestamp()</></link>
+ properly handle negative century designations (<literal>CC</>)
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have <function>to_date()</> and <function>to_timestamp()</>
+ Have <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_date()</></link>
+ and <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>to_timestamp()</></link>
return proper results when mixing <acronym>ISO</> and Gregorian
week/day designations (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Cause <function>pg_get_viewdef()</> to default to wrapping after
- every <command>SELECT</> target list and <literal>FROM</> entry
- (Marko Tiikkaja)
+ Cause <link
+ linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"><function>pg_get_viewdef()</></link>
+ to default to wrapping after every <link
+ linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></link> target list and
+ <literal>FROM</> entry (Marko Tiikkaja)
</para>
<para>
- This causes view output, like from <application>pg_dump</>,
- to be more narrow.
+ This causes view output, like from <link
+ linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></link>, to be
+ more narrow.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have <function>map_sql_value_to_xml_value()</> properly expand
- domains (Pavel Stehule)
+ domains (Pavel Stehule) WHAT IS THE USER-VISIBLE AFFECT HERE?
+ map_sql_value_to_xml_value IS A C FUNCTION
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Force cached functions to be replanned if the <varname>search_path</> changes (Tom Lane)
+ Force cached functions to be replanned if the <link
+ linkend="guc-search-path"><varname>search_path</></link> changes
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <acronym>SPI</> functions to access the number of rows
- processed by <command>COPY</> (Pavel Stehule)
+ Allow <link linkend="spi-spi-execute"><acronym>SPI</></link>
+ functions to access the number of rows processed by
+ <link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow PL/pgSQL to access the number of rows processed by
- <command>COPY</> (Pavel Stehule)
+ <link linkend="SQL-COPY"><command>COPY</></link> (Pavel Stehule)
</para>
<para>
- The command is <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS x = ROW_COUNT</>.
+ The command is <link
+ linkend="plpgsql-statements-diagnostics"><command>GET DIAGNOSTICS
+ x = ROW_COUNT</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have PL/Python convert oid values to a proper Python numeric type (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Have PL/Python convert oid values to a proper Python numeric type
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Handle <acronym>SPI</> errors raised explicitly with PL/Python's
- <literal>RAISE</> the same as as internal <acronym>SPI</> errors
- (Oskari Saarenmaa and Jan Urbanski)
+ Handle <link linkend="spi"><acronym>SPI</></link> errors raised
+ explicitly with PL/Python's <literal>RAISE</> the same as as
+ internal <acronym>SPI</> errors (Oskari Saarenmaa and Jan Urbanski)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add command-line utility <application>pg_isready</> to check if
- the server is ready to accept connections (Phil Sorber)
+ Add command-line utility <link
+ linkend="app-pg-isready"><application>pg_isready</></link> to
+ check if the server is ready to accept connections (Phil Sorber)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Support multiple <option>--table</> arguments for
- <application>pg_restore</>, <application>clusterdb</>,
- <application>reindexdb</>, and <application>vacuumdb</> (Josh
- Kupershmidt)
+ Support multiple <option>--table</> arguments for <link
+ linkend="APP-PGRESTORE"><application>pg_restore</></link>,
+ <link linkend="APP-CLUSTERDB"><application>clusterdb</></link>,
+ <link linkend="APP-REINDEXDB"><application>reindexdb</></link>,
+ and <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><application>vacuumdb</></link>
+ (Josh Kupershmidt)
</para>
<para>
- This is similar to the <application>pg_dump</> <option>--table</>
+ This is similar to the <link
+ linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></link> <option>--table</>
support.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <option>--dbname</> option to <application>pg_dumpall</>,
- <application>pg_basebackup</>, <application>pg_receivexlog</>
+ Add <option>--dbname</> option to <link
+ linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><application>pg_dumpall</></link>, <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>,
+ <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></link>
to specify the connection string (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add libpq function <function>PQconninfo()</> to return connection
- information (Zoltán Böszörményi, Magnus
- Hagander)
+ Add libpq function <link
+ linkend="libpq-pqconninfo"><function>PQconninfo()</></link>
+ to return connection information (Zoltán
+ Böszörményi, Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <application>psql</> tab completion (Jeff Janes, Peter Eisentraut)
+ Improve <application>psql</> tab completion coverage (Jeff Janes,
+ Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect5>
- <title>Backslash Commands</title>
+ <title><link linkend="R2-APP-PSQL-4">Backslash Commands</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add
"Security" label to <application>psql</> <command>\df+</>
+ Add
<quote>Security</> label to <application>psql</> <command>\df+</>
output (Jon Erdman)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_dump</> <option>--jobs</> to dump in parallel
- when using directory output format (Joachim Wieland)
+ when using directory output format (Joachim Wieland)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix tar files emitted by <application>pg_dump</> and
- <application>pg_basebackup</> to be <acronym>POSIX</> conformant
- (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
+ Fix tar files emitted by <application>pg_dump</> and <link
+ linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></link>
+ to be <acronym>POSIX</> conformant (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This is used by <application>pg_upgrade</>.
