Frank Miles <fpm(at)u(dot)washington(dot)edu> writes:
> The thought suddenly has occurred to me -- the client system that I'm
> using *isn't* missing postgresql. It's got an old version on it!
> *Really* old -- perhaps predating 6.5.x. Oooppss. Client libraries, huh?
> Sounds like it's time to clean that out, replace with new client stuff.
AFAIK the connection protocol should be compatible back to well before
6.3 (which is when I got involved with PG; before that, deponent sayeth
not).
I'd say go for debugging what you have.
regards, tom lane