== PostgreSQL Weekly News - November 15th 2004 ==

== PostgreSQL Weekly News - November 15th 2004 ==

 This week was fairly quiet as folks prepared for a beta5 offering, which you
can expect early this week. Unless something suprising comes up, beta5 will
probably be the last of the beta releases before an official "release
candidate" is put out, so keep a close eye on things and get ready to test
any applications you haven't already tested.

 Given the slow week, we have only a handful of changes to report this week.
Probably the biggest change was that the GUC Userlimit variable category was
removed, changing the affected variables to plain SUSET instead. The planner
was changed to now fold "stable" functions to constants when forming
selectivity estimates. The postmaster startup process was smartened up to
better detect when it is safe to restart after boot. Initial support for
localization of the windows installer was committed, with a partial
translation into German having already been done. And, last but not least,
the documentation on the overall filesystem layout used by PostgreSQL was
beefed up.



== PostgreSQL Product News ==

Version 1.1.0 of pfm is available for download now.
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pfm/news/newsfull.php?news_id=199

EMS PostgreSQL Manager 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/projects/emspgmanager/?branch_id=39341&release_id=178604

Nexonia Announces 100 Companies on Their Expense Report and Timesheet System.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw176711.htm



== PostgreSQL In The News ==

Migrating from Oracle/tcl to PostgreSQL/Perl
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/techdocs/interview-stosberg.php

Melbourne uni works to close grid 'loop'
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;294629988;fp;16;fpid;0

PostgreSQL Bootcamp
http://www.ccnmag.com/?nav=headlines&id=3459

Squirrelmail using PostgreSQL (blog)
http://www.dailystuff.nl/archives/2004/11/squirrelmail-using-postgresql/

X-VR2 Development (blog)
http://johnwarrior.blogspot.com/2004/11/x-vr2-development.html



== PostgreSQL Events ==

Vanmtagem + Developers 2004: Lisbon, Portugal: November 15-19
Several sessions on PostgreSQL, relational modelling, SQL, and more.
http://www.v-developers.com

PostgreSQL Seminar: Ankura, Turkey: December 1
Devrim Gunduz will present a seminar about upcoming features of PostgreSQL 8.0
http://seminer.linux.org.tr


== PostgreSQL Weekly News - November 15th 2004 ==
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