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<appendix id="release">
prepared transaction can be committed after it is restarted. New
syntax includes <command>PREPARE TRANSACTION</> and
<command>COMMIT/ROLLBACK PREPARED</>. A new system view
- pg_prepared_xacts has also been added.
+ <literal>pg_prepared_xacts</> has also been added.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
So, once a user logs into a role, she inherits capabilities of
the login role plus any inherited roles, and can use
<command>SET ROLE</> to switch to other member roles. This
- change also replaces pg_shadow and pg_group by with new
- role-capable catalogs pg_authid and pg_auth_members. The old
+ change also replaces <literal>pg_shadow</> and
+ <literal>pg_group</> by with new role-capable catalogs
+ <literal>pg_authid</> and <literal>pg_auth_members</>. The old
tables are redefined as views on the new role tables.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Move language handlers into the pg_catalog schema
+ Move language handlers into the <literal>pg_catalog</> schema
</para>
<para>
This makes it easier to drop the public schema if desired.
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <option>-n</> / <option>--schema</> switch to pg_restore
- (Richard van den Bergg)
+ Add <option>-n</> / <option>--schema</> switch to
+ <application>pg_restore</> (Richard van den Bergg)
</para>
<para>
This allows only objects from a specified schema to be restored.
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pg_dump to dump a consistent snapshot of large objects
+ Allow <application>pg_dump</> to dump a consistent snapshot of
+ large objects
(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pg_dump to dump large objects even in text mode (Tom)
+ Allow <application>pg_dump</> to dump large objects even in
+ text mode (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Add <option>--encoding</> to pg_dump (Magnus Hagander)
+ Add <option>--encoding</> to <application>pg_dump</>
+ (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
This allows a database to be dumped in an encoding that is
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow pg_config to be compiled using MSVC (Andrew Dunstan)
+ Allow <application>pg_config</> to be compiled using MSVC (Andrew
+ Dunstan)
</para>
<para>
This is required to build DBD::Pg using <application>MSVC</>.