Re: WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 9.2.

Correct. More than likely, the path is giving the version in /usr/bin, and your new installation is something like /usr/pgsql-9.2/bin. You might want remove the package that came with your linux installation, that will save you a lot of grief later.
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> On Nov 3, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Payal Singh <payal(at)omniti(dot)com> wrote:
>
> the psql binary you are using to connect is default binary that is 8.4. This message just means that the psql client is of an older version than the database.
>
> To correct this you can modify the default path to point to psql binary of your newly installed postgres version.
>
> Payal Singh,
> Database Administrator,
> OmniTI Computer Consulting Inc.
> Phone: 240.646.0770 x 253
>
>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Davenport, Julie <JDavenport(at)ctcd(dot)edu> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I installed Postgres 9.2 on a new server that has Redhat Enterprise Linux 6, which came with Postgres 8.4. I did not want to use the 8.4 and never ran initdb on it. Instead, I installed postgres 9.2 via yum and di the initdb, etc, on 9.2 and have been using only that version. I have the postgres 8.4 service shut down and set to not start up upon reboot. Whenever I log into one of my databases, I always get this warning:
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>>
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>> -bash-4.1$ psql testdb
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>> psql (8.4.13, server 9.2.9)
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>> WARNING: psql version 8.4, server version 9.2.
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>> Some psql features might not work.
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>> Type "help" for help.
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>> testdb =#
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>>
>>
>> Inside the database it says it is version 9.2:
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>> testdb =# select version();
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>> version
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>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> PostgreSQL 9.2.9 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4), 64-bit
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>> (1 row)
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>>
>>
>> testdb =#
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>>
>>
>> And the version file of the database says it is 9.2:
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>> -bash-4.1$ cat /var/lib/pgsql/9.2/data/PG_VERSION
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>> 9.2
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>> -bash-4.1$
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>>
>>
>> So how can my server have psql 8.4, but server 9.2? So far I have not noticed any problems with the databases and queries against them work, but could it become a problem at some time? Do I have to do something to upgrade the psql 8.4 to 9.2?
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>> Thanks for any advice,
>>
>> Julie
>>
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