Re: [HACKERS] version functions (was NT port of PGSQL - success)

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jhickey(at)impact1(dot)hpcc(dot)nectec(dot)or(dot)th (Justin Hickey)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] version functions (was NT port of PGSQL - success)
Date: 1998-10-09 02:46:07
Message-ID: 199810090246.WAA07839@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hello Bruce
>
> On Oct 8, 5:40pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I have removed the data/base/*/pg_version file because it was never
> > used. We had removed the 'version' functions long ago, but
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Does this mean that the following from the FAQ is wrong?
>
> 3.25) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
>
> From psql, type select version();
>
> If so then this question should probably be changed to point users to the
> PG_VERSION file.

No, the version command was removed. I should not have said version
function. select version() works just as always.

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