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, PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?
Date: 2000-11-16 20:58:14
Message-ID: 200011162058.PAA29730@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > 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?
>
> sorry, yes. the client-side interfaces (DatabaseMetaData.getDriver*)
> are actually fine - they return a major/minor version that have been
> getting manually updated (they're much more visible, being in
> org/postgresql/Driver.java). the server-side interfaces
> (DatabaseMetaData.getDatabase{Name,Version}) are the ones that aren't
> tied to the server, return hardcoded strings and haven't been getting
> updated regularly.

Oh, really. I didn't know there was that distinction. Sounds like they
should be callling SELECT version(). Comments, Java folks?

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