Postgresql 8.3 released

This 8.3 release of Postgresql announced today includes several performance features like Asynchronous Commit, Spread Checkpoints and L2 Cache Protection as well as features useful for DBAs (CSV Logging, SQL/XML, ENUMs, etc). A look at the features matrix also show that other features made their way in the release, such as

• Autovacuum enabled by default
• Order by nulls
• loadable plugin infrastructure for monitoring the planner
• updatable cursors
• Full Text Search
• GID/UUID data types

It is now available for download, with binary packages available for Redhat, Solaris and Windows.