Release Candidate 1 of pgAdmin 1.4.0, the graphical PostgreSQL
administration tool for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris is
now available for download from
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/beta/
This new beta version fixes various issues in the *nix build system and
includes much tighter configuration error detection than previous
releases. In addition a number of Mac related fixes are included.
V1.4.0 contains a number of new features including:
- Slony-I support
- An SQL/shell job scheduling agent
- PostgreSQL 8.1 support
- Autovacuum administration
- Roles
- Stored procedures (ie. Functions with OUT parameters)
- Prepared transactions
- Allow server registration without connect
- Allow connection selection in the query tool
- Major source tree and architecture overhaul to allow further
extensibility
- Unix domain socket support
- 'Guru Hints' to help new users
- Password can be stored in .pgass/pgpass.conf files
- New graphics throughout
- Alert the user when a query finishes in the query tool if the window
is not active
- Graphical EXPLAIN
- Support for Asynchronous Notifications in the query tool
As well as many other tweaks, improvements and bug fixes.
Please take some time to test this release candidate and report any bugs
to pgadmin-support@postgresql.org. With your help we can make this the
most bug free release possible.
Regards, Dave
