Re: [PATCHES] Version checking when loading psql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Version checking when loading psql
Date: 2001-11-21 15:12:02
Message-ID: 13671.1006355522@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Greg Sabino Mullane writes:
>> Attached is a little patch that simply verifies that the
>> version of psql you are running is the same as the version
>> of postgresql you are attaching to.

> I'm sure this would annoy people.

I'm of two minds about it. It'd annoy *me*, but I know we have seen
trouble reports from people who were using version-mismatched psql
and didn't understand why some \d commands didn't work. Maybe we
should be catering more to newbies here.

Any other opinions out there?

regards, tom lane

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