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PostgreSQL 8.3 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the post-postgre-post dept.

jadavis writes "The release of the long-awaited PostgreSQL version 8.3 has been announced. The new feature list includes HOT, which dramatically improves performance for databases with high update activity; asynchronous commit; built-in full text search; large database features such as synchronized scans and reduced storage overhead; built-in SQL/XML support; spread checkpoints; and many more (too many major new features to list here). See the release notes for full details."

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  1. PostegreSQL 8.3? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would that be POSTGR~1.SQL?

  2. Re:asynchronous committ by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haven't you heard? In Web 2.0, data integrity doesn't matter.

  3. Re:Nice. by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    8.3 had me at "full-text search".

    Now, please excuse me while Postgres 8.3 and I go take a little alone-time in a dark closet.

  4. Re:Will it be used? by ByteSlicer · · Score: 5, Funny

    That, and people are more likely to remember 'My' than 'Postgre'.

  5. You are on to something. by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny

    If PostgreSQL changed their name to OurSQL it would be easy to remember, and a sound a lot less selfish than MySQL.

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  6. Re:Will it be used? by Plaid+Phantom · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have a 100 GB database and you're not concerned with stability??

    Do you work for the government?

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