Tom, > Can you point to any single one of the past five major releases in which > psql's backslash commands *WERE* completely backwards-compatible with > previous versions of PostgreSQL? This is not breaking news.
Because this is the first time I can remember where *none* of the \ commands work with older servers. And because the error we give is pretty ungraceful. Hmmm ... how difficult would it be to give a useful error message instead of a SQL error? Something like: "I'm sorry, that PSQL command did not work. Most likely, you are connecting to a different version of PostgreSQL." -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
