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38 | 38 | <para> |
39 | 39 | This release adds many improvements to commands and database |
40 | | - facilities that were requested by users. Rather than adding |
41 | | - a few new features, this release makes many features from |
42 | | - previous releases easier to use. For example, there are now |
43 | | - additional controls for continuous archiving. Many |
44 | | - performance bottlenecks have been eliminated, allowing more |
45 | | - functionality to be enabled by default. Various additions |
46 | | - will make porting from other databases easier. The changes |
47 | | - in this release continue the <productname>PostgreSQL</> |
48 | | - tradition of being not only the most advanced open source |
49 | | - database, but also the easiest to use. |
| 40 | + facilities that were requested by users, including: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + <itemizedlist> |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + <listitem> |
| 45 | + <para> |
| 46 | + Improved sort performance, memory usage, |
| 47 | +locking/concurency, FILLFACTOR support, query |
| 48 | +optimization, and vacuuming |
| 49 | + </para> |
| 50 | + </listitem> |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + <listitem> |
| 53 | + <para> |
| 54 | + Continuous archiving enhancements |
| 55 | + </para> |
| 56 | + </listitem> |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + <listitem> |
| 59 | + <para> |
| 60 | + Monitoring and logging additions |
| 61 | + </para> |
| 62 | + </listitem> |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + <listitem> |
| 65 | + <para> |
| 66 | + Query enhancements including RETURNING values, multi-VALUES, |
| 67 | +support, and self-joins for DELETE |
| 68 | + </para> |
| 69 | + </listitem> |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + <listitem> |
| 72 | + <para> |
| 73 | + More control over creating/dropping objects and inheritance |
| 74 | + </para> |
| 75 | + </listitem> |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + <listitem> |
| 78 | + <para> |
| 79 | + Index creation without blocking INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE |
| 80 | + </para> |
| 81 | + </listitem> |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + <listitem> |
| 84 | + <para> |
| 85 | + COPY support for SELECT statements |
| 86 | + </para> |
| 87 | + </listitem> |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + <listitem> |
| 90 | + <para> |
| 91 | +Array and aggregate improvements |
| 92 | + </para> |
| 93 | + </listitem> |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + <listitem> |
| 96 | + <para> |
| 97 | + Many /contrib improvements |
| 98 | + </para> |
| 99 | + </listitem> |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + </itemizedlist> |
| 102 | + |
50 | 103 | </para> |
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52 | 105 | </sect2> |
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