pg_hint_plan18 1.8.0 is released

pg_hint_plan18 1.8.0 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 18. This is the first release of pg_hint_plan for this version of PostgreSQL, on par with PostgreSQL 18.0.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Compatibility with PostgreSQL 18 (Michael Paquier: bc90514, 870da46, 5ec6345)
• Addition of hint DisableIndex (Sami Imseih: 7ba3532)
• Refactoring and improvements of code logic related to scan and parallel hints (Sami Imseih: 1e592d6, 81aeaa3, 8a59a11, a few more)
• Improve portability and performance of regression tests (Michael Paquier: ea21f95, 17cf0e5, d4e3bd1)

pg_hint_plan17 1.7.1 is released

pg_hint_plan17 1.7.1 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 17.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Fix assertion failure with incorrect number of workers (Michael Paquier: de89924)

pg_hint_plan16 1.6.2 is released

pg_hint_plan16 1.6.2 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 16.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Fix assertion failure with incorrect number of workers (Michael Paquier: a14a070)

pg_hint_plan15 1.5.3 is released

pg_hint_plan15 1.5.3 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 15.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Fix assertion failure with incorrect number of workers (Michael Paquier: 838e689)

pg_hint_plan14 1.4.4 is released

pg_hint_plan14 1.4.4 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 14.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Fix assertion failure with incorrect number of workers (Michael Paquier: 3f83f49)

pg_hint_plan13 1.3.11 is released

pg_hint_plan13 1.3.11 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 13.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Fix assertion failure with incorrect number of workers (Michael Paquier: 773defa)

This is the last release of pg_hint_plan with support for PostgreSQL 13.

pg_hint_plan17 1.7.0 is released

pg_hint_plan17 1.7.0 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 17. This is the first release of pg_hint_plan for this version of PostgreSQL, on par with PostgreSQL 17.0.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Integrate query ID with the hint table (Michael Paquier: 32ced2e). Normalized query strings are replaced by query IDs.
• Add lexer to handle query parsing for hint (Michael Paquier: bfb4544)
• Remove pg_hint_plan.hints_anywhere (Michael Paquier: b1f2aab)
• Fix handling of unavailable indexes in Scan hints (Sami Imseih: a3646e1)
• Handle better the hint table if the extension is not created (Sami Imseih: 44f73c6)
• Improve regression test suite (Sami Imseih, Michael Paquier, Yogesh Sharma, Shinya Kato)
• Use palloc0() in more places (hslightdb: cb9f141)
• Improve and fix documentation (Rajan Pande, Emre Sevinç, Qilong Li, daikin555)
• Add META.json for PGXN distribution (Jeremy Schneider: 58e4a7d)

pg_hint_plan16 1.6.1 is released

pg_hint_plan16 1.6.1 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 16.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Revert "Fix handling of unavailable indexes in Scan hints" (bfaabf1), as this has been causing unwelcome plan instabilities.
• Handle better the hint table if the extension is not created (Sami Imseih: 54b4b03)
• Improve and fix documentation (Rajan Pande, Qilong Li, daikin555)
• Add META.json for PGXN distribution (Jeremy Schneider: e6b87db)

pg_hint_plan15 1.5.2 is released

pg_hint_plan15 1.5.2 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 15.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Revert "Fix handling of unavailable indexes in Scan hints" (bfaabf1), as this has been causing unwelcome plan instabilities.
• Handle better the hint table if the extension is not created (Sami Imseih: 07ee6a8)
• Improve and fix documentation (Rajan Pande, Qilong Li, daikin555)
• Add META.json for PGXN distribution (Jeremy Schneider: 884fbda)

pg_hint_plan14 1.4.3 is released

pg_hint_plan14 1.4.3 is released. This version only supports PostgreSQL 14.

Some changes are made in this release:

• Revert "Fix handling of unavailable indexes in Scan hints" (9160243), as this has been causing unwelcome plan instabilities.
• Handle better the hint table if the extension is not created (Sami Imseih: 3b58a18)
• Improve and fix documentation (Rajan Pande, Qilong Li, daikin555)
• Add META.json for PGXN distribution (Jeremy Schneider: c870688)