Dave Bodenstab <dave(at)bodenstab(dot)org> writes:
> I built 8.0.0rc5 on FreeBSD 4.8. It built with no errors. I then
> tried psql using another host running postgresql 7.1.3 and I get the
> goofy error message shown below.
psql's backslash commands are only guaranteed to work with a server of
the same version. Trying 8.0 against a prehistoric server like that
is going to result in all kinds of oddness. (Look at the actual
queries with -E to see why.)
regards, tom lane