Re: PQprepare in PostgreSQL 7.4 (lack of SAVEPOINTs)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Konstantin Izmailov <pgfizm(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PQprepare in PostgreSQL 7.4 (lack of SAVEPOINTs)
Date: 2010-06-24 04:41:29
Message-ID: 4567.1277354489@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Konstantin Izmailov <pgfizm(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> The companyis not willing to upgrade from 7.4 to a later version due to
>> risk.

> The risk of upgrading is less than the risk of staying on an
> unsupported version of pgsql. The company that won't upgrade is
> making a poorly informed decision.

Indeed. Point out to them that 7.4 is going to be unsupported after the
end of this month:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy

If they don't have a plan to get off of 7.4 within the pretty near
future, they're fools.

regards, tom lane

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