Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Paul M(dot) Aoki" <aoki(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?
Date: 2000-11-16 19:41:44
Message-ID: 200011161941.OAA25377@candle.pha.pa.us
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Yes, should we return the client or server version from the interface?
If we return the server version, how does someone query the client version?

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > it would be nice if the metadata routines were actually tied to something retu
> rned from the backend.
> >
> > You can do a 'SELECT version()' to get a version string from the
> > backend.
>
> thanks for the workaround.
>
> the original point still stands, of course ;-)
> --
> Paul M. Aoki / Xerox Palo Alto Research Center / 3333 Coyote Hill Road
> aoki(at)acm(dot)org / Computer Science Laboratory / Palo Alto, CA 94304-1314
>

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