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I. 教程
章1. 从头开始
1.1. 安装
1.2. 体系基本概念
1.3. 创建一个数据库
1.4. 访问数据库
章2. SQL语言
2.1. 介绍
2.2. 概念
2.3. 创建新表
2.4. 向表中添加行
2.5. 查询一个表
2.6. 表间链接
2.7. 聚集函数
2.8. 更新
2.9. 删除
章3. 高级特性
3.1. 介绍
3.2. 视图
3.3. 外键
3.4. 事务
3.5. 窗口函数
3.6. 继承
3.7. 结论
II. SQL语言
章4. SQL语法
4.1. 词法结构
4.2. 值表达式
4.3. 调用函数
章5. 数据定义
5.1. 表的基本概念
5.2. 缺省值
5.3. 约束
5.4. 系统字段
5.5. 修改表
5.6. 权限
5.7. 模式
5.8. 继承
5.9. 分区
5.10. 其它数据库对象
5.11. 依赖性跟踪
章 6. 数据操作
6.1. 插入数据
6.2. 更新数据
6.3. 删除数据
章7. 查询
7.1. 概述
7.2. 表表达式
7.3. 选择列表
7.4. 组合查询
7.5. 行排序
7.6. LIMIT和OFFSET
7.7. VALUES列表
7.8. WITH的查询（公用表表达式）
章8. 数据类型
8.1. 数值类型
8.2. 货币类型
8.3. 字符类型
8.4. 二进制数据类型
8.5. 日期/时间类型
8.6. 布尔类型
8.7. 枚举类型
8.8. 几何类型
8.9. 网络地址类型
8.10. 位串类型
8.11. 文本搜索类型
8.12. UUID类型
8.13. XML类型
8.14. 数组
8.15. 复合类型
8.16. 对象标识符类型
8.17. 伪类型
章 9. 函数和操作符
9.1. 逻辑操作符
9.2. 比较操作符
9.3. 数学函数和操作符
9.4. 字符串函数和操作符
9.5. 二进制字符串函数和操作符
9.6. 位串函数和操作符
9.7. 模式匹配
9.8. 数据类型格式化函数
9.9. 时间/日期函数和操作符
9.10. 支持枚举函数
9.11. 几何函数和操作符
9.12. 网络地址函数和操作符
9.13. 文本检索函数和操作符
9.14. XML函数
9.15. 序列操作函数
9.16. 条件表达式
9.17. 数组函数和操作符
9.18. 聚合函数
9.19. 窗口函数
9.20. 子查询表达式
9.21. 行和数组比较
9.22. 返回集合的函数
9.23. 系统信息函数
9.24. 系统管理函数
9.25. 触发器函数
章10. 类型转换
10.3. 函数
10.2. 操作符
10.1. 概述
10.4. 值存储
10.5. UNION
章11. 索引
11.1. 介绍
11.2. 索引类型
11.3. 多字段索引
11.4. 索引和ORDER BY
11.5. 组合多个索引
11.6. 唯一索引
11.7. 表达式上的索引
11.8. 部分索引
11.9. 操作类和操作簇
11.10. 检查索引的使用
章12. Full Text Search
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Tables and Indexes
12.3. Controlling Text Search
12.4. Additional Features
12.5. Parsers
12.6. Dictionaries
12.7. Configuration Example
12.8. Testing and Debugging Text Search
12.9. GiST and GIN Index Types
12.10. psql Support
12.11. Limitations
12.12. Migration from Pre-8.3 Text Search
章13. 并发控制
13.1. 介绍
13.2. 事务隔离
13.3. 明确锁定
13.4. 应用层数据完整性检查
13.5. 锁和索引
章14. 性能提升技巧
14.1. 使用EXPLAIN
14.2. 规划器使用的统计信息
14.3. 用明确的JOIN语句控制规划器
14.4. 向数据库中添加记录
14.5. 非持久性设置
III. 服务器管理
章15. 安装指导
15.1. 简版
15.2. 要求
15.3. 获取源码
15.4. 升级
15.5. 安装过程
15.6. 安装后的设置
15.7. 支持的平台
15.8. 特殊平台的要求
章16. Installation from Source Code on Windows
16.1. Building with Visual C++ or the Platform SDK
16.2. Building libpq with Visual C++ or Borland C++
章17. 服务器安装和操作
17.1. PostgreSQL用户帐户
17.2. 创建数据库集群
17.3. 启动数据库服务器
17.4. 管理内核资源
17.5. 关闭服务
17.6. 防止服务器欺骗
17.7. 加密选项
17.8. 用SSL进行安全的TCP/IP连接
17.9. Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSH Tunnels
章18. 服务器配置
18.1. 设置参数
18.2. 文件位置
18.3. 连接和认证
18.4. 资源消耗
18.5. 预写式日志
18.6. 查询规划
18.7. 错误报告和日志
18.8. 运行时统计
18.9. 自动清理
18.10. 客户端连接缺省
18.12. 版本和平台兼容性
18.11. 锁管理
18.13. 预置选项
18.14. 自定义的选项
18.15. 开发人员选项
18.16. 短选项
章19. 用户认证
19.1. pg_hba.conf 文件
19.2. 用户名映射
19.3. 认证方法
19.4. 用户认证
章20. 数据库角色和权限
20.1. 数据库角色
20.2. 角色属性
20.3. 权限
20.4. 角色成员
20.5. 函数和触发器
章21. 管理数据库
21.1. 概述
21.2. 创建一个数据库
21.3. 临时库
21.4. 数据库配置
21.5. 删除数据库
21.6. 表空间
章22. 本土化
22.1. 区域支持
22.2. 字符集支持
章23. 日常数据库维护工作
23.1. Routine Vacuuming日常清理
23.2. 经常重建索引
23.3. 日志文件维护
章24. 备份和恢复
24.1. SQL转储
24.2. 文件系统级别的备份
24.3. 在线备份以及即时恢复(PITR)
24.4. 版本间迁移
章25. 高可用性与负载均衡，复制
25.1. 不同解决方案的比较
25.2. 日志传送备份服务器
25.3. 失效切换
25.4. 日志传送的替代方法
25.5. 热备
章26. 恢复配置
26.1. 归档恢复设置
26.2. 恢复目标设置
26.3. 备服务器设置
章27. 监控数据库的活动
27.1. 标准Unix工具
27.2. 统计收集器
27.3. 查看锁
27.4. 动态跟踪
章28. 监控磁盘使用情况
28.1. 判断磁盘的使用量
28.2. 磁盘满导致的失效
章29. 可靠性和预写式日志
29.1. 可靠性
29.2. 预写式日志(WAL)
29.3. 异步提交
29.4. WAL配置
29.5. WAL内部
章30. Regression Tests
