From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
---|---|
To: | Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [BUGS] PSQL commands not backwards-compatible |
Date: | 2005-09-02 01:06:18 |
Message-ID: | 200509020106.j8216IM15507@candle.pha.pa.us |
Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
Thread: | |
Lists: | pgsql-patches |
Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
[ There is text before PGP section. ]
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
> Four years later, people were saying:
>
> >> OK, this new patch prints a warning on any major version
> >> mismatch, newer or older.
> >
> > I would suggest showing both the client and server versions that
> > mismatched. If you're in a scenario with several versions on the same
> > machine of both client and server (hosting scenario, I'd imagine), that
> > would certainly help.
>
> This all seems so familiar somehow... :)
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2001-11/msg00184.php
Yep. I think the reason it is acceptable now is that the server version
is supplied automatically via the protocol, so we don't need to issue a
query on every psql startup to check it.
--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road
+ Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
From | Date | Subject | |
---|---|---|---|
Next Message | Christopher Kings-Lynne | 2005-09-02 01:16:59 | Re: PL/pgSQL: EXCEPTION NOSAVEPOINT |
Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2005-09-01 23:18:25 | Re: PL/pgSQL: EXCEPTION NOSAVEPOINT |