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PostgreSQL 8.4 Out

Posted by timothy on from the would-you-name-your-daughter-postgres? dept.

TheFuzzy writes "PostgreSQL version 8.4 is now out and available for download. The main cool features in this version are: recursive queries (for doing trees etc.), windowing functions (for doing reports) column-level permissions, parallel database restore, a beta in-place upgrade tool, and a host of administrative improvements. And, of course, better performance, mainly on reporting queries. Some of the over 200 new or enhanced features are listed here."

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  1. Now if only I could start using it! by spiffmastercow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Unfortunately, my employer is hell-bent on using SQL Server. What's worse, they're hell-bent on not spending any money, which leaves us with a SQL 2000 database running on a server that was "just okay" in 2002 serving ~100 users running CPU intensive reports and performing a few hundred thousand transactions a day..