| From: | Darcy Buskermolen <darcy(at)wavefire(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Version number in psql banner |
| Date: | 2005-09-01 17:34:03 |
| Message-ID: | 200509011034.03350.darcy@wavefire.com |
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On Thursday 01 September 2005 08:30, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> A release or two ago we added the version number to the psql welcome
> banner. I noticed that quite a few people interpret that as the server
> version. Somehow, the explicit display of the version numbers leads them to
> make inferences that they would otherwise not bother about. Has anyone
> else experienced that? I suppose there was a reason we added the version
> number there, but I can't recall it. Could we make that more clear?
Yes I've seen the same frustration from users, I think the banner should say
something along the lines of "psql client version foo connected to server bar
version sfoo"
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Darcy Buskermolen
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