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15 | 15 | <title>Overview</title> |
16 | 16 |
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17 | 17 | <para> |
18 | | - This release of |
19 | | - <productname>PostgreSQL</> adds numerous major features, including: |
| 18 | + This release shows <productname>PostgreSQL</> moving beyond the |
| 19 | + traditional relational feature set with new, ground-breaking |
| 20 | + functionality that is unique to <productname>PostgreSQL</>. |
| 21 | + Additionally, this release improves streaming replication by adding |
| 22 | + a synchronous option and monitoring improvements. Major enhancements |
| 23 | + include: |
20 | 24 | </para> |
21 | 25 |
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22 | | - <para> |
23 | | - (summary to be added) |
24 | | - </para> |
| 26 | + <itemizedlist> |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + <!-- This list duplicates items below, but without authors or details--> |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + <listitem> |
| 31 | + <para> |
| 32 | + Support unlogged tables using the <link |
| 33 | + linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description"><literal>UNLOGGED</></link> |
| 34 | + option in <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE |
| 35 | + TABLE</></link> |
| 36 | + </para> |
| 37 | + </listitem> |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + <listitem> |
| 40 | + <para> |
| 41 | + Allow <link linkend="synchronous-replication">synchronous |
| 42 | + replication</link> |
| 43 | + </para> |
| 44 | + </listitem> |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + <listitem> |
| 47 | + <para> |
| 48 | + Add support for <link linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNTABLE">foreign |
| 49 | + tables</link> |
| 50 | + </para> |
| 51 | + </listitem> |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + <listitem> |
| 54 | + <para> |
| 55 | + Add per-column <link |
| 56 | + linkend="collation">collation</link> support |
| 57 | + </para> |
| 58 | + </listitem> |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + <listitem> |
| 61 | + <para> |
| 62 | + Add a <link linkend="SQL-SECURITY-LABEL"><command>SECURITY |
| 63 | + LABEL</></link> command |
| 64 | + </para> |
| 65 | + </listitem> |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + <listitem> |
| 68 | + <para> |
| 69 | + Add a true <link |
| 70 | + linkend="xact-serializable">serializable</link> isolation |
| 71 | + level |
| 72 | + </para> |
| 73 | + </listitem> |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + <listitem> |
| 76 | + <para> |
| 77 | + Allow data-modification commands |
| 78 | + (<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE)</> in |
| 79 | + <link linkend="queries-with"><literal>WITH</></link> clauses |
| 80 | + </para> |
| 81 | + </listitem> |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + <listitem> |
| 84 | + <para> |
| 85 | + Add nearest-neighbor (order-by-operator) searching to <link |
| 86 | + linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</> indexes</link> |
| 87 | + </para> |
| 88 | + </listitem> |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | + <listitem> |
| 91 | + <para> |
| 92 | + Add <link linkend="extend-extensions">extensions</link> which |
| 93 | + simplify packaging of additions to <productname>PostgreSQL</> |
| 94 | + </para> |
| 95 | + </listitem> |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | + <listitem> |
| 98 | + <para> |
| 99 | + Update the <link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> server-side |
| 100 | + language |
| 101 | + </para> |
| 102 | + </listitem> |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | + </itemizedlist> |
25 | 105 |
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26 | 106 | <para> |
27 | 107 | The above items are explained in more detail in the sections below. |
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