Re: [HACKERS] atttypmod now 32 bits, interface change

> >At 11:32 AM 98.7.13 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>"Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumnus(dot)caltech(dot)edu> writes:
> >>> Should we ask Tatsuo to do some mixed-endian tests, or is
> >>> that area completely unchanged from v6.3?
> >>
> >>I don't think I broke anything in that regard ... but more testing is
> >>always a good thing. If Tatsuo-san can spare the time, it would be
> >>appreciated.
> >
> >Ok, I think I can start the testing next week.
>
> I did some cross-platform testing today against 7/18 snapshot. The
> platforms tested are:
>
> 1. Sparc/Solaris 2.6
> 2. PowerPC/Linux
> 3. x86/FreeBSD
> 4. x86/Linux
>
> They workd fine!
>
> P.S.
> I noticed that 6.4 client did not talk to 6.3.2 server.
>
> [srapc451.sra.co.jp]t-ishii{157}
>
>
>
> Connection to database 'test' failed.
> Unsupported frontend protocol.[srapc451.sra.co.jp]t-ishii{158}
>
> I thought that we have kept the "backward compatibility" since we
> introduced "protocol version" in libpq?

Might be my atttypmod changes. I did not make those version-sensitive.
I will do that now.

However, the protocol version number thing looks like something more
fundamental.

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