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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>E.171. Release 8.4.10</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /><link rel="prev" href="release-8-4-11.html" title="E.170. Release 8.4.11" /><link rel="next" href="release-8-4-9.html" title="E.172. Release 8.4.9" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">E.171. Release 8.4.10</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="release-8-4-11.html" title="E.170. Release 8.4.11">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="release.html" title="Appendix E. Release Notes">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix E. Release Notes</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.1 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="release-8-4-9.html" title="E.172. Release 8.4.9">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="sect1" id="RELEASE-8-4-10"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">E.171. Release 8.4.10</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="release-8-4-10.html#id-1.11.6.175.4">E.171.1. Migration to Version 8.4.10</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="release-8-4-10.html#id-1.11.6.175.5">E.171.2. Changes</a></span></dt></dl></div><p><strong>Release date: </strong>2011-12-05</p><p>
   This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.9.
   For information about new features in the 8.4 major release, see
   <a class="xref" href="release-8-4.html" title="E.181. Release 8.4">Section E.181</a>.
  </p><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.6.175.4"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">E.171.1. Migration to Version 8.4.10</h3></div></div></div><p>
    A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.4.X.
   </p><p>
    However, a longstanding error was discovered in the definition of the
    <code class="literal">information_schema.referential_constraints</code> view.  If you
    rely on correct results from that view, you should replace its
    definition as explained in the first changelog item below.
   </p><p>
    Also, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.4.8,
    see <a class="xref" href="release-8-4-8.html" title="E.173. Release 8.4.8">Section E.173</a>.
   </p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.6.175.5"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">E.171.2. Changes</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix bugs in <code class="literal">information_schema.referential_constraints</code> view
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      This view was being insufficiently careful about matching the
      foreign-key constraint to the depended-on primary or unique key
      constraint.  That could result in failure to show a foreign key
      constraint at all, or showing it multiple times, or claiming that it
      depends on a different constraint than the one it really does.
     </p><p>
      Since the view definition is installed by <span class="application">initdb</span>,
      merely upgrading will not fix the problem.  If you need to fix this
      in an existing installation, you can (as a superuser) drop the
      <code class="literal">information_schema</code> schema then re-create it by sourcing
      <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>SHAREDIR</code></em>/information_schema.sql</code>.
      (Run <code class="literal">pg_config --sharedir</code> if you're uncertain where
      <em class="replaceable"><code>SHAREDIR</code></em> is.)  This must be repeated in each database
      to be fixed.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix incorrect replay of WAL records for GIN index updates
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      This could result in transiently failing to find index entries after
      a crash, or on a hot-standby server.  The problem would be repaired
      by the next <code class="command">VACUUM</code> of the index, however.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix TOAST-related data corruption during <code class="literal">CREATE TABLE dest AS
      SELECT * FROM src</code> or <code class="literal">INSERT INTO dest SELECT * FROM src</code>
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      If a table has been modified by <code class="command">ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN</code>,
      attempts to copy its data verbatim to another table could produce
      corrupt results in certain corner cases.
