LinuxPR: PostgreSQL 7.1 RC 1 Released

The files for Release Candidate 1 of PostgreSQL 7.1 are now available for download at PostgreSQL.org.

The release candidate phase follows beta testing and is the last phase before a version's official release. Improvements of note in this release include:

• full support for outer joins
• removal of the notorious 8k row length limit
• write-ahead logging performance enhancement
• even greater support for complex queries
• support for a larger number of complex queries
• a boost in overall performance (speed)
• improvements to the JDBC and ODBC interfaces and backup/restore features
• Fuller support for ANSI SQL92 standards.

Version 7.1 includes contributions from more than 120 members of the PostgreSQL open source development community.

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