Re: pgadmin3 beta2 connect to 7.3.4 server

Hi Tim,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tim Booth
> Sent: 13 October 2004 18:36
> To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [pgadmin-support] pgadmin3 beta2 connect to 7.3.4 server
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run pgadmin3 on a machine which has client
> libraries for PG 7.4.x installed (a Debian unstable box) but
> want to connect to a RedHat 9 box, which runs PG 7.3.x. Bad
> things start happening (ie complete GUI freeze requiring kill
> -TERM when I try look at a table I don't have SELECT permissions on).
>
> So before I waste too much time fiddling I'd just like to ask:
>
> - Is PG 7.3 supported at all, and if so should I be able to
> connect from a box with the 7.4 client libs?

Yes, and Yes. Mind you, is your pgAdmin distro statically linked? Many
of them are to prevent this kind of problem (not that it should occur
anyway).

> - If 7.3 should be supported let me know and I will try to
> send a real bug report with test cases.

Yes, I admin 7.3 servers just about every day. A backtrace would be good
if you can get one, and a full debug logfile.

Thanks, Dave.