30.1. Running the Tests
30.2. Test Evaluation
30.3. Variant Comparison Files
30.4. Test Coverage Examination
IV. 客户端接口
章31. libpq-C库
31.1. 数据库联接函数
31.2. 连接状态函数
31.3. 命令执行函数
31.4. 异步命令处理
31.5. 取消正在处理的查询
31.6. 捷径接口
31.7. 异步通知
31.8. 与COPY命令相关的函数
31.9. Control Functions 控制函数
31.10. 其他函数
31.11. 注意信息处理
31.12. 事件系统
31.13. 环境变量
31.14. 口令文件
31.15. 连接服务的文件
31.16. LDAP查找连接参数
31.17. SSL支持
31.18. 在多线程程序里的行为
31.19. 制作libpq程序
31.20. 例子程序
章32. 大对象
32.1. 介绍
32.2. 实现特点
32.3. 客户端接口
32.4. 服务器端函数
32.5. 例子程序
章33. ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
33.1. The Concept
33.2. Connecting to the Database Server
33.3. Closing a Connection
33.4. Running SQL Commands
33.5. Choosing a Connection
33.6. Using Host Variables
33.7. Dynamic SQL
33.8. pgtypes library
33.9. Using Descriptor Areas
33.10. Informix compatibility mode
33.11. Error Handling
33.12. Preprocessor directives
33.13. Processing Embedded SQL Programs
33.14. Library Functions
33.15. Internals
章34. 信息模式
34.1. 关于这个模式
34.2. 数据类型
34.3. information_schema_catalog_name
34.4. administrable_role_authorizations
34.5. applicable_roles
34.6. attributes
34.7. check_constraint_routine_usage
34.8. check_constraints
34.9. column_domain_usage
34.10. column_privileges
34.11. column_udt_usage
34.12. 字段
34.13. constraint_column_usage
34.14. constraint_table_usage
34.15. data_type_privileges
34.16. domain_constraints
34.18. domains
34.17. domain_udt_usage
34.19. element_types
34.20. enabled_roles
34.21. foreign_data_wrapper_options
34.22. foreign_data_wrappers
34.23. foreign_server_options
34.24. foreign_servers
34.25. key_column_usage
34.26. parameters
34.27. referential_constraints
34.28. role_column_grants
34.29. role_routine_grants
34.30. role_table_grants
34.31. role_usage_grants
34.32. routine_privileges
34.33. routines
34.34. schemata
34.35. sequences
34.36. sql_features
34.37. sql_implementation_info
34.38. sql_languages
34.39. sql_packages
34.40. sql_parts
34.41. sql_sizing
34.42. sql_sizing_profiles
34.43. table_constraints
34.44. table_privileges
34.45. tables
34.46. triggered_update_columns
34.47. 触发器
34.48. usage_privileges
34.49. user_mapping_options
34.50. user_mappings
34.51. view_column_usage
34.52. view_routine_usage
34.53. view_table_usage
34.54. 视图
V. 服务器端编程
章35. 扩展SQL
35.1. 扩展性是如何实现的
35.2. PostgreSQL类型系统
35.3. User-Defined Functions
35.4. Query Language (SQL) Functions
35.5. Function Overloading
35.6. Function Volatility Categories
35.7. Procedural Language Functions
35.8. Internal Functions
35.9. C-Language Functions
35.10. User-Defined Aggregates
35.11. User-Defined Types
35.12. User-Defined Operators
35.13. Operator Optimization Information
35.14. Interfacing Extensions To Indexes
35.15. 用C++扩展
章36. 触发器
36.1. 触发器行为概述
36.3. 用 C 写触发器
36.2. 数据改变的可视性
36.4. 一个完整的例子
章37. 规则系统
37.1. The Query Tree
37.2. 视图和规则系统
37.3. 在INSERT，UPDATE和DELETE上的规则
37.4. 规则和权限
37.5. 规则和命令状态
37.6. 规则与触发器得比较
章38. Procedural Languages
38.1. Installing Procedural Languages
章39. PL/pgSQL - SQL过程语言
39.1. 概述
39.2. PL/pgSQL的结构
39.3. 声明
39.4. 表达式
39.5. 基本语句
39.6. 控制结构
39.7. 游标
39.8. 错误和消息
39.9. 触发器过程
39.10. PL/pgSQL Under the Hood
39.11. 开发PL/pgSQL的一些提示
39.12. 从OraclePL/SQL 进行移植
章40. PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
40.1. Overview
