This article was originally published on November 19, 2019
Technical Update
EDB Postgres Advanced Server (Database Server 9.6.16.23)
WHAT’S NEW
This update is notifying you of a new software release EDB Postgres™ Advanced Server 9.6.16.23. EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.6 is built on the open source PostgreSQL 9.6, which introduces an impressive number of improvements that enable databases to scale up and scale out in more efficient ways. PostgreSQL 9.6 also includes new monitoring capabilities that offer more visibility into the internal operations of the system such as vacuum progress monitoring and exposure of low level wait states in pg_stat_statements.
Highlights of 9.6.16.23 release include:
IS THIS FOR ME?
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using, or are interested in, EDB Postgres Advanced Server and have a database subscription purchased for: HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
This update is available via StackBuilder Plus.
This update is also available as an RPM package that can be downloaded from the yum.enterprisedb.com repository. To setup your credentials and gain access to the yum repository, please submit a request: https://www.enterprisedb.com/repository-access-request.
Please review the Installation Guide for more details:
If you experience any problems installing the new software please contact Technical Support at:
Email: support@enterprisedb.com
Phone: US: +1-732-331-1320 or 1-800-235-5891
UK: +44-2033719820
Brazil: +55-2139581371
India: +91-20-66449612
EDB Postgres Advanced Server (Database Server 9.6.16.23)
WHAT’S NEW
This update is notifying you of a new software release EDB Postgres™ Advanced Server 9.6.16.23. EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.6 is built on the open source PostgreSQL 9.6, which introduces an impressive number of improvements that enable databases to scale up and scale out in more efficient ways. PostgreSQL 9.6 also includes new monitoring capabilities that offer more visibility into the internal operations of the system such as vacuum progress monitoring and exposure of low level wait states in pg_stat_statements.
Highlights of 9.6.16.23 release include:
- Merge with community release 9.6.16
- More information about this and other fixes in community PostgreSQL can be found https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1994/ and https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release-9-6-16.html
- For Linux, Merge with OpenSSL 1.1.1c library.
- On Windows, SSL support is for OpenSSL (1.0.2t).
- RM44104 - Apply user default privileges with CREATE FOREIGN TABLE. [#919364]
- RM44112 - Avoid WAL-logging bulkload information when the system is in recovery mode. [#915987]
- RM43965 - Fix libpq bulk API to get into ready for new query state after the query execution fail. [#755248]
- RM44110 - dbms_aq: Rectify an assumption while dumping queue callback actions
- RM41952 - Fix cache flush hazard with the use of already released system cache.
- RM44117 - Changed testcase wordings from ‘postgres’ to ‘edb-postgres’ to start the advanced server.
- RM43998 - Fixed restricted use of LEVEL with PRIOR in CONNECT BY.
- RM44044 - Record owner dependency for redwood-style trigger functions
- RM43985 - edbldr: Fix OOM while inserting huge data into multiple tables.
- RM43963 - Fixed re-establishment of ocidblink connections after server or user mapping changes.
- RM44058 - ocilink: Fix ALTER SERVER for connstr option.
IS THIS FOR ME?
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using, or are interested in, EDB Postgres Advanced Server and have a database subscription purchased for: HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
This update is available via StackBuilder Plus.
This update is also available as an RPM package that can be downloaded from the yum.enterprisedb.com repository. To setup your credentials and gain access to the yum repository, please submit a request: https://www.enterprisedb.com/repository-access-request.
Please review the Installation Guide for more details:
- HTML: https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/en/9.6/instguide/toc.html
- PDF: https://get.enterprisedb.com/docs/EDB_Postgres_Advanced_Server_Installation_Guide_v9.6.pdf
If you experience any problems installing the new software please contact Technical Support at:
Email: support@enterprisedb.com
Phone: US: +1-732-331-1320 or 1-800-235-5891
UK: +44-2033719820
Brazil: +55-2139581371
India: +91-20-66449612