Thanks Jeff. I'm the guy that started that thread. Been meaning to get back to the problem but had other issues on the project. Now I know what to do next. Appreciate your posting the solution. -=michael=- ***************************************************** * Michael S. Kelly * 4800 SW Griffith Dr., Ste. 202 * Beaverton, OR 97005 USA * voice: (503)644-6106 x122 fax: (503)643-8425 * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://www.axian.com/ ***************************************************** * Axian: Software Consulting and Training ***************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Jeffery Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 4:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 7.0 psql, readline and history. I saw a note a few days ago about the arrow keys not working in psql in 7.0. As I recall the answer was to make sure the configure script could find "readline.h". I had the same problem as the original questioner, and attempted the suggested fix. The fix did allow configure to find "readline.h" as well as "readline/readline.h", but the problem wasn't fixed. After some investigation (i.e. reading the source), I determined the real problem was my version of readline. It *appears* to me that 7.0 requires readline version 4.1 in order for the readline history features to work, whereas 6.5.3 was happy with an earlier version. When I updated my version of readline, the readline history functions started working. I hope this isn't a repeat of earlier mail on this topic (I only joined the mailing list about a week ago), and I hope it helps people with the same problem that I had. Jeff Collins