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@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
9595
9696 <listitem>
9797 <para>
98- Query enhancements including <literal>RETURNING</literal>
98+ Querylanguage enhancements including <literal>RETURNING</literal>
9999 values, multi-<literal>VALUES</literal>, support, and
100100 self-joins for <command>DELETE</command>
101101 </para>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
111111 <para>
112112 Index creation without blocking concurrent
113113 <command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE</>
114- commands
114+ operations
115115 </para>
116116 </listitem>
117117
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
123123
124124 <listitem>
125125 <para>
126- Array and aggregate improvements, including SQL:2003
126+ Array and aggregate improvements, including SQL:2003
127127 statistical functions
128128 </para>
129129 </listitem>
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
262262
263263 <listitem>
264264 <para>
265- Make command-line options of postmaster and postgres
266- identical (Peter)
265+ Make command-line options of<application> postmaster</> and
266+ <application>postgres</> identical (Peter)
267267 </para>
268268
269269 <para>
@@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
352352 <listitem>
353353 <para>
354354 Change <application>libpq</> <function>PQgetssl()</> to
355- return a <literal>void*</>, rather than <literal>SSL*</>
355+ return a <literal>void
356356 (Martijn van Oosterhout)
357357 </para>
358358
359359 <para>
360- This allows applications to use the function without
361- <acronym>SSL</> headers.
360+ This allows applications to use the function without including
361+ the OpenSSL headers.
362362 </para>
363363 </listitem>
364364
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
786786
787787 <listitem>
788788 <para>
789- Add support formulti -row <literal>VALUES</> clauses as
789+ Add support formultiple -row <literal>VALUES</> clauses as
790790 part of <command>INSERT</> and <command>SELECT</> statements,
791791 per SQL standard (Joe, Tom)
792792 </para>
@@ -985,8 +985,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
985985 </para>
986986
987987 <para>
988- This allows the tablespace to be specified for the new
989- table.
988+ This allows a tablespace to be specified for the new table.
990989 </para>
991990 </listitem>
992991
@@ -1166,8 +1165,8 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
11661165 </para>
11671166
11681167 <para>
1169- This is a new locking APIcompared to what used to be in /contrib.
1170- The /contrib code is now on pgfoundry.
1168+ This is a new locking APIthat is similar to what used to be
1169+ in /contrib. The /contrib code is now on pgfoundry.
11711170 </para>
11721171 </listitem>
11731172
@@ -1192,8 +1191,8 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
11921191
11931192 <listitem>
11941193 <para>
1195- Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being
1196- affected by other concurrent <command>VACUUM</>s (Hannu
1194+ Allow <command>VACUUM</> to expire rows without being affected
1195+ by other concurrent <command>VACUUM</> operations (Hannu
11971196 Krossing, Alvaro, Tom)
11981197 </para>
11991198 </listitem>
@@ -1252,7 +1251,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
12521251 </para>
12531252
12541253 <para>
1255- The file name is controlled by GUC variable
1254+ The file name is controlled bythe GUC variable
12561255 <varname>timezone_abbreviations</>.
12571256 </para>
12581257 </listitem>
@@ -1380,7 +1379,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
13801379 <function>covar_pop()</>, <function>regr_avgx()</>,
13811380 <function>regr_avgy()</>, <function>regr_sxy()</>,
13821381 <function>regr_sxx()</>, <function>regr_syy()</>,
1383- <function>regr_count()</>
1382+ <function>regr_count()</>.
13841383 </para>
13851384 </listitem>
13861385
@@ -1506,7 +1505,7 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
15061505 </para>
15071506
15081507 <para>
1509- <literal>relname</> is kept but now deprecated
1508+ <literal>relname</> is kept but now deprecated.
15101509 </para>
15111510 </listitem>
15121511
@@ -1636,12 +1635,15 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
16361635
16371636 <listitem>
16381637 <para>
1639- Support retrieving <command>SELECT</> results in batches
1640- using a cursor (Chris Mair)
1638+ Supportfor automatically retrieving <command>SELECT</>
1639+ results in batches using a cursor (Chris Mair)
16411640 </para>
16421641
16431642 <para>
1644- This is accomplished using <command>\set FETCH_COUNT</>.
1643+ This is accomplished using <command>\set FETCH_COUNT</>. This
1644+ feature allows large result sets to be manipulated in
1645+ <application>psql</> without needing to buffer the entire
1646+ result set in memory.
16451647 </para>
16461648 </listitem>
16471649
@@ -1672,8 +1674,8 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections.
16721674
16731675 <listitem>
16741676 <para>
1675- Make the line counter 64-bit so it can handle filesover
1676- two billion lines (David Fetter)
1677+ Make the line counter 64-bit so it can handle fileswith more
1678+ than two billion lines (David Fetter)
16771679 </para>
16781680 </listitem>
16791681
