Release date: 2008-06-12
This release contains one serious and one minor bug fix over 8.1.12. For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see Section E.246.
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.2, see Section E.244.
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 valid
SELECT 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
update pg_shdepend (Tom)
This oversight could lead to problems if the aggregate was later
involved in a DROP OWNED or
REASSIGN OWNED operation.
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