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1 About This Document

Source chapter 1 for PostgreSQL 9.6.
Beta 1Source pages: PDF 4-5Original PDF on GitHub

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1.1 Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide information of the major new features of PostgreSQL 9.6, the Beta 1 version being published.

1.2 Audience

This document is written for engineers who already have knowledge of PostgreSQL, such as

installation, basic management, and so forth.

1.3 Scope

This document describes the major difference between PostgreSQL 9.5 and PostgreSQL 9.6 Beta 1. It does not mean that all of the new features is examined.

1.4 Software Version

This document is intended for the following versions of the software as a general rule:

SoftwareVersion
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL 9.5.3 (for comparison) PostgreSQL 9.6 Beta 1 (May 9, 2016, 9:04 p.m.)
Operating SystemRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 1 (x86-64)
Table 1 Version

1.5 Question, Comment, and Responsibility

The contents of this document is not an official opinion of the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Corporation. The author and affiliation company do not take any responsibility about the problem caused by the mistake of contents. If you have any comments for this document, please contact to Noriyoshi Shinoda (noriyoshi.shinoda@hpe.com) Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Japan Co, Ltd.

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1.6 Notation

This document contains examples of the execution of the command or SQL statement. Execution examples are described according to the following rules:

NotationDescription
#Shell prompt for Linux root user
$Shell prompt for Linux general user
boldUser input string
postgres=#psql command prompt for PostgreSQL administrator
postgres=>psql command prompt for PostgreSQL general user
underlineImportant output items
Table 2 Examples notation

The syntax is described in the following rules:

NotationDescription
ItalicReplaced by the name of the object which users use, or the other syntax
[ ABC ]Indicate that it can be omitted
{ A | B }Indicate that it is possible to select A or B
…General syntax, it is the same as the previous version
Table 3 Syntax rule