40.2. PL/Tcl Functions and Arguments
40.3. Data Values in PL/Tcl
40.4. Global Data in PL/Tcl
40.5. Database Access from PL/Tcl
40.6. Trigger Procedures in PL/Tcl
40.7. Modules and the unknown command
40.8. Tcl Procedure Names
章41. PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
41.1. PL/Perl Functions and Arguments
41.2. Data Values in PL/Perl
41.3. Built-in Functions
41.4. Global Values in PL/Perl
41.6. PL/Perl Triggers
41.5. Trusted and Untrusted PL/Perl
41.7. PL/Perl Under the Hood
章42. PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
42.1. Python 2 vs. Python 3
42.2. PL/Python Functions
42.3. Data Values
42.4. Sharing Data
42.5. Anonymous Code Blocks
42.6. Trigger Functions
42.7. Database Access
42.8. Utility Functions
42.9. Environment Variables
章43. Server Programming Interface
43.1. Interface Functions
Spi-spi-connect
Spi-spi-finish
Spi-spi-push
Spi-spi-pop
Spi-spi-execute
Spi-spi-exec
Spi-spi-execute-with-args
Spi-spi-prepare
Spi-spi-prepare-cursor
Spi-spi-prepare-params
Spi-spi-getargcount
Spi-spi-getargtypeid
Spi-spi-is-cursor-plan
Spi-spi-execute-plan
Spi-spi-execute-plan-with-paramlist
Spi-spi-execp
Spi-spi-cursor-open
Spi-spi-cursor-open-with-args
Spi-spi-cursor-open-with-paramlist
Spi-spi-cursor-find
Spi-spi-cursor-fetch
Spi-spi-cursor-move
Spi-spi-scroll-cursor-fetch
Spi-spi-scroll-cursor-move
Spi-spi-cursor-close
Spi-spi-saveplan
43.2. Interface Support Functions
Spi-spi-fname
Spi-spi-fnumber
Spi-spi-getvalue
Spi-spi-getbinval
Spi-spi-gettype
Spi-spi-gettypeid
Spi-spi-getrelname
Spi-spi-getnspname
43.3. Memory Management
Spi-spi-palloc
Spi-realloc
Spi-spi-pfree
Spi-spi-copytuple
Spi-spi-returntuple
Spi-spi-modifytuple
Spi-spi-freetuple
Spi-spi-freetupletable
Spi-spi-freeplan
43.4. Visibility of Data Changes
43.5. Examples
VI. 参考手册
I. SQL命令
Sql-abort
Sql-alteraggregate
Sql-alterconversion
Sql-alterdatabase
Sql-alterdefaultprivileges
Sql-alterdomain
Sql-alterforeigndatawrapper
Sql-alterfunction
Sql-altergroup
Sql-alterindex
Sql-alterlanguage
Sql-alterlargeobject
Sql-alteroperator
Sql-alteropclass
Sql-alteropfamily
Sql-alterrole
Sql-alterschema
Sql-altersequence
Sql-alterserver
Sql-altertable
Sql-altertablespace
Sql-altertsconfig
Sql-altertsdictionary
Sql-altertsparser
Sql-altertstemplate
Sql-altertrigger
Sql-altertype
Sql-alteruser
Sql-alterusermapping
Sql-alterview
Sql-analyze
Sql-begin
Sql-checkpoint
Sql-close
Sql-cluster
Sql-comment
Sql-commit
Sql-commit-prepared
Sql-copy
Sql-createaggregate
Sql-createcast
Sql-createconstraint
Sql-createconversion
Sql-createdatabase
Sql-createdomain
Sql-createforeigndatawrapper
Sql-createfunction
Sql-creategroup
Sql-createindex
Sql-createlanguage
Sql-createoperator
Sql-createopclass
Sql-createopfamily
Sql-createrole
Sql-createrule
Sql-createschema
Sql-createsequence
Sql-createserver
Sql-createtable
Sql-createtableas
Sql-createtablespace
Sql-createtsconfig
Sql-createtsdictionary
Sql-createtsparser
Sql-createtstemplate
Sql-createtrigger
Sql-createtype
Sql-createuser
Sql-createusermapping
Sql-createview
Sql-deallocate
Sql-declare
Sql-delete
Sql-discard
Sql-do
Sql-dropaggregate
Sql-dropcast
Sql-dropconversion
Sql-dropdatabase
Sql-dropdomain
Sql-dropforeigndatawrapper
Sql-dropfunction
Sql-dropgroup
Sql-dropindex
Sql-droplanguage
Sql-dropoperator
