Re: psql 8.4 \c repeats version banner

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql 8.4 \c repeats version banner
Date: 2010-02-16 21:07:03
Message-ID: 201002162107.o1GL73d02304@momjian.us
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > In 8.3, running \c from a file prints something like
> >
> > You are now connected to database "postgres".
> >
> > In 8.4 it prints
> >
> > psql (8.4.1)
> > You are now connected to database "postgres".
> >
> > Is it intentional/sensible to repeat the startup banner every time the
> > connection changes, or was this unintentionally introduced while the
> > startup banner was reshuffled in 8.4?
>
> I did some reseach on this. I bet this behavior was added when we
> decided to print the backend version warning banner on \c as well as
> startup, because it is possible for the backend to be different version
> from the backend originally used for psql startup. The code that prints
> the psql banner and the warning banner are in the same function and
> share the same output line.
>
> What I did in the attached patch is to add a boolean to
> connection_warnings() to indicate whether it was being called on psql
> startup or via \c, and to supress the psql banner on \c if the client
> and server versions match:
>
> $ psql test
> psql (8.5devel)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> test=> \c test
> You are now connected to database "test".
> test=>
>
> Any version mismatch will still print the psql banner for \c, which is
> what I think we want.
>
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