From 4114b9ec4faafb281204b43ea9bf11c859cd45e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adam Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:34:13 +0000 Subject: 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 --- databases/postgresql82/DESCR | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 databases/postgresql82/DESCR (limited to 'databases/postgresql82/DESCR') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3