Sql-dropopclass
Sql-dropopfamily
Sql-drop-owned
Sql-droprole
Sql-droprule
Sql-dropschema
Sql-dropsequence
Sql-dropserver
Sql-droptable
Sql-droptablespace
Sql-droptsconfig
Sql-droptsdictionary
Sql-droptsparser
Sql-droptstemplate
Sql-droptrigger
Sql-droptype
Sql-dropuser
Sql-dropusermapping
Sql-dropview
Sql-end
Sql-execute
Sql-explain
Sql-fetch
Sql-grant
Sql-insert
Sql-listen
Sql-load
Sql-lock
Sql-move
Sql-notify
Sql-prepare
Sql-prepare-transaction
Sql-reassign-owned
Sql-reindex
Sql-release-savepoint
Sql-reset
Sql-revoke
Sql-rollback
Sql-rollback-prepared
Sql-rollback-to
Sql-savepoint
Sql-select
Sql-selectinto
Sql-set
Sql-set-constraints
Sql-set-role
Sql-set-session-authorization
Sql-set-transaction
Sql-show
Sql-start-transaction
Sql-truncate
Sql-unlisten
Sql-update
Sql-vacuum
Sql-values
II. 客户端应用程序
App-clusterdb
App-createdb
App-createlang
App-createuser
App-dropdb
App-droplang
App-dropuser
App-ecpg
App-pgconfig
App-pgdump
App-pg-dumpall
App-pgrestore
App-psql
App-reindexdb
App-vacuumdb
III. PostgreSQL服务器应用程序
App-initdb
App-pgcontroldata
App-pg-ctl
App-pgresetxlog
App-postgres
App-postmaster
VII. 内部
章44. PostgreSQL内部概览
44.1. 查询路径
44.2. 连接是如何建立起来的
44.3. 分析器阶段
44.4. ThePostgreSQL规则系统
44.5. 规划器/优化器
44.6. 执行器
章45. 系统表
45.1. 概述
45.2. pg_aggregate
45.3. pg_am
45.4. pg_amop
45.5. pg_amproc
45.6. pg_attrdef
45.7. pg_attribute
45.8. pg_authid
45.9. pg_auth_members
45.10. pg_cast
45.11. pg_class
45.12. pg_constraint
45.13. pg_conversion
45.14. pg_database
45.15. pg_db_role_setting
45.16. pg_default_acl
45.17. pg_depend
45.18. pg_description
45.19. pg_enum
45.20. pg_foreign_data_wrapper
45.21. pg_foreign_server
45.22. pg_index
45.23. pg_inherits
45.24. pg_language
45.25. pg_largeobject
45.26. pg_largeobject_metadata
45.27. pg_namespace
45.28. pg_opclass
45.29. pg_operator
45.30. pg_opfamily
45.31. pg_pltemplate
45.32. pg_proc
45.33. pg_rewrite
45.34. pg_shdepend
45.35. pg_shdescription
45.36. pg_statistic
45.37. pg_tablespace
45.38. pg_trigger
45.39. pg_ts_config
45.40. pg_ts_config_map
45.41. pg_ts_dict
45.42. pg_ts_parser
45.43. pg_ts_template
45.44. pg_type
45.45. pg_user_mapping
45.46. System Views
45.47. pg_cursors
45.48. pg_group
45.49. pg_indexes
45.50. pg_locks
45.51. pg_prepared_statements
45.52. pg_prepared_xacts
45.53. pg_roles
45.54. pg_rules
45.55. pg_settings
45.56. pg_shadow
45.57. pg_stats
45.58. pg_tables
45.59. pg_timezone_abbrevs
45.60. pg_timezone_names
45.61. pg_user
45.62. pg_user_mappings
45.63. pg_views
章46. Frontend/Backend Protocol
46.1. Overview
46.2. Message Flow
46.3. Streaming Replication Protocol
46.4. Message Data Types
46.5. Message Formats
46.6. Error and Notice Message Fields
46.7. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0
47. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
47.1. Formatting
47.2. Reporting Errors Within the Server
47.3. Error Message Style Guide
章48. Native Language Support
48.1. For the Translator
48.2. For the Programmer
章49. Writing A Procedural Language Handler
章50. Genetic Query Optimizer
50.1. Query Handling as a Complex Optimization Problem
50.2. Genetic Algorithms
50.3. Genetic Query Optimization (GEQO) in PostgreSQL
50.4. Further Reading
章51. 索引访问方法接口定义
51.1. 索引的系统表记录
51.2. 索引访问方法函数
51.3. 索引扫描
51.4. 索引锁的考量
51.5. 索引唯一性检查
51.6. 索引开销估计函数
