Re: Programmatic method to determine currently installed Windows PostrgreSQL version

Thanks Richard, I will look into whether or not I will
have access to the SELECT statement.

Regards,
Will

--- Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> wrote:

> Will Wright wrote:
> >
> > Hi Magnus, thanks for the quick response.
> > Unfortunately I still have an issue with this
> regsitry
> > identification method because I'd like to code my
> > installer so that it can also identify the
> postreSQL
> > versions that were not available at the time I
> > authored my install check, i.e. future versions.
>
> You could issue a "SELECT version()" - that is about
> as definitive as
> you can get.
>
> Don't forget you'll need to cope with the case where
> a user has 2 or
> more versions of PostgreSQL running on the same
> machine. I'm not sure
> it's safe to assume only one installation.
>
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd
>

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