== PostgreSQL Weekly News - March 29th 2004 ==

== PostgreSQL Weekly News - March 29th 2004 ==

        While there was some subversive discussion about source control
programs arching through the mailing lists this week, those with an eye on
the CVS repository noticed several interesting changes come down the pike.
While not a long list, many were user noticeable and will certainly have an
impact on users once 7.5 is released.

        First up was the replacement of the virtual_host and tcpip_socket
GUC's with a unified listen_addresses parameter in postgresql.conf. The
default behavior was also switched to now listen on localhost, eliminating
the need for the -i postmaster switch in many scenarios. The max_expr_depth
parameter was replaced with a max_stack_depth parameter that is measured in
kilobytes and checked against actual physical execution stack depth. This
implementation gives us an even more bulletproof defense against runaway
recursive functions. The "Alter Table Set Without OIDS" command was removed
in favor of making "Alter Table Drop Column" able to handle OID columns. This
fixes problems with removing OID columns that have dependencies or that were
inherited from a parent. Updated code for SSL and Kerberos, which should make
both thread safe, was contributed by Manfred Spraul.

        In other news, the PostgreSQL's global community got a little bit
bigger this week as we saw the addition of a Polish Language mailing list
available at pgsql@foo-baz.com. The French Community has also moved to a new
website, it is now available at http://www.postgresqlfr.org/.  One last note,
the web team completed the re-import of the techdocs html/php code into CVS
this past week.  If you are interested in helping out with techdocs
development please visit us at the pgweb project on GBorg.



== PostgreSQL Product News ==

PHP 4.3.5 Released
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/8629/

PostgreSQL AutoDoc 1.22 Released
http://freshmeat.net/projects/postgresql_autodoc/?branch_id=16831&release_id=155159

PostgreSQL for Solaris@sparc 1.42
http://freshmeat.net/projects/pgsql-solaris/?branch_id=48914&release_id=155368



                                        
== PostgreSQL In the News ==

PostgreSQL + Crystal Reports HOWTO
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/techdocs/crystalreports.php

Open Source, Part 2
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18402795



== Upcoming Events ==

OSCon: Portland, OR. USA: July 26-30
There will be a PostgreSQL Track with many community members participating.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/



== PostgreSQL Weekly News - March 29th 2004 ==
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