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| author | adam <adam@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-12-09 15:34:13 +0000 |
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| committer | adam <adam@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-12-09 15:34:13 +0000 |
| commit | 4114b9ec4faafb281204b43ea9bf11c859cd45e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 23d35fae2cbc526b75353b476806d5fe4a3ec1fb /databases/postgresql82/DESCR | |
| parent | b203a8d567b8304825662f2f72fd8522d284b650 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-4114b9ec4faafb281204b43ea9bf11c859cd45e4.tar.gz | |
Changes 8.2.0:
* Query language enhancements including "INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
RETURNING", multirow VALUES lists, and optional target-table alias
in "UPDATE"/"DELETE"
* Index creation without blocking concurrent
"INSERT"/"UPDATE"/"DELETE" operations
* Many query optimization improvements, including support for
reordering outer joins
* Improved sorting performance with lower memory usage
* More efficient locking with better concurrency
* More efficient vacuuming
* Easier administration of warm standby servers
* New FILLFACTOR support for tables and indexes
* Monitoring, logging, and performance tuning additions
* More control over creating and dropping objects
* Table inheritance relationships can be defined for and removed from
pre-existing tables
* "COPY TO" can copy the output of an arbitrary "SELECT" statement
* Array improvements, including nulls in arrays
* Aggregate-function improvements, including multiple-input
aggregates and SQL:2003 statistical functions
* Many "contrib/" improvements
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diff --git a/databases/postgresql82/DESCR b/databases/postgresql82/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9f6b5b5b0f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/databases/postgresql82/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +PostgreSQL is a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS), +derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. While +PostgreSQL retains the powerful object-relational data model, rich data types +and easy extensibility of Postgres, it replaces the PostQuel query language +with an extended subset of SQL. + +PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available. + +This is the meta-package for the PostgreSQL database system. |