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doc: add xreflabel text for libpq and PL/Python
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doc PG 18 relnotes: add links for applications
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
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<!-- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml -->

<chapter id="libpq">
<chapter id="libpq" xreflabel="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> &mdash; C Library</title>

<indexterm zone="libpq">
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml
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<!-- doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml -->

<chapter id="plpython">
<chapter id="plpython" xreflabel="PL/Python">
<title>PL/Python &mdash; Python Procedural Language</title>

<indexterm zone="plpython"><primary>PL/Python</primary></indexterm>
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64 changes: 35 additions & 29 deletions doc/src/sgml/release-18.sgml
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Expand Up @@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>

<listitem>
<para>
Change <application>initdb</application> default to enable data checksums (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Change <xref linkend="app-initdb"/> default to enable data checksums (Greg Sabino Mullane)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;04bec894a04">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

<para>
Checksums can be disabled with the new <application>initdb</application> option <option>--no-data-checksums</option>.
<application>pg_upgrade</application> requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new
<xref linkend="pgupgrade"/> requires matching cluster checksum settings, so this new
option can be useful to upgrade non-checksum old clusters.
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>

<para>
<application>psql</application> will still treat <literal>\.</literal> as an end-of-file marker when reading <acronym>CSV</acronym> files from <literal>STDIN</literal>. Older <application>psql</application> clients connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 18 servers might
<xref linkend="app-psql"/> will still treat <literal>\.</literal> as an end-of-file marker when reading <acronym>CSV</acronym> files from <literal>STDIN</literal>. Older <application>psql</application> clients connecting to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 18 servers might
experience <literal>\copy</literal> problems. This
release also enforces that <literal>\.</literal> must appear alone on a line.
</para>
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</para>

<para>
Jumbling is used by <application>pg_stat_statements</application>.
Jumbling is used by <xref linkend="pgstatstatements"/>.
</para>
</listitem>

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</para>

<para>
The restore of a <application>pg_dump</application>, also used by <application>pg_upgrade</application>, will fail if these requirements are not met; schema changes must be made for these upgrade methods to succeed.
The restore of a <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/>, also used by <xref linkend="pgupgrade"/>, will fail if these requirements are not met; schema changes must be made for these upgrade methods to succeed.
</para>
</listitem>

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</sect4>

<sect4 id="release-18-copy">
<title><link linkend="sql-copy"><command>COPY</command></link></title>
<title><xref linkend="sql-copy"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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</sect4>

<sect4 id="release-18-explain">
<title><link linkend="sql-explain"><command>EXPLAIN</command></link></title>
<title><xref linkend="sql-explain"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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</sect3>

<sect3 id="release-18-libpq">
<title><link linkend="libpq">libpq</link></title>
<title><xref linkend="libpq"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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<listitem>
<para>
Change <application>initdb</application> to default to enabling checksums (Greg Sabino Mullane)
Change <xref linkend="app-initdb"/> to default to enabling checksums (Greg Sabino Mullane)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;983a588e0">&sect;</ulink>
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;04bec894a">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_combinebackup</application> option <option>-k</option>/<option>--link</option> to enable hard linking (Israel Barth Rubio, Robert Haas)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgcombinebackup"/> option <option>-k</option>/<option>--link</option> to enable hard linking (Israel Barth Rubio, Robert Haas)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;99aeb8470">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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<listitem>
<para>
If <application>pg_rewind</application>'s <option>--source-server</option> specifies a database name, use it in <option>--write-recovery-conf</option> output (Masahiko Sawada)
If <xref linkend="app-pgrewind"/>'s <option>--source-server</option> specifies a database name, use it in <option>--write-recovery-conf</option> output (Masahiko Sawada)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;4ecdd4110">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow <application>pg_dumpall</application> to dump in the same output formats as <application>pg_dump</application> supports (Mahendra Singh Thalor, Andrew Dunstan)
Allow <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/> to dump in the same output formats as <application>pg_dump</application> supports (Mahendra Singh Thalor, Andrew Dunstan)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;1495eff7b">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

<para>
Also modify <application>pg_restore</application> to handle such dumps. Previously <application>pg_dumpall</application> only supported text format.
Also modify <xref linkend="app-pgrestore"/> to handle such dumps. Previously <application>pg_dumpall</application> only supported text format.
</para>
</listitem>

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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_dump</application> options <option>--with-schema</option>, <option>--with-data</option>, and <option>--with-statistics</option> (Jeff Davis)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/> options <option>--with-schema</option>, <option>--with-data</option>, and <option>--with-statistics</option> (Jeff Davis)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;bde2fb797">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
Expand All @@ -2647,7 +2647,7 @@ Author: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>

