PostgreSQL 8.3 Released

PostgreSQL released version 8.3 of "the world's most advanced open source database".

Remember to dump/restore with pg_dump if you're planning to upgrade :-).

Here's a list of "What's new in 8.3".

Benchmarks also show a huge increase in performance from 8.2, some benchmarks even showing a 2.x performance boost from 8.2:

http://www.ajaxonomy.com/2007/sql/postgresql-83-vs-82-a-simple-benchmark

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2008-01/msg00417.php

Version  7.3.15 7.4.13  8.0.8   8.1.4   8.2.beta1 8.3beta1
tps      311    340     334     398     423       585

Improvements have also been done in terms of scalability.