Fabien COELHO <coe...@cri.ensmp.fr> writes: > Thus short, simple but meaningful examples which show how to do something > useful with all that in the documentation may help people take advantage > of these new features.
I don't have an objection to providing an example. I wasn't terribly impressed with Simon's version, but maybe we can do better. I think it should be concrete, not partly abstract; and likely it needs to be with \if not the variable proper. > Given my experience with "\d*", I'm not sure I would assume that a new > psql feature would work with older servers. I don't recall anyone questioning whether PQserverVersion() would work with older servers. Being able to tell what version the server is is sort of the point, no? If there were a restriction on what it would work with, I would agree that that needs to be documented. But I don't think "yes, it really works" is a helpful use of documentation space. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers