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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1999-06-08 16:42:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1999-06-08 16:42:10 +0000 |
| commit | ca485d053b22eaf358924306c2af1b57797fd1ac (patch) | |
| tree | 6891a30b171aa6587a1ad4a1badda9dad7afa7fb | |
| parent | 4b8fa62f84d2b4a6f4b62ea49c8105fc4f796ce4 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-ca485d053b22eaf358924306c2af1b57797fd1ac.tar.gz postgresql-ca485d053b22eaf358924306c2af1b57797fd1ac.zip | |
Add mention of new pg_dump feature.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | register.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 44e39358e11..2e7732a0899 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <surname>Momjian</surname> </author> </authorgroup> -<date>1998-06-01</date> +<date>1998-06-09</date> </docinfo> --> @@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ system. This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for every row like traditional database systems. So, basically, we no longer are restricted by simple table-level locking; - we have something better than row-level - locking. + we have something better than row-level locking. + </para> + <para> + Another big benefit of MVCC is that <application>pg_dump</application> + can now generate consistent backups of live, active databases, without + blocking active transactions. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -154,10 +158,12 @@ <title>Migration to v6.5</title> <para> - A dump/restore using <application>pg_dump</application> - or <application>pg_dumpall</application> + A dump/restore using <application>pg_dump</application> is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release of <productname>Postgres</productname>. + <application>pg_upgrade</application> can <emphasis>not</emphasis> + be used to upgrade to this release because the on-disk structure + of the tables has changed compared to previous releases. </para> <para> @@ -365,6 +371,7 @@ fix for large object memory leakage, fix for pg_dumping(Tom) INET type now respects netmask for comparisons Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock(Vadim) Allow VIEWs on UNIONS(Jan) +pg_dump now can generate consistent snapshots on active databases(Vadim) Source Tree Changes ------------------- diff --git a/register.txt b/register.txt index 9324cdca108..fc5db79c49f 100644 --- a/register.txt +++ b/register.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -(1999-05-01) +(1999-06-09) PostgreSQL has a Web site at http://www.postgresql.org/ which carries details on the latest release, upcoming features, and other information to make your work or play with PostgreSQL more productive. |