<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_dump</application> and <application>pg_dumpall</application> option <option>--sequence-data</option> to dump sequence data that would normally be excluded (Nathan Bossart)
Add <application>pg_dump</application> and <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/> option <option>--sequence-data</option> to dump sequence data that would normally be excluded (Nathan Bossart)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;9c49f0e8c">&sect;</ulink>
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;acea3fc49">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_dump</application>, <application>pg_dumpall</application>, and <application>pg_restore</application> options <option>--statistics-only</option>, <option>--no-statistics</option>, <option>--no-data</option>, and <option>--no-schema</option> (Corey Huinker, Jeff Davis)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/>, <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/>, and
<xref linkend="app-pgrestore"/> options <option>--statistics-only</option>, <option>--no-statistics</option>, <option>--no-data</option>, and <option>--no-schema</option> (Corey Huinker, Jeff Davis)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;1fd1bd871">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add option <option>--no-policies</option> to disable row level security policy processing in <application>pg_dump</application>, <application>pg_dumpall</application>, <application>pg_restore</application> (Nikolay Samokhvalov)
Add option <option>--no-policies</option> to disable row level security policy processing in
<xref linkend="app-pgdump"/>, <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"/>,
<xref linkend="app-pgrestore"/> (Nikolay Samokhvalov)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;cd3c45125">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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</sect4>

<sect4 id="release-18-pgupgrade">
<title><link linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</application></link></title>
<title><xref linkend="pgupgrade"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_createsubscriber</application> option <option>--all</option> to create logical replicas for all databases (Shubham Khanna)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgcreatesubscriber"/> option <option>--all</option> to create logical replicas for all databases (Shubham Khanna)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;fb2ea12f4">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>pg_recvlogical</application> option <option>--failover</option> to specify failover slots (Hayato Kuroda)
Add <xref linkend="app-pgrecvlogical"/> option <option>--failover</option> to specify failover slots (Hayato Kuroda)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;cf2655a90">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add support for Python "Limited <acronym>API</acronym>" in <application>PL/Python</application> (Peter Eisentraut)
Add support for Python "Limited <acronym>API</acronym>" in <xref linkend="plpython"/> (Peter Eisentraut)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;72a3d0462">&sect;</ulink>
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;0793ab810">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add extension <application>pg_logicalinspect</application> to inspect logical snapshots (Bertrand Drouvot)
Add extension <xref linkend="pglogicalinspect"/> to inspect logical snapshots (Bertrand Drouvot)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;7cdfeee32">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to <application>postgres_fdw</application> servers (Matheus Alcantara, Peter Eisentraut)
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to
<xref linkend="postgres-fdw"/> servers (Matheus Alcantara, Peter Eisentraut)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;761c79508">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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<listitem>
<para>
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to <application>dblink</application> servers (Matheus Alcantara)
Allow <acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication from the client to be passed to
<xref linkend="dblink"/> servers (Matheus Alcantara)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;3642df265">&sect;</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <literal>on_error</literal> and <literal>log_verbosity</literal> options to <application>file_fdw</application> (Atsushi Torikoshi)
Add <literal>on_error</literal> and <literal>log_verbosity</literal> options to <xref linkend="file-fdw"/> (Atsushi Torikoshi)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;a1c4c8a9e">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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<listitem>
<para>
Add configurable variable <varname>min_password_length</varname> to <application>passwordcheck</application> (Emanuele Musella, Maurizio Boriani)
Add configurable variable <varname>min_password_length</varname> to
<xref linkend="passwordcheck"/> (Emanuele Musella, Maurizio Boriani)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;f7e1b3828">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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<listitem>
<para>
Add <application>isn</application> server variable <literal>weak</literal> to control invalid check digit acceptance (Viktor Holmberg)
Add <xref linkend="isn"/> server variable <literal>weak</literal> to control invalid check digit acceptance (Viktor Holmberg)
<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;448904423">&sect;</ulink>
</para>

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</itemizedlist>

<sect4 id="release-18-pgstatstatements">
<title><link linkend="pgstatstatements"><application>pg_stat_statements</application></link></title>
<title><xref linkend="pgstatstatements"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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</sect4>

<sect4 id="release-18-pgcrypto">
<title><link linkend="pgcrypto"><application>pgcrypto</application></link></title>
<title><xref linkend="pgcrypto"/></title>

<itemizedlist>

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