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55<appendix id="release">
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
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1111 <note>
1212 <title>Release date</title>
13- <simpara>2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-06 </simpara>
13+ <simpara>2004-??-??, current as of 2004-11-21 </simpara>
1414 </note>
1515
1616 <sect2>
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
352352 <para>
353353 Syntax checking of array input values has been tightened up
354354 considerably. Junk that was previously allowed in odd places with
355- odd results now causes an<literal>ERROR . Empty-string element
356- values must now be written as ""</>, rather than writing nothing.
355+ odd results now causes anerror . Empty-string element values
356+ must now be written as<literal> ""</>, rather than writing nothing.
357357 Also changed behavior with respect to whitespace surrounding
358358 array elements: trailing whitespace is now ignored, for symmetry
359359 with leading whitespace (which has always been ignored).
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
610610 (Manfred Koizar)
611611 </para>
612612 <para>
613- This gives better statistics for asymmetric data distributions.
613+ This gives better statistics when the density of valid rows is very
614+ different in different regions of a table.
614615 </para>
615616 </listitem>
616617
@@ -765,12 +766,24 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
765766 </para>
766767 </listitem>
767768
769+ <listitem>
770+ <para>
771+ Some logging-related configuration parameters could formerly be adjusted
772+ by ordinary users, but only in the <quote>more verbose</> direction.
773+ They are now treated more strictly: only superusers can set them.
774+ However, a superuser may use <command>ALTER USER</> to provide per-user
775+ settings of these values for non-superusers. Also, it is now possible
776+ for superusers to set values of superuser-only configuration parameters
777+ via <literal>PGOPTIONS</>.
778+ </para>
779+ </listitem>
780+
768781 <listitem>
769782 <para>
770783 Allow configuration files to be placed outside the data directory (mlw)
771784 </para>
772785 <para>
773- By default, configuration filessit in thetop server directory.
786+ By default, configuration filesare kept in thecluster's top directory.
774787 With this addition, configuration files can be placed outside the
775788 data directory, easing administration.
776789 </para>
@@ -1070,7 +1083,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
10701083 columns (Tom)
10711084 </para>
10721085 <para>
1073- Thisis related to the new capability ofadding defaults for new
1086+ Thisfalls out from the new capability ofspecifying defaults for new
10741087 columns.
10751088 </para>
10761089 </listitem>
@@ -1141,7 +1154,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
11411154
11421155 <listitem>
11431156 <para>
1144- Have <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</> change dependent sequence
1157+ Make <command>ALTER TABLE OWNER</> change dependent sequence
11451158 ownership too (Alvaro)
11461159 </para>
11471160 </listitem>
@@ -1471,7 +1484,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.310 2004/11/21 21:17:02 tgl Exp
14711484
14721485 <listitem>
14731486 <para>
1474- Fix <function>to_char (year)</> for BC dates (previously it
1487+ Fix <function>date_part (year)</> for BC dates (previously it
14751488 returned one less than the correct year) (Bruce)
14761489 </para>
14771490 </listitem>
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18311844 Use dependency information to improve the reliability of
18321845 <application>pg_dump</> (Tom)
18331846 </para>
1847+ <para>
1848+ This should solve the longstanding problems with related objects
1849+ sometimes being dumped in the wrong order.
1850+ </para>
18341851 </listitem>
18351852
18361853 <listitem>
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19371954
19381955 <listitem>
19391956 <para>
1940- Many ecpg improvements, including <command>SET DESCRIPTOR</> (Michael)
1957+ Add <function>PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()</> functions to support
1958+ preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types
1959+ of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
19411960 </para>
19421961 </listitem>
19431962
19441963 <listitem>
19451964 <para>
1946- Add <function>PQprepare/PQsendPrepared()</> functions to support
1947- preparing statements without necessarily specifying the data types
1948- of their parameters (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
1965+ Many ecpg improvements, including <command>SET DESCRIPTOR</> (Michael)
19491966 </para>
19501967 </listitem>
19511968