It was I that originally brought the topic up. I don't really remember
the exact details but I do seem to recall that the author thought it was
a horrid idea. Basically and poorly paraphrased the response was that
everyone should use select version() after they connect and if they
don't know to
Tom Lane dijo:
> Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with
> > newer psql doesn't work.
>
> What functionality? psql has never had such a test. I think you
> are thinking of pg_dump.
No, I was thinking of psql. There
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with
> newer psql doesn't work.
What functionality? psql has never had such a test. I think you
are thinking of pg_dump.
regards, tom lane
I didn't think we were supposed to throw an error on a mismatch, were
we?
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Hackers,
>
> Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with
> newer psql doesn't work. Here, ser
Hackers,
Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with
newer psql doesn't work. Here, server is 7.2.1:
$ psql alvherre
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "."
Welcome to psql 7.3b1, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
Type: \copyright for distribution terms
