| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2(at)obviously(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Subject: | Re: Patch for psql 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 backwards compatibility |
| Date: | 2008-05-20 14:12:42 |
| Message-ID: | 20080520141242.GA12177@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> "Ugh, I started the wrong version of psql again".
>
> This patch offers basic backwards compatibility, so a version 8.4 psql
> can successfully do common operations on Postgres 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.
> I expect it's incomplete support, but as of yet I can't find an actual
> problem. To me it is a step forward regardless, as it fixes "\d" which
> is pretty crucial even when just popping to an old server to check on
> something before an upgrade.
Guillaume Lelarge just submitted a patch for this. Did you check it
out? It's on the July commitfest page.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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