Release date: 2008-06-12
This release contains one serious bug fix over 8.0.16. For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see Section E.253.
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see Section E.247.
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.