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-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.124 2002/03/19 18:53:01 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.125 2002/03/22 19:20:22 petere Exp $
-->
<appendix id="release">
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ Fix for array subscripts handling (Tom)
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>OID's</term>
+ <term>OIDs</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- OID's are now optional. Users can now create tables without
- OID's for cases where OID usage is excessive.
+ OIDs are now optional. Users can now create tables without
+ OIDs for cases where OID usage is excessive.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Enable SIGTERM, SIGQUIT to kill backends (Jan)
Removed compile-time limit on number of backends (Tom)
Better cleanup for semaphore resource failure (Tatsuo, Tom)
Allow safe transaction ID wraparound (Tom)
-Removed OID's from some system tables (Tom)
+Removed OIDs from some system tables (Tom)
Removed "triggered data change violation" error check (Tom)
SPI portal creation of prepared/saved plans (Jan)
Allow SPI column functions to work for system columns (Tom)
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ Subqueries in FROM are now supported.
<programlisting>
Bug Fixes
---------
-Many multi-byte/Unicode/locale fixes (Tatsuo and others)
+Many multibyte/Unicode/locale fixes (Tatsuo and others)
More reliable ALTER TABLE RENAME (Tom)
Kerberos V fixes (David Wragg)
Fix for INSERT INTO...SELECT where targetlist has subqueries (Tom)
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ Fix backwards-index-scan (Tom)
Fix SELECT ... FOR UPDATE so it checks for duplicate keys (Hiroshi)
Add --enable-syslog to configure (Marc)
Fix abort transaction at backend exit in rare cases (Tom)
-Fix for psql \l+ when multi-byte enabled (Tatsuo)
+Fix for psql \l+ when multibyte enabled (Tatsuo)
Allow PL/pgSQL to accept non ascii identifiers (Tatsuo)
Make vacuum always flush buffers (Tom)
Fix to allow cancel while waiting for a lock (Hiroshi)
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ Add SHLIB_LINK setting for solaris_i386 and solaris_sparc ports(Daren Sefcik)
Fixes for CASE in WHERE join clauses(Tom)
Fix BTScan abort(Tom)
Repair the check for redundant UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY indexes(Thomas)
-Improve it so that it checks for multi-column constraints(Thomas)
+Improve it so that it checks for multicolumn constraints(Thomas)
Fix for Win32 making problem with MB enabled(Hiroki Kataoka)
Allow BSD yacc and bison to compile pl code(Bruce)
Fix SET NAMES working
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ Add NT README file
Portability fixes for linux_ppc, IRIX, linux_alpha, OpenBSD, alpha
Remove QUERY_LIMIT, use SELECT...LIMIT
Fix for EXPLAIN on inheritance(Tom)
-Patch to allow vacuum on multi-segment tables(Hiroshi)
+Patch to allow vacuum on multisegment tables(Hiroshi)
R-Tree optimizer selectivity fix(Tom)
ACL file descriptor leak fix(Atsushi Ogawa)
New expresssion subtree code(Tom)
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- Multi-version concurrency control(MVCC)
+ Multiversion concurrency control(MVCC)
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
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 multi-version nature of PostgreSQL
+ 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
@@ -2020,15 +2020,15 @@ Add Win1250 (Czech) support (Pavel Behal)
</para>
<para>
- The new Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) features can
- give somewhat different behaviors in multi-user
+ The new Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) features can
+ give somewhat different behaviors in multiuser
environments. <emphasis>Read and understand the following section
to ensure that your existing applications will give you the
behavior you need.</emphasis>
</para>
<sect3>
- <title>Multi-Version Concurrency Control</title>
+ <title>Multiversion Concurrency Control</title>
<para>
Because readers in 6.5 don't lock data, regardless of transaction
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ Allow username containing a dash GRANT permissions
Cleanup of NULL in inet types
Clean up system table bugs(Tom)
Fix problems of PAGER and \? command(Masaaki Sakaida)
-Reduce default multi-segment file size limit to 1GB(Peter)
+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)
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ 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 multi-segment uses of DROP/RENAME table, indexes(Ole Gjerde)
+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 permissions(Bruce)
Fix GROUP BY in INSERT INTO table SELECT * FROM table2(Jan)
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ Update to pgaccess 0.96(Constantin)
Add routines for single-byte "char" type(Thomas)
Improved substr() function(Thomas)
Improved multibyte handling(Tatsuo)
-Multi-version concurrency control/MVCC(Vadim)
+Multiversion concurrency control/MVCC(Vadim)
New Serialized mode(Vadim)
Fix for tables over 2gigs(Peter)
New SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL(Vadim)
@@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@ New rewrite system fixes many problems with rules and views(Jan)
* handle subselects
* handle aggregates on views
* handle insert into select from view works
-System indexes are now multi-key(Bruce)
+System indexes are now multikey(Bruce)
Oidint2, oidint4, and oidname types are removed(Bruce)
Use system cache for more system table lookups(Bruce)
New backend programming language PL/pgSQL in backend/pl(Jan)
@@ -3471,7 +3471,7 @@ Bug Fixes
packet length checking in library routines
lock manager priority patch
check for under/over flow of float8(Bruce)
-multi-table join fix(Vadim)
+multitable join fix(Vadim)
SIGPIPE crash fix(Darren)
large object fixes(Sven)
allow btree indexes to handle NULLs(Vadim)
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ much faster new btree bulk load code(Paul)
BTREE UNIQUE added to bulk load code(Vadim)
new lock debug code(Massimo)
massive changes to libpg++(Leo)
-new GEQO optimizer speeds table multi-table optimization(Martin)
+new GEQO optimizer speeds table multitable optimization(Martin)
new WARN message for non-unique insert into unique key(Marc)
update x=-3, no spaces, now valid(Bruce)
remove case-sensitive identifier handling(Bruce,Thomas,Dan)
@@ -3514,7 +3514,7 @@ no such class or insufficient privilege changed to distinct messages(Dan)
new ANSI timestamp function(Dan)
new ANSI Time and Date types (Thomas)
move large chunks of data in backend(Martin)
-multi-column btree indexes(Vadim)
+multicolumn btree indexes(Vadim)
new SET var TO value command(Martin)
update transaction status on reads(Dan)
new locale settings for character types(Oleg)
@@ -3627,7 +3627,7 @@ Properly report errors when INSERT ... SELECT columns did not match
Properly report errors when insert column names were not correct
Psql \g filename now works(Bruce)
Psql fixed problem with multiple statements on one line with multiple outputs
-Removed duplicate system oid's
+Removed duplicate system OIDs
SELECT * INTO TABLE . GROUP/ORDER BY gives unlink error if table exists(Bruce)
Several fixes for queries that crashed the backend
Starting quote in insert string errors(Bruce)
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ Implement IN qualifier(Bruce)
Libpq has PQgetisnull()(Bruce)
Libpq++ improvements
New options to initdb(Bryan)
-Pg_dump allow dump of oid's(Bruce)
+Pg_dump allow dump of OIDs(Bruce)
Pg_dump create indexes after tables are loaded for speed(Bruce)
Pg_dumpall dumps all databases, and the user table
Pginterface additions for NULL values(Bruce)