E.206. Release 7.4.21
Release date: 2008-06-12
This release contains one serious bug fix over 7.4.20. For
information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
Section E.227, « Release
7.4 ».
E.206.1. Migration to Version 7.4.21
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than
7.4.11, see Section E.216,
« Release 7.4.11 ».
E.206.2. Changes
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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.