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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 38 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index af1db25543e..6752443ae3b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.292 2004/08/27 02:09:18 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.293 2004/08/30 00:33:52 tgl Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> @@ -327,11 +327,13 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.292 2004/08/27 02:09:18 momjian <listitem> <para> - Syntax checking of array input processing has been tighened up + Syntax checking of array input values has been tightened up considerably. Junk that was previously allowed in odd places with - odd results now causes an ERROR. Also changed behavior with respect - to whitespace surrounding array elements; trailing whitespace is now - ignored as well as leading whitespace (which has always been ignored). + odd results now causes an ERROR. Empty-string element values must + now be written as <literal>""</>, rather than writing nothing. + Also changed behavior with respect to whitespace surrounding array + elements: trailing whitespace is now ignored, for symmetry with leading + whitespace (which has always been ignored). </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -1186,7 +1188,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.292 2004/08/27 02:09:18 momjian <listitem> <para> - Reject non-rectangular array literals as erroneous (Joe) + Reject non-rectangular array values as erroneous (Joe) </para> <para> Formerly, <literal>array_in</literal> would silently build a @@ -1196,11 +1198,25 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.292 2004/08/27 02:09:18 momjian <listitem> <para> - Syntax checking of array input processing considerably tighened up (Joe) + Syntax checking of array input values considerably tightened up (Joe) </para> <para> Junk that was previously allowed in odd places with odd results now - causes an ERROR. + causes an ERROR: for example, non-whitespace after the closing + right brace. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Empty-string array element values must now be written as + <literal>""</>, rather than writing nothing (Joe) + </para> + <para> + Formerly, both ways of writing an empty-string element value were + allowed, but now a quoted empty string is required. The case where + nothing at all appears will probably be taken over to mean a NULL + element value in some future release. </para> </listitem> @@ -1210,14 +1226,14 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.292 2004/08/27 02:09:18 momjian </para> <para> Formerly leading whitespace was ignored, but trailing whitespace - between an element and the delimiter or right brace was significant. - Now trailing whitespace is also ignored. + between an element value and the delimiter or right brace was + significant. Now trailing whitespace is also ignored. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Emit array literals with explicit array bounds when lower bound is not one + Emit array values with explicit array bounds when lower bound is not one (Joe) </para> </listitem> |