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<title>Release date:</title>

<para>2017-??-?? (current as of 2017-09-17, commit 244b4a37e)</para>

<para>2017-10-05</para>

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2016-11-18 [67dc4ccbb] Add pg_sequences view

2017-05-15 [f8dc1985f] Fix ALTER SEQUENCE locking

2017-06-01 [3d79013b9] Make ALTER SEQUENCE, including RESTART, fully transactio

2017-09-29 [5cc5987ce] psql: Update \d sequence display

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Move sequences' metadata fields into a new <link

can also be used for this purpose; it provides column names that are

more compatible with existing code.

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The output of <application>psql</>'s <command>\d</> command for a

sequence has been redesigned, too.

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2016-09-05 [15bc038f9] Relax transactional restrictions on ALTER TYPE ... ADD V

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Reduce locking required for adding values to enum types (Andrew

Dunstan, Tom Lane)

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Previously it was impossible to run <command>ALTER TYPE ... ADD

VALUE</> in a transaction block unless the enum type was created

in the same block. Now, only references to uncommitted enum

values from other transactions are prohibited.

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