This article was originally published on June 25, 2019
Technical UpdateEDB Postgres Advanced Server (Database Server 9.6.14.21)
WHAT’S NEW
This update is notifying you of a new software release EDB Postgres™ Advanced Server 9.6.14.21. 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 9.6.14.21 release include:
- Merge with community release 9.6.14
- More information about this and other fixes in community PostgreSQL can be found https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1949/ and https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/release-9-6-14.html
- Merge OpenSSL 1.0.2s library to address the items identified in Security Advisory 28-May-2019 - https://www.openssl.org/news/cl102.txt
- RM43994 - SPL: Don't mark portal as FAILED when executing SPL ROLLBACK. [Support ticket #870716]
- RM43959 - Fix "REASSIGN OWNED BY" for dbms_aq objects.
- RM43689 - ecpg: Suppress line numbers (#line directive) with '-l' option.
- RM43055 - Add missing sepgsql checks for namespace lookups
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using, or are interested in, EDB Postgres Advanced Server and have a database subscription purchased for:
- EDB Postgres Enterprise Edition
This update is available via StackBuilder Plus. Visit: https://www.enterprisedb.com/advanced-downloads
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
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