章52. GiST Indexes
52.1. Introduction
52.2. Extensibility
52.3. Implementation
52.4. Examples
52.5. Crash Recovery
章53. GIN Indexes
53.1. Introduction
53.2. Extensibility
53.3. Implementation
53.4. GIN tips and tricks
53.5. Limitations
53.6. Examples
章54. 数据库物理存储
54.1. 数据库文件布局
54.2. TOAST
54.3. 自由空间映射
54.4. 可见映射
54.5. 数据库分页文件
章55. BKI后端接口
55.1. BKI 文件格式
55.2. BKI命令
55.3. 系统初始化的BKI文件的结构
55.4. 例子
章56. 规划器如何使用统计信息
56.1. 行预期的例子
VIII. 附录
A. PostgreSQL错误代码
B. 日期/时间支持
B.1. 日期/时间输入解析
B.2. 日期/时间关键字
B.3. 日期/时间配置文件
B.4. 日期单位的历史
C. SQL关键字
D. SQL Conformance
D.1. Supported Features
D.2. Unsupported Features
E. Release Notes
Release-0-01
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F. 额外提供的模块
F.1. adminpack
F.2. auto_explain
F.3. btree_gin
F.4. btree_gist
F.5. chkpass
F.6. citext
F.7. cube
F.8. dblink
Contrib-dblink-connect
Contrib-dblink-connect-u
Contrib-dblink-disconnect
Contrib-dblink
Contrib-dblink-exec
Contrib-dblink-open
Contrib-dblink-fetch
Contrib-dblink-close
Contrib-dblink-get-connections
Contrib-dblink-error-message
Contrib-dblink-send-query
Contrib-dblink-is-busy
Contrib-dblink-get-notify
Contrib-dblink-get-result
Contrib-dblink-cancel-query
Contrib-dblink-get-pkey
Contrib-dblink-build-sql-insert
Contrib-dblink-build-sql-delete
Contrib-dblink-build-sql-update
F.9. dict_int
F.10. dict_xsyn
F.11. earthdistance
F.12. fuzzystrmatch
F.13. hstore
F.14. intagg
F.15. intarray
F.16. isn
F.17. lo
F.18. ltree
F.19. oid2name
F.20. pageinspect
F.21. passwordcheck
F.22. pg_archivecleanup
F.23. pgbench
F.24. pg_buffercache
F.25. pgcrypto
F.26. pg_freespacemap
F.27. pgrowlocks
F.28. pg_standby
F.29. pg_stat_statements
F.30. pgstattuple
F.31. pg_trgm
F.32. pg_upgrade
F.33. seg
F.34. spi
F.35. sslinfo
F.36. tablefunc
F.37. test_parser
F.38. tsearch2
F.39. unaccent
F.40. uuid-ossp
F.41. vacuumlo
F.42. xml2
G. 外部项目
G.1. 客户端接口
G.2. 过程语言
G.3. 扩展
H. The Source Code Repository
H.1. Getting The Source Via Git
I. 文档
I.1. DocBook
I.2. 工具集
I.3. 制作文档
I.4. 文档写作
I.5. 风格指导
J. 首字母缩略词
参考书目
Bookindex
Index
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E.177. Release 6.5
Release date: 1999-06-09
This release marks a major step in the development team's mastery of the source code we inherited from Berkeley. You will see we are now easily adding major features, thanks to the increasing size and experience of our world-wide development team.
Here is a brief summary of the more notable changes:
- Multiversion concurrency control(MVCC)
This removes our old table-level locking, and replaces it with a locking system that is superior to most commercial database systems. In a traditional system, each row that is modified is locked until committed, preventing reads by other users. MVCC uses the natural multiversion nature of PostgreSQL to allow readers to continue reading consistent data during writer activity. Writers continue to use the compact pg_log transaction system. This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for every row like traditional database systems. So, basically, we no longer are restricted by simple table-level locking; we have something better than row-level locking.
- Hot backups from pg_dump
pg_dump takes advantage of the new MVCC features to give a consistent database dump/backup while the database stays online and available for queries.
