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@@ -2336,8 +2339,8 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
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<term>Prepared Queries</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PostgreSQL now supports prepared queries, for improved
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performance.
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> now supports prepared
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queries, for improvedperformance.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
@@ -2346,11 +2349,11 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
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<term>Dependency Tracking</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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PostgreSQL now records object dependencies, which allows
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improvements in many areas. <command>DROP</command>
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statements now take either <literal>CASCADE</> or
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<literal>RESTRICT</> to control whether dependent objects are
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also dropped.
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> now records object
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dependencies, which allowsimprovements in many areas.
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<command>DROP</command>statements now take either
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<literal>CASCADE</> or <literal>RESTRICT</> to control whether
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dependent objects arealso dropped.
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</para>
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@@ -2530,7 +2533,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Add pg_locks view to show locks (Neil)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Security fixes for password negotiation memory allocation (Neil)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Remove support for version 0 FE/BE protocol (PostgreSQL 6.2 and earlier) (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Remove support for version 0 FE/BE protocol (<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 6.2 and earlier) (Tom)</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Reserve the last few backend slots for superusers, add parameter superuser_reserved_connections to control this (Nigel J. Andrews)</para></listitem>
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</sect3>
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<para>
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This release focuses on removing limitations that have existed in the
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PostgreSQL code for many years.
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> code for many years.
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</para>
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<para>
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</term>
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<para>
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To maintain database consistency in case
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of an operating system crash,previous releases of PostgreSQL have
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forcedall data modifications to disk before each transaction commit.
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WithWAL, only one log file must be flushed to disk, greatly improving
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performance. If you have been using -F in previous releases to disable
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disk flushes, you may want to consider discontinuing its use.
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To maintain database consistency in case of an operating system crash,
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previous releases of<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> have forced
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all data modifications to disk before each transaction commit. With
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WAL, only one log file must be flushed to disk, greatly improving
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performance. If you have been using -F in previous releases to
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disabledisk flushes, you may want to consider discontinuing its use.
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</para>
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</term>
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<para>
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This removes our old
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table-level locking, and replaces it with a locking system that is
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superior to most commercial database systems. In a traditional system,
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each row that is modified is locked until committed, preventing reads by
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other users. MVCC uses the natural multiversion nature of PostgreSQL
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to allow readers to continue reading consistent data during writer
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activity. Writers continue to use the compact pg_log transaction
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system. This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for
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every row like traditional database systems. So, basically, we no
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longer are restricted by simple table-level locking;
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we have something better than row-level locking.
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This removes our old table-level locking, and replaces it with
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a locking system that is superior to most commercial database
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systems. In a traditional system, each row that is modified
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is locked until committed, preventing reads by other users.
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MVCC uses the natural multiversion nature of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to allow readers to
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continue reading consistent data during writer activity.
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Writers continue to use the compact pg_log transaction system.
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This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for
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every row like traditional database systems. So, basically,
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we no longer are restricted by simple table-level locking; we
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have something better than row-level locking.
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</para>
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</term>
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<para>
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We continue to speed up PostgreSQL, thanks to the variety of
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talents within our team. We have sped up memory allocation,
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optimization, table joins, and row transfer routines.
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We continue to speed up <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>,
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thanks to the variety of talents within our team. We have
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sped up memory allocation, optimization, table joins, and row