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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml | 116 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml index 299cf9d721a..69f34d36cda 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ </para> <para> - Previously this returned <literal>NULL</>. + Previously this returned a null value. </para> </listitem> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ </para> <para> - Previously this returned <literal>NULL</>. + Previously this returned a null value. </para> </listitem> @@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ </para> <para> - Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE, AFTER, or INSTEAD OF - some action. Trigger function authors should verify that their logic - behaves sanely in all three cases. + Triggers can now be fired in three cases: <literal>BEFORE</>, + <literal>AFTER</>, or <literal>INSTEAD OF</> some action. + Trigger function authors should verify that their logic behaves + sanely in all three cases. </para> </listitem> @@ -302,9 +303,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow unlogged tables using <link + Allow unlogged tables using the <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description"><literal>UNLOGGED</></link> - during <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE + clause in <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE TABLE</></link> (Robert Haas) </para> @@ -345,7 +346,8 @@ </para> <para> - This allows the use of commit_siblings with less overhead. + This allows the use of <varname>commit_siblings</varname> with + less overhead. </para> </listitem> @@ -412,8 +414,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - Support host names and host suffixes (e.g. .example.com) in - <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link> + Support host names and host suffixes + (e.g. <literal>.example.com</>) in <link + linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link> (Peter Eisentraut) </para> @@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Support the keyword <literal>all</> in the host column of <link + Support the key word <literal>all</> in the host column of <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link> (Peter Eisentraut) </para> @@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ Add <link linkend="guc-log-file-mode"><varname>log_file_mode</></link> which controls the permissions on log files created by the - logging_collector (Martin Pihlak) + logging collector (Martin Pihlak) </para> </listitem> @@ -491,7 +494,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add <structfield>client_hostname</structfield> field to <link + Add <structfield>client_hostname</structfield> column to <link linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></link> (Peter Eisentraut) </para> @@ -532,13 +535,13 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add buffers_backend_fsync field to <link + Add <structfield>buffers_backend_fsync</> column to <link linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_bgwriter</></link> (Greg Smith) </para> <para> - This new field counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a + This new column counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a buffer. </para> </listitem> @@ -560,8 +563,8 @@ </para> <para> - wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on the size of - shared_buffers. + <varname>wal_buffers</> is now auto-tuned by default based on + the size of <varname>shared_buffers</>. </para> </listitem> @@ -708,7 +711,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add variable <link + Add configuration parameter <link linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback"><varname>hot_standby_feedback</></link> to enable standbys to postpone cleanup of old row versions on the primary (Simon Riggs) @@ -804,8 +807,8 @@ </para> <para> - This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the - recovery point is the one desired. + This allows a recovery server to be queried to check whether + the recovery point is the one desired. </para> </listitem> @@ -876,7 +879,7 @@ <listitem> <para> Add a true <link - linkend="xact-serializable"><literal>serializable</></link> isolation + linkend="xact-serializable">serializable</link> isolation level (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports) </para> @@ -928,14 +931,14 @@ <listitem> <para> - Allow use of the keyword <literal>DISTINCT</> in <link + Allow use of the key word <literal>DISTINCT</> in <link linkend="queries-union"><literal>UNION</>/<literal>INTERSECT</>/<literal>EXCEPT</></link> clauses (Tom Lane) </para> <para> <literal>DISTINCT</> is the default behavior so use of this - keyword is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it. + key word is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it. </para> </listitem> @@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@ <para> The new option is called <literal>NOT VALID</>, which can later be modified to <literal>VALIDATED</> and validation - checks performed. Together these allow you to add a Foreign Key + checks performed. Together these allow you to add a foreign key with minimal impact on read and write operations. </para> </listitem> @@ -1095,9 +1098,10 @@ </para> <para> - For example, converting a varchar column to text no longer - requires a rewrite of the table. However, increasing the length - constraint on a varchar column still requires a table rewrite. + For example, converting a <type>varchar</> column to + <type>text</> no longer requires a rewrite of the table. + However, increasing the length constraint on a + <type>varchar</> column still requires a table rewrite. </para> </listitem> @@ -1115,9 +1119,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server - backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same - table at the same time (Robert Haas) + Fix possible <quote>tuple concurrently updated</quote> error + when two server backends attempted to add an inheritance + parent to the same table at the same time (Robert Haas) </para> <para> @@ -1515,7 +1519,7 @@ linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_to_string()</></link> and <link linkend="array-functions-table"><function>string_to_array()</></link> - for <literal>NULL</> processing control (Pavel Stehule) + for null value processing control (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> @@ -1565,14 +1569,14 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add fields to the <link + Add columns to the <link linkend="infoschema-sequences"><structname>information_schema.sequences</></link> system view (Peter Eisentraut) </para> <para> - Previously, though the view existed, all of these view fields - were unimplemented. + Previously, though the view existed, the columns about the + sequence parameters were unimplemented. </para> </listitem> @@ -1777,22 +1781,12 @@ <listitem> <para> - <function>plpy.Fatal</function> now raises <literal>FATAL</>, rather - than <literal>ERROR</literal> (Jan Urbanski) - </para> - - <para> - The old behavior was incorrect. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - Overhaul of PL/Python (Jan Urbanski) + Fix exception handling with Python 3 (Jan Urbanski) </para> <para> - This includes exception support for Python 3. **More detail? + Exception classes were previously not available in + <literal>plpy</> under Python 3. </para> </listitem> @@ -1885,7 +1879,7 @@ <listitem> <para> Make <application>psql</application> distinguish between unique - indices and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt) + indexes and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt) </para> </listitem> @@ -1951,11 +1945,10 @@ <listitem> <para> - Improve <application>pg_ctl</> - start's "wait" (<option>-w</>) mode to handle non-standard - port numbers, non-standard Unix-domain socket locations, - permission problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce - Momjian) + Improve <application>pg_ctl</> start's <quote>wait</quote> + (<option>-w</>) mode to handle non-standard port numbers, + non-standard Unix-domain socket locations, permission + problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce Momjian) </para> </listitem> @@ -2091,8 +2084,8 @@ </para> <para> - This allows for faster compiles. Also, make <option>-k</> - and make <option>-q</> now work properly in a parallel build. + This allows for faster compiles. Also, <literal>make -k</> + now works properly. </para> </listitem> @@ -2183,8 +2176,8 @@ <listitem> <para> Improve ability to use C++ compilers for <link - linkend="xfunc-c">backend compiles</link> by removing - conflicting keywords (Tom Lane) + linkend="xfunc-c">compiling add-on modules</link> by removing + conflicting key words (Tom Lane) </para> </listitem> @@ -2346,7 +2339,7 @@ <listitem> <para> Allow <link linkend="intarray"><filename>contrib/intarray</></link> - to work properly on multi-dimensional arrays (Tom Lane) + to work properly on multidimensional arrays (Tom Lane) </para> </listitem> @@ -2582,9 +2575,10 @@ <listitem> <para> - Document that it is possible to access all composite fields - using <link linkend="field-selection"><literal>(compositeval).* - syntax</></link> (Peter Eisentraut) + Document that it is possible to access all composite type + fields using <link + linkend="field-selection"><literal>(compositeval).*</></link> + syntax (Peter Eisentraut) </para> </listitem> |