- Numeric data type
We now have a true numeric data type, with user-specified precision.
- Temporary tables
Temporary tables are guaranteed to have unique names within a database session, and are destroyed on session exit.
- New SQL features
We now have CASE, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT statement support. We have new LIMIT/OFFSET, SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL, SELECT ... FOR UPDATE, and an improved LOCK TABLE command.
- Speedups
We continue to speed up PostgreSQL, thanks to the variety of talents within our team. We have sped up memory allocation, optimization, table joins, and row transfer routines.
- Ports
We continue to expand our port list, this time including Windows NT/ix86 and NetBSD/arm32.
- Interfaces
Most interfaces have new versions, and existing functionality has been improved.
- Documentation
New and updated material is present throughout the documentation. New FAQs have been contributed for SGI and AIX platforms. The Tutorial has introductory information on SQL from Stefan Simkovics. For the User's Guide, there are reference pages covering the postmaster and more utility programs, and a new appendix contains details on date/time behavior. The Administrator's Guide has a new chapter on troubleshooting from Tom Lane. And the Programmer's Guide has a description of query processing, also from Stefan, and details on obtaining the PostgreSQL source tree via anonymous CVS and CVSup.
E.177.1. Migration to Version 6.5
A dump/restore using pg_dump is required for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release of PostgreSQL. pg_upgrade can not be used to upgrade to this release because the on-disk structure of the tables has changed compared to previous releases.
The new Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) features can give somewhat different behaviors in multiuser environments. Read and understand the following section to ensure that your existing applications will give you the behavior you need.
E.177.1.1. Multiversion Concurrency Control
Because readers in 6.5 don't lock data, regardless of transaction isolation level, data read by one transaction can be overwritten by another. In other words, if a row is returned by SELECT it doesn't mean that this row really exists at the time it is returned (i.e. sometime after the statement or transaction began) nor that the row is protected from being deleted or updated by concurrent transactions before the current transaction does a commit or rollback.
To ensure the actual existence of a row and protect it against concurrent updates one must use SELECT FOR UPDATE or an appropriate LOCK TABLE statement. This should be taken into account when porting applications from previous releases of PostgreSQL and other environments.
Keep the above in mind if you are using contrib/refint.* triggers for referential integrity. Additional techniques are required now. One way is to use LOCK parent_table IN SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE command if a transaction is going to update/delete a primary key and use LOCK parent_table IN SHARE MODE command if a transaction is going to update/insert a foreign key.
