Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: [ There is text before PGP section. ] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Four years later, people were saying: > > >> OK, this new patch prints a warning on any major version > >> mismatch, newer or older. > > > > I would suggest showing both the client and server versions that > > mismatched. If you're in a scenario with several versions on the same > > machine of both client and server (hosting scenario, I'd imagine), that > > would certainly help. > > This all seems so familiar somehow... :) > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2001-11/msg00184.php
Yep. I think the reason it is acceptable now is that the server version is supplied automatically via the protocol, so we don't need to issue a query on every psql startup to check it. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