+ This is used by <link
+ linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add infrastructure to better support plug-in background worker
- processes (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add infrastructure to better support plug-in <link
+ linkend="bgworker">background worker processes</link>
+ (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow options to be passed to the regression test output comparison
- utility via <envar>PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow options to be passed to the regression
+ test output comparison utility via <link
+ linkend="regress-evaluation"><envar>PG_REGRESS_DIFF_OPTS</></link>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add isolation tests for <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</> (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
+ Add isolation tests for <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEINDEX"><command>CREATE INDEX
+ CONCURRENTLY</></link> (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove typedefs for int2/int4 as they are better represented as int16/int32 (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Remove typedefs for <type>int2</>/<type>int4</> as they are better
+ represented as <type>int16</>/<type>int32</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix install-strip on Mac <productname>OS X</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Fix <link linkend="install">install-strip</link> on Mac <productname>OS
+ X</> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Remove configure flag <option>--disable-shared</>, as it is no
- longer used (Bruce Momjian)
+ Remove <link linkend="configure">configure</link> flag
+ <option>--disable-shared</>, as it is no longer used (Bruce
+ Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Rewrite pgindent in Perl (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Rewrite pgindent in <application>Perl</> (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Run tool to check the keyword list when the backend grammar is changed (Tom Lane)
+ Run tool to check the keyword list when the backend grammar is
+ changed (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Centralize flex and bison 'make' rules (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Centralize <application>flex</> and <application>bison</>
+ <application>make</> rules (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
- This is useful for pgxs authors.
+ This is useful for <application>pgxs</> authors.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change many internal many backend functions to return <type>OID</>s rather
- than void (Dimitri Fontaine)
+ Change many internal many backend functions to return <type>OID</>s
+ rather than void (Dimitri Fontaine)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function <function>pg_identify_object()</> to dump an object
- in machine-readable format (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"><function>pg_identify_object()</></link>
+ to dump an object in machine-readable format (Álvaro
+ Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add pkg-config support libpq and ecpg libraries (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <application>pkg-config</> support <application>libpq</>
+ and <application>ecpg</> libraries (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Split out <acronym>WAL</> reading as an independent facility
- (Heikki Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
+ Split out <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link> reading as
+ an independent facility (Heikki Linnakangas, Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Use a 64-bit integer to represent <acronym>WAL</> positions
- (<structname>XLogRecPtr</>) instead of two 32-bit integers (Heikki
- Linnakangas)
+ Use a 64-bit integer to represent <link
+ linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></link> positions
+ (<structname>XLogRecPtr</>) instead of two 32-bit integers
+ (Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow PL/Python to support platform-specific include directories (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow <link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> to support
+ platform-specific include directories (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow PL/Python on <productname>OS X</> to build against custom
- versions of Python (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Allow <link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> on <productname>OS
+ X</> to build against custom versions of <application>Python</>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow write-enabled foreign data wrappers to support writes
- (KaiGai Kohei)
+ Allow write-enabled <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNDATAWRAPPER">foreign data wrappers</link>
+ to support writes (KaiGai Kohei)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add a <productname>Postgres</> foreign data wrapper contrib module
- (Shigeru Hanada)
+ Add a <productname>Postgres</> <link linkend="postgres-fdw">foreign
+ data wrapper</link> contrib module (Shigeru Hanada)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_xlogdump</> contrib program (Andres Freund)
+ Add <link linkend="pgxlogdump"><application>pg_xlogdump</></link>
+ contrib program (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for indexing of regular-expression searches in
- extension <productname>pg_trgm</> (Alexander Korotkov)
+ extension <link linkend="pgtrgm"><productname>pg_trgm</></link>
+ (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <productname>pg_trgm</> handling of multibyte characters (Tom Lane)
+ Improve <link linkend="pgtrgm"><productname>pg_trgm</></link>
+ handling of multibyte characters (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add function to report the size of the <type>GIN</> pending index
- insertion list (Fujii Masao)
- </para>
-
- <para>
- The function is <function>pgstatginindex()</> in pgstattuple.
