E.196. Release 8.3.3
Release date: 2008-06-12
This release contains one serious and one minor bug fix over 8.3.2. For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see Section E.199 .
E.196.1. Migration to Version 8.3.3
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.1, see Section E.198 .
E.196.2. Changes
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Make
pg_get_ruledef()
parenthesize negative constants (Tom)Before this fix, a negative constant in a view or rule might be dumped as, say,
-42::integer
, which is subtly incorrect: it should be(-42)::integer
due to operator precedence rules. Usually this would make little difference, but it could interact with another recent patch to cause PostgreSQL to reject what had been a validSELECT DISTINCT
view query. Since this could result in pg_dump output failing to reload, it is being treated as a high-priority fix. The only released versions in which dump output is actually incorrect are 8.3.1 and 8.2.7. -
Make
ALTER AGGREGATE ... OWNER TO
updatepg_shdepend
(Tom)This oversight could lead to problems if the aggregate was later involved in a
DROP OWNED
orREASSIGN OWNED
operation.