diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml index 19e770c65b5dc..c5e60f88fdf15 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml @@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ + + + + +Change initdb default to enable data checksums +§ + + + +Checksums can be disabled with the new initdb option --no-data-checksums. +pg_upgrade requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new +option can be useful to upgrade non-checksum old clusters. + + + + + + +Execute AFTER triggers as the role that was active when trigger events were queued (Laurenz Albe) + + + +Previously such triggers were run as the role that was active at trigger execution time (e.g., at COMMIT). This is significant for cases where the role is changed between queue time and +transaction commit. + + + - - - -initdb defaults to enabling data checksums -§ - - - -The previous default behavior (checksums disabled) can be obtained using the -new option --no-data-checksums. Note that pg_upgrade will reject upgrading -between clusters with different checksum settings, so if the old cluster does -not have checksums enabled (the previous default), then the new cluster will -need to be initialized with --no-data-checksums in order to allow pg_upgrade -to succeed. -