+ Add <link linkend="pgstattuple">pgstattuple function</link> to report the
+ size of the <type>GIN</> pending index insertion list (Fujii Masao)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Have oid2name, pgbench, and vacuumlo set <varname>fallback_application_name</> (Amit Kapila)
+ Have <link linkend="oid2name"><application>oid2name</></link>,
+ <link linkend="pgbench"><application>pgbench</></link>, and
+ <link linkend="vacuumlo"><application>vacuumlo</></link> set
+ <varname>fallback_application_name</> (Amit Kapila)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve output of <application>pg_test_timing</> (Bruce Momjian)
+ Improve output of <link
+ linkend="pgtesttiming"><application>pg_test_timing</></link>
+ (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve output of <application>pg_test_fsync</> (Peter Geoghegan)
+ Improve output of <link
+ linkend="pgtestfsync"><application>pg_test_fsync</></link>
+ (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve dblink option validator (Tom Lane)
+ Improve <link linkend="dblink">dblink</link> option validator
+ (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Increase <application>pg_upgrade</> logging content by showing executed command
- (Álvaro Herrera)
+ Increase <application>pg_upgrade</> logging content by showing
+ executed command (Álvaro Herrera)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <application>pg_upgrade</>'s status display during copy/link (Bruce Momjian)
+ Improve <application>pg_upgrade</>'s status display during
+ copy/link (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <option>--foreign-keys</> option to pgbench (Jeff Janes)
+ Add <option>--foreign-keys</> option to <application>pgbench</> (Jeff Janes)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pgbench to aggregate performance statistics and produce output
- every <option>--aggregate-interval</> specified seconds (Tomas Vondra)
+ Allow <application>pgbench</> to aggregate performance statistics
+ and produce output every <option>--aggregate-interval</> specified
+ seconds (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <application>pg_bench</> <option>--sampling-rate</> option to control the
- percentage of transactions logged (Tomas Vondra)
+ Add <application>pg_bench</> <option>--sampling-rate</> option
+ to control the percentage of transactions logged (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reduce and improve the status message output of pgbench's
- initialization mode (Robert Haas, Peter Eisentraut)
+ Reduce and improve the status message output of
+ <application>pgbench</>'s initialization mode (Robert Haas,
+ Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add pgbench <option>-q</> mode to print one output line every
- five seconds (Tomas Vondra)
+ Add <application>pgbench</> <option>-q</> mode to print one output
+ line every five seconds (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
<para>
- Output pgbench elapsed and estimated remaining time during
- initialization logging (Tomas Vondra)
+ Output <application>pgbench</> elapsed and estimated remaining
+ time during initialization logging (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pgbench to use a larger scale factor (Greg Smith)
+ Allow <application>pgbench</> to use a larger scale factor
+ (Greg Smith)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Update <productname>FreeBSD</> kernel configuration documentation (Brad Davis)
+ Update <productname>FreeBSD</> kernel configuration documentation
+ (Brad Davis)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <literal>WINDOW</> function documentation (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
+ Improve <link linkend="tutorial-window"><literal>WINDOW</>
+ function</link> documentation (Bruce Momjian, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add instructions for setting up the documentation tool chain on
- Mac <productname>OS X</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ Add <link linkend="docguide">instructions</link> for setting
+ up the documentation tool chain on Mac <productname>OS X</>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improve <varname>commit_delay</> documentation (Peter Geoghegan)
+ Improve <link
+ linkend="guc-commit-delay"><varname>commit_delay</></link>
+ documentation (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
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