Re: fairly useless psql compatibility warning?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: fairly useless psql compatibility warning?
Date: 2012-08-31 21:17:29
Message-ID: CA+TgmobnMYuC1q7QfjtjAd5p=Zv=ZRqHB+eY+zXQPeX4-Rv9Qw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> psql has supported older servers for a great while now, so this sort of
>> things seems pretty useless now:
>>
>> psql (9.2rc1, server 9.1.4)
>> WARNING: psql version 9.2, server version 9.1.
>> Some psql features might not work
>>
>> I think it should be reduced to warning when connected to a newer
>> server.
>
> Seems like a good idea to me. +1. (Obviously keeping the first line
> that shows that the version numbers are different, but not WARNING)

+1.

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Robert Haas
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