Release 7.2
+ Release date: 2002-02-04
+
Overview
This release improves PostgreSQL for use in high-volume applications.
Disable COPY TO/FROM on views (Bruce)
COPY DELIMITERS string must be exactly one character (Tom)
VACUUM warning about index tuples fewer than heap now only appears when appropriate (Martijn van Oosterhout)
+ Fix permission checks for CREATE INDEX (Tom)
+ Disallow inappropriate use of CREATE/DROP INDEX/TRIGGER/VIEW (Tom)
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octet_length(text) now returns non-compressed length (Tatsuo, Bruce)
Handle "July" full name in date/time literals (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Some datatype() function calls now evaluated differently
+ Add support for Julian and ISO time specifications (Thomas)
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Auto allocation for string arrays (char **foo_pp=NULL)
ECPGfree_auto_mem fixed
All function names with external linkage are now prefixed by ECPG
+ Fixes for arrays of structures (Michael)
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pgindent fixes (Bruce, Tom)
Replace strcasecmp() with strcmp() where appropriate (Peter E)
Dynahash portability improvements (Tom)
+ Add 'volatile' usage in spinlock structures
+ Improve signal handling logic (Tom)
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contrib/fulltextindex fixes (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
New contrib/fuzzystrmatch with levenshtein and metaphone, soundex merged (Joe Conway)
Add contrib/intarray boolean queries, binary search, fixes (Oleg Bartunov)
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+ New pg_upgrade utility (Bruce)
+ Add new pg_resetxlog options (Bruce, Tom)
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Release 7.1.3
+.\"
.TH PG_UPGRADE 1 "PG_UPGRADE(1)" "14 Jan 2002" "PostgreSQL Client Applications" ""
.SH NAME
pg_upgrade \- upgrading from a previous release without reloading
.LP
The upgraded databases will be in an un-vacuumed state. You will
probably want to run a \fIVACUUM ANALYZE\fP before beginning production work.
+.SH NOTES
+While \fBpg_upgrade\fP is primarly an upgrade tool, it can also be used
+as a data recovery tool.
.SH SEE ALSO
initdb(1), postmaster(1), pg_dump(1), pg_dumpall(1), vacuumdb(1)
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<appendix id="release">
<sect1 id="release-7-2">
<title>Release 7.2</title>
-<!--
+
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
- <simpara>2001-??-??</simpara>
+ <simpara>2002-02-04</simpara>
</note>
--->
<sect2>
<title>Overview</title>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
-<!-- as of 2001-12-22 -->
<sect3>
<title>Server Operation</title>
Disable COPY TO/FROM on views (Bruce)
COPY DELIMITERS string must be exactly one character (Tom)
VACUUM warning about index tuples fewer than heap now only appears when appropriate (Martijn van Oosterhout)
+Fix permission checks for CREATE INDEX (Tom)
+Disallow inappropriate use of CREATE/DROP INDEX/TRIGGER/VIEW (Tom)
</literallayout>
</sect3>
octet_length(text) now returns non-compressed length (Tatsuo, Bruce)
Handle "July" full name in date/time literals (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Some datatype() function calls now evaluated differently
+Add support for Julian and ISO time specifications (Thomas)
</literallayout>
</sect3>
Auto allocation for string arrays (char **foo_pp=NULL)
ECPGfree_auto_mem fixed
All function names with external linkage are now prefixed by ECPG
+Fixes for arrays of structures (Michael)
</literallayout>
</sect3>
pgindent fixes (Bruce, Tom)
Replace strcasecmp() with strcmp() where appropriate (Peter E)
Dynahash portability improvements (Tom)
+Add 'volatile' usage in spinlock structures
+Improve signal handling logic (Tom)
</literallayout>
</sect3>
contrib/fulltextindex fixes (Christopher Kings-Lynne)
New contrib/fuzzystrmatch with levenshtein and metaphone, soundex merged (Joe Conway)
Add contrib/intarray boolean queries, binary search, fixes (Oleg Bartunov)
+New pg_upgrade utility (Bruce)
+Add new pg_resetxlog options (Bruce, Tom)
</literallayout>
</sect3>
</sect2>