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<!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup -->
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<sect1 id="release-8-3-23">
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<title>Release 8.3.23</title>
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<note>
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<title>Release Date</title>
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<simpara>2013-02-07</simpara>
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</note>
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<para>
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This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.22.
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For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see
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<xref linkend="release-8-3">.
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</para>
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<para>
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This is expected to be the last <productname>PostgreSQL</> release
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in the 8.3.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer
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release branch soon.
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</para>
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<sect2>
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<title>Migration to Version 8.3.23</title>
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<para>
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A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X.
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</para>
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<para>
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However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.17,
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see the release notes for 8.3.17.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Changes</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a
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sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane)
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Protect against race conditions when scanning
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<structname>pg_tablespace</> (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</> and <command>DROP DATABASE</> could
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misbehave if there were concurrent updates of
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<structname>pg_tablespace</> entries.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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Prevent <command>DROP OWNED</> from trying to drop whole databases or
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tablespaces (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
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</para>
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For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped.
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</para>
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Prevent misbehavior when a <symbol>RowExpr</> or <symbol>XmlExpr</>
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is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane)
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</para>
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<para>
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This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as
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<literal>CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES</>.
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Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing
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calculations (Jeff Davis)
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Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct
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code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch)
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</para>
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This bug affected <application>psql</> and some other client programs.
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Fix possible crash in <application>psql</>'s <command>\?</> command
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when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong)
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Fix one-byte buffer overrun in <application>libpq</>'s
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<function>PQprintTuples</> (Xi Wang)
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<para>
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This ancient function is not used anywhere by
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> itself, but it might still be used by some
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client code.
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Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not
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fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg)
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Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander)
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Make <application>pgxs</> build executables with the right
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<literal>.exe</> suffix when cross-compiling for Windows
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(Zoltan Boszormenyi)
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Add new timezone abbreviation <literal>FET</> (Tom Lane)
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This is now used in some eastern-European time zones.
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<sect1 id="release-8-3-22">
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<title>Release 8.3.22</title>
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