Note: Note that if you run a transaction in SERIALIZABLE mode then you must execute the LOCK commands above before execution of any DML statement (SELECT/INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE/FETCH/COPY_TO) in the transaction.
These inconveniences will disappear in the future when the ability to read dirty (uncommitted) data (regardless of isolation level) and true referential integrity will be implemented.
E.177.2. Changes
Bug Fixes
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Fix text<->float8 and text<->float4 conversion functions(Thomas)
Fix for creating tables with mixed-case constraints(Billy)
Change exp()/pow() behavior to generate error on underflow/overflow(Jan)
Fix bug in pg_dump -z
Memory overrun cleanups(Tatsuo)
Fix for lo_import crash(Tatsuo)
Adjust handling of data type names to suppress double quotes(Thomas)
Use type coercion for matching columns and DEFAULT(Thomas)
Fix deadlock so it only checks once after one second of sleep(Bruce)
Fixes for aggregates and PL/pgsql(Hiroshi)
Fix for subquery crash(Vadim)
Fix for libpq function PQfnumber and case-insensitive names(Bahman Rafatjoo)
Fix for large object write-in-middle, no extra block, memory consumption(Tatsuo)
Fix for pg_dump -d or -D and quote special characters in INSERT
Repair serious problems with dynahash(Tom)
Fix INET/CIDR portability problems
Fix problem with selectivity error in ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN(Bruce)
Fix executor so mergejoin of different column types works(Tom)
Fix for Alpha OR selectivity bug
Fix OR index selectivity problem(Bruce)
Fix so \d shows proper length for char()/varchar()(Ryan)
Fix tutorial code(Clark)
Improve destroyuser checking(Oliver)
Fix for Kerberos(Rodney McDuff)
Fix for dropping database while dirty buffers(Bruce)
Fix so sequence nextval() can be case-sensitive(Bruce)
Fix !!= operator
Drop buffers before destroying database files(Bruce)
Fix case where executor evaluates functions twice(Tatsuo)
Allow sequence nextval actions to be case-sensitive(Bruce)
Fix optimizer indexing not working for negative numbers(Bruce)
Fix for memory leak in executor with fjIsNull
Fix for aggregate memory leaks(Erik Riedel)
Allow user name containing a dash to grant privileges
Cleanup of NULL in inet types
Clean up system table bugs(Tom)
Fix problems of PAGER and \? command(Masaaki Sakaida)
Reduce default multisegment file size limit to 1GB(Peter)
Fix for dumping of CREATE OPERATOR(Tom)
Fix for backward scanning of cursors(Hiroshi Inoue)
Fix for COPY FROM STDIN when using \i(Tom)
Fix for subselect is compared inside an expression(Jan)
Fix handling of error reporting while returning rows(Tom)
Fix problems with reference to array types(Tom,Jan)
Prevent UPDATE SET oid(Jan)
Fix pg_dump so -t option can handle case-sensitive tablenames
Fixes for GROUP BY in special cases(Tom, Jan)
Fix for memory leak in failed queries(Tom)
DEFAULT now supports mixed-case identifiers(Tom)
Fix for multisegment uses of DROP/RENAME table, indexes(Ole Gjerde)
Disable use of pg_dump with both -o and -d options(Bruce)
Allow pg_dump to properly dump group privileges(Bruce)
Fix GROUP BY in INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2(Jan)
Fix for computations in views(Jan)
Fix for aggregates on array indexes(Tom)
Fix for DEFAULT handles single quotes in value requiring too many quotes
Fix security problem with non-super users importing/exporting large objects(Tom)
Rollback of transaction that creates table cleaned up properly(Tom)
Fix to allow long table and column names to generate proper serial names(Tom)
Enhancements
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Add "vacuumdb" utility
Speed up libpq by allocating memory better(Tom)
EXPLAIN all indexes used(Tom)
Implement CASE, COALESCE, NULLIF expression(Thomas)
New pg_dump table output format(Constantin)
Add string min()/max() functions(Thomas)
Extend new type coercion techniques to aggregates(Thomas)
New moddatetime contrib(Terry)
Update to pgaccess 0.96(Constantin)
Add routines for single-byte "char" type(Thomas)
Improved substr() function(Thomas)
Improved multibyte handling(Tatsuo)
Multiversion concurrency control/MVCC(Vadim)
New Serialized mode(Vadim)
