Re: version 42.2.3 postgresql 12.5 compatibility

Thanks a lot for clarifying.
We have no impact for that product (bpm engine), so i hope they use just
basic stuff and everything will work fine. (seem so so far).

BR,
bkalas

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 12:53 PM Jorge Solórzano <jorsol(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> In general, the protocol of Postgres doesn't change, so the driver "might"
> work with newer versions of Postgres, the trouble comes if there are
> catalog changes and you query the metadata information or some parts that
> might require special handling.
>
> The jdbc driver even test on CI the master branch of postgres, so it
> "should" work with the latest unreleased PostgreSQL 14 version, but please
> note that even if it should work, that doesn't mean that it implements new
> functionally from that version (this as always from the latest version of
> the driver).
>
> Generally speaking, you should always try to use the latest version of the
> jdbc driver and don't be stuck with a specific version, you will get small
> improvements and bug fixes, but as usual, always make your own tests to
> make sure everything works correctly, in your case, as is a third party
> product, you might need to verify the compatibility with the vendor.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM Branislav Kalas <bkalas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>> we are using third party product with bundled jdbc driver in version
>> 42.2.3
>> Now postgres is going to be upgraded from 9.5 to 12.5
>> So far local tests are working also with 42.2.3 driver.
>>
>> What is confusing me i went through changelogs of drivers and in 42.2.6 i
>> saw this message
>> Added
>>
>> - CI tests with Java 11, and Java EA
>> - Support temporary replication slots in ReplicationCreateSlotBuilder PR
>> 1306 <https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/pull/1306>
>> - *Support PostgreSQL 11, 12*
>>
>>
>> Does that mean that 42.2.6 is first version supporting pg 12, or 42.2.3
>> should work with pg12 as well?
>>
>> Thanks for answer
>>
>> --
>> bkalas
>>
>>

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