<listitem>

<para>

Treat ECPG cursor names as case-insensitive (Zoltan Boszormenyi)

Treat<application>ECPG</> cursor names as case-insensitive (Zoltan Boszormenyi)

</para>

</listitem>

</para>

<para>

Previously only host IP addresses and CIDR values were supported.

Previously only host <acronym>IP</> addresses and <acronym>CIDR</>

values were supported.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Support the keyword'all' in the host column of <link

Support the keyword<literal>all</> in the host column of <link

linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></link>

(Peter Eisentraut)

</para>

<listitem>

<para>

Allow <link linkend="gssapi-auth">GSSAPI</link> to be used to

authenticate to servers via <link linkend="sspi-auth">SSPI</link>

(Christian Ullrich)

Allow <link linkend="gssapi-auth"><acronym>GSSAPI</></link>

to be used toauthenticate to servers via <link

linkend="sspi-auth"><acronym>SSPI</></link>(Christian Ullrich)

</para>

<para>

Specifically this allows Unix-based GSSAPI clients to authenticate

toWindowsSSPI servers.

Specifically this allows Unix-based<acronym>GSSAPI</> clients

to<acronym>SSPI</> authenticate to Windows servers.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add details to the logging ofrestart points and checkpoints,

Add details to the logging ofrestartpoints and checkpoints,

which is controlled by <link

linkend="guc-log-checkpoints"><varname>log_checkpoints</></link>

(Fujii Masao, Greg Smith)

</para>

<para>

New details show WAL file and sync activity.

New details show<acronym>WAL</> file and sync activity.

</para>

</listitem>

<para>

Add system view <link

linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></link>

which displays activity of WAL sender processes (Itagaki

which displays activity of<acronym>WAL</> sender processes (Itagaki

Takahiro, Simon Riggs)

</para>

<listitem>

<para>

Add nearest-neighbor (order-by-operator) searching to <link

linkend="GiST">GiST indexes</link> (Teodor Sigaev, Tom Lane)

linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</> indexes</link> (Teodor Sigaev, Tom Lane)

</para>

<para>

This allows GiST indexes to quickly return

This allows<acronym>GiST</> indexes to quickly return

<literal>LIMIT</>-specified closest values.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Allow <link linkend="GIN">GIN indexes</link> to index null

Allow <link linkend="GIN"><acronym>GIN</> indexes</link> to index null

and empty values (Tom Lane)

</para>

<para>

This allows full GIN index scans.

This allows full<acronym>GIN</> index scans.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Fix <link linkend="GiST">GiST indexes</link> to be fully

Fix <link linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</> indexes</link> to be fully

crash-safe (Heikki Linnakangas)

</para>

</sect4>

<sect4>

<title><link linkend="functions-xml">XML</link></title>

<title><link linkend="functions-xml"><acronym>XML</></link></title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>

Add XML function <link

Add<acronym>XML</> function <link

linkend="xml-exists"><literal>XMLEXISTS</></link> and <link

linkend="xml-exists"><function>xpath_exists()</></link>

functions (Mike Fowler)

<listitem>

<para>

Add XML functions <link

Add<acronym>XML</> functions <link

linkend="xml-is-well-formed"><function>xml_is_well_formed()</></link>,

<link

linkend="xml-is-well-formed"><function>xml_is_well_formed_document()</></link>,

</para>

<para>

These check whether the input is properly-formed XML.

These check whether the input is properly-formed<acronym>XML</>.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add single-parameter version of function <link

Addasingle-parameter version of function <link

linkend="functions-admin-genfile"><function>pg_read_file()</></link>

to read an entire file (Dimitri Fontaine, Itagaki Takahiro)

</para>

<listitem>

<para>

Add <link

Addthe<link

linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"><function>pg_describe_object()</></link>

function (Alvaro Herrera)

</para>

Add variable <link

linkend="guc-quote-all-identifiers"><varname>quote_all_identifiers</></link>

to force the quoting of all identifiers in <command>EXPLAIN</>

and system catalog functions like <link

andinsystem catalog functions like <link

linkend="functions-info-catalog-table"><function>pg_get_viewdef()</></link>

(Robert Haas)

</para>

<listitem>

<para>

Report PL/Python errors from iterators with PLy_elog (Jan

Report PL/Python errors from iterators with<literal>PLy_elog</> (Jan

Urbanski)

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add <application>psql</> command <literal>\sf</>commandto

Add <application>psql</> command <literal>\sf</> to

show a function's definition (Pavel Stehule)

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add <application>psql</> <literal>\dL</>command

<literal>\dL</> to listlanguages (Fernando Ike)

Add <application>psql</>command<literal>\dL</>to list

languages (Fernando Ike)

</para>

</listitem>

<para>

This is passed to the editor using the

<literal>EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH</> environment variable.

<envar>EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH</> environment variable.

</para>

</listitem>

</para>

<para>

This only happens if the <literal>PGCLIENTENCODING</> environment

This only happens if the <envar>PGCLIENTENCODING</> environment

variable is not set.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Allow tab completion of <application>psql</> variables (Pavel

Additional tab completion of <application>psql</> variables (Pavel

Stehule)

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add <literal>promote</> option to <application>pg_ctl</> to

change a standby server to primary (Fujii Masao)

switch a standby server to primary (Fujii Masao)

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add a libpq connection option client_encoding which behaves

like the <literal>PGCLIENTENCODING</> environment variable

(Heikki Linnakangas)

Add a libpq connection option<literal>client_encoding</>

which behaveslike the <envar>PGCLIENTENCODING</> environment

variable(Heikki Linnakangas)

</para>

<para>

<listitem>

<para>

Require GNU <link

Require<acronym>GNU</> <link

linkend="install-requirements"><application>make</></link>

3.80 or newer (Peter Eisentraut)

</para>

<listitem>

<para>

Add support for DragonFly BSD (Rumko)

Add support for DragonFly<acronym>BSD</> (Rumko)

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Add <link linkend="sepgsql"><filename>contrib/sepgsql</></link>

to interface permission checks withSE-Linux (KaiGai Kohei)

to interface permission checks with<acronym>SE</>-Linux (KaiGai Kohei)

</para>

<para>

<listitem>

<para>

Extensive <link linkend="ecpg">ECPG documentation</link>

Extensive <link linkend="ecpg"><application>ECPG</> documentation</link>

improvements (Satoshi Nagayasu)

</para>

</listitem>