Fix for tables over 2gigs(Peter)
New SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL(Vadim)
New LOCK TABLE IN ... MODE(Vadim)
Update ODBC driver(Byron)
New NUMERIC data type(Jan)
New SELECT FOR UPDATE(Vadim)
Handle "NaN" and "Infinity" for input values(Jan)
Improved date/year handling(Thomas)
Improved handling of backend connections(Magnus)
New options ELOG_TIMESTAMPS and USE_SYSLOG options for log files(Massimo)
New TCL_ARRAYS option(Massimo)
New INTERSECT and EXCEPT(Stefan)
New pg_index.indisprimary for primary key tracking(D'Arcy)
New pg_dump option to allow dropping of tables before creation(Brook)
Speedup of row output routines(Tom)
New READ COMMITTED isolation level(Vadim)
New TEMP tables/indexes(Bruce)
Prevent sorting if result is already sorted(Jan)
New memory allocation optimization(Jan)
Allow psql to do \p\g(Bruce)
Allow multiple rule actions(Jan)
Added LIMIT/OFFSET functionality(Jan)
Improve optimizer when joining a large number of tables(Bruce)
New intro to SQL from S. Simkovics' Master's Thesis (Stefan, Thomas)
New intro to backend processing from S. Simkovics' Master's Thesis (Stefan)
Improved int8 support(Ryan Bradetich, Thomas, Tom)
New routines to convert between int8 and text/varchar types(Thomas)
New bushy plans, where meta-tables are joined(Bruce)
Enable right-hand queries by default(Bruce)
Allow reliable maximum number of backends to be set at configure time
(--with-maxbackends and postmaster switch (-N backends))(Tom)
GEQO default now 10 tables because of optimizer speedups(Tom)
Allow NULL=Var for MS-SQL portability(Michael, Bruce)
Modify contrib check_primary_key() so either "automatic" or "dependent"(Anand)
Allow psql \d on a view show query(Ryan)
Speedup for LIKE(Bruce)
Ecpg fixes/features, see src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog file(Michael)
JDBC fixes/features, see src/interfaces/jdbc/CHANGELOG(Peter)
Make % operator have precedence like /(Bruce)
Add new postgres -O option to allow system table structure changes(Bruce)
Update contrib/pginterface/findoidjoins script(Tom)
Major speedup in vacuum of deleted rows with indexes(Vadim)
Allow non-SQL functions to run different versions based on arguments(Tom)
Add -E option that shows actual queries sent by \dt and friends(Masaaki Sakaida)
Add version number in start-up banners for psql(Masaaki Sakaida)
New contrib/vacuumlo removes large objects not referenced(Peter)
New initialization for table sizes so non-vacuumed tables perform better(Tom)
Improve error messages when a connection is rejected(Tom)
Support for arrays of char() and varchar() fields(Massimo)
Overhaul of hash code to increase reliability and performance(Tom)
Update to PyGreSQL 2.4(D'Arcy)
Changed debug options so -d4 and -d5 produce different node displays(Jan)
New pg_options: pretty_plan, pretty_parse, pretty_rewritten(Jan)
Better optimization statistics for system table access(Tom)
Better handling of non-default block sizes(Massimo)
Improve GEQO optimizer memory consumption(Tom)
UNION now supports ORDER BY of columns not in target list(Jan)
Major libpq++ improvements(Vince Vielhaber)
pg_dump now uses -z(ACL's) as default(Bruce)
backend cache, memory speedups(Tom)
have pg_dump do everything in one snapshot transaction(Vadim)
fix for large object memory leakage, fix for pg_dumping(Tom)
INET type now respects netmask for comparisons
Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock(Vadim)
Allow VIEWs on UNIONS(Jan)
pg_dump now can generate consistent snapshots on active databases(Vadim)
Source Tree Changes
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Improve port matching(Tom)
Portability fixes for SunOS
Add Windows NT backend port and enable dynamic loading(Magnus and Daniel Horak)
New port to Cobalt Qube(Mips) running Linux(Tatsuo)
Port to NetBSD/m68k(Mr. Mutsuki Nakajima)
Port to NetBSD/sun3(Mr. Mutsuki Nakajima)
Port to NetBSD/macppc(Toshimi Aoki)
Fix for tcl/tk configuration(Vince)
Removed CURRENT key word for rule queries(Jan)
NT dynamic loading now works(Daniel Horak)
Add ARM32 support(Andrew McMurry)
Better support for HP-UX 11 and UnixWare
Improve file handling to be more uniform, prevent file descriptor leak(Tom)
New install commands for plpgsql(Jan)