| From: | Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] queriing the version of libpq |
| Date: | 2010-12-16 16:22:53 |
| Message-ID: | 4D0A3CDD.4070302@esilo.com |
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>
> And it *could* be used in exactly the case you're outlining as long as
> you load the function dynamically.
Detecting the presence of a function does not require a version number.
If the symbol is in the library, use it.
The only reason the version number would come into play is if you were
attempting to detect behavior differences.
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Andrew Chernow
eSilo, LLC
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