      The problem can only manifest in this precise form in 8.4 and later,
      but we patched earlier versions as well in case there are other code
      paths that could trigger the same bug.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix race condition during toast table access from stale syscache entries
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      The typical symptom was transient errors like <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">missing chunk
      number 0 for toast value NNNNN in pg_toast_2619</span>”</span>, where the cited
      toast table would always belong to a system catalog.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Track dependencies of functions on items used in parameter default
      expressions (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      Previously, a referenced object could be dropped without having dropped
      or modified the function, leading to misbehavior when the function was
      used.  Note that merely installing this update will not fix the missing
      dependency entries; to do that, you'd need to <code class="command">CREATE OR
      REPLACE</code> each such function afterwards.  If you have functions whose
      defaults depend on non-built-in objects, doing so is recommended.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Allow inlining of set-returning SQL functions with multiple OUT
      parameters (Tom Lane)
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Make <code class="function">DatumGetInetP()</code> unpack inet datums that have a 1-byte
      header, and add a new macro, <code class="function">DatumGetInetPP()</code>, that does
      not (Heikki Linnakangas)
     </p><p>
      This change affects no core code, but might prevent crashes in add-on
      code that expects <code class="function">DatumGetInetP()</code> to produce an unpacked
      datum as per usual convention.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Improve locale support in <code class="type">money</code> type's input and output
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      Aside from not supporting all standard
      <a class="link" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-LC-MONETARY"><code class="varname">lc_monetary</code></a>
      formatting options, the input and output functions were inconsistent,
      meaning there were locales in which dumped <code class="type">money</code> values could
      not be re-read.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Don't let <a class="link" href="runtime-config-compatible.html#GUC-TRANSFORM-NULL-EQUALS"><code class="varname">transform_null_equals</code></a>
      affect <code class="literal">CASE foo WHEN NULL ...</code> constructs
      (Heikki Linnakangas)
     </p><p>
      <code class="varname">transform_null_equals</code> is only supposed to affect
      <code class="literal">foo = NULL</code> expressions written directly by the user, not
      equality checks generated internally by this form of <code class="literal">CASE</code>.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Change foreign-key trigger creation order to better support
      self-referential foreign keys (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      For a cascading foreign key that references its own table, a row update
      will fire both the <code class="literal">ON UPDATE</code> trigger and the
      <code class="literal">CHECK</code> trigger as one event.  The <code class="literal">ON UPDATE</code>
      trigger must execute first, else the <code class="literal">CHECK</code> will check a
      non-final state of the row and possibly throw an inappropriate error.
      However, the firing order of these triggers is determined by their
      names, which generally sort in creation order since the triggers have
      auto-generated names following the convention
      <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">RI_ConstraintTrigger_NNNN</span>”</span>.  A proper fix would require
      modifying that convention, which we will do in 9.2, but it seems risky
      to change it in existing releases.  So this patch just changes the
      creation order of the triggers.  Users encountering this type of error
      should drop and re-create the foreign key constraint to get its
      triggers into the right order.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Avoid floating-point underflow while tracking buffer allocation rate
      (Greg Matthews)
     </p><p>
      While harmless in itself, on certain platforms this would result in
      annoying kernel log messages.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Preserve configuration file name and line number values when starting
      child processes under Windows (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      Formerly, these would not be displayed correctly in the
      <code class="structname">pg_settings</code> view.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Preserve blank lines within commands in <span class="application">psql</span>'s command
      history (Robert Haas)
     </p><p>
      The former behavior could cause problems if an empty line was removed
      from within a string literal, for example.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to dump user-defined casts between
      auto-generated types, such as table rowtypes (Tom Lane)
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Use the preferred version of <span class="application">xsubpp</span> to build PL/Perl,
      not necessarily the operating system's main copy
      (David Wheeler and Alex Hunsaker)
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix incorrect coding in <code class="filename">contrib/dict_int</code> and
      <code class="filename">contrib/dict_xsyn</code> (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      Some functions incorrectly assumed that memory returned by
      <code class="function">palloc()</code> is guaranteed zeroed.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Honor query cancel interrupts promptly in <code class="function">pgstatindex()</code>
      (Robert Haas)
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Ensure VPATH builds properly install all server header files
      (Peter Eisentraut)
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Shorten file names reported in verbose error messages (Peter Eisentraut)
     </p><p>
      Regular builds have always reported just the name of the C file
      containing the error message call, but VPATH builds formerly
      reported an absolute path name.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Fix interpretation of Windows timezone names for Central America
      (Tom Lane)
     </p><p>
      Map <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Central America Standard Time</span>”</span> to <code class="literal">CST6</code>, not
      <code class="literal">CST6CDT</code>, because DST is generally not observed anywhere in
      Central America.
     </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
      Update time zone data files to <span class="application">tzdata</span> release 2011n
      for DST law changes in Brazil, Cuba, Fiji, Palestine, Russia, and Samoa;
      also historical corrections for Alaska and British East Africa.
     </p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="release-8-4-11.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="release.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="release-8-4-9.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">E.170. Release 8.4.11 </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> E.172. Release 8.4.9</td></tr></table></div></body></html>