Re: pgsql client/server compatibility matrix?

On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 16:17, Ed L. wrote:
> Can someone help find (or create) a client/server compatibility
> matrix that shows which client versions are compatible with
> which server versions? For example,
>
> server: 7.1.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3 ...
>
> client
> ======
> 7.1.2 Yes No No No ...
> 7.2.1 No
> 7.2.2 No
> 7.2.3 No
> 7.3 ...
> 7.3.1
> ...
>
> I'd be happy to contribute it to the docs.

In version 7.3, the support for the pgsql V 6.2 FE/BE protocol was
removed. So, what you might want to do is look for which versions of
the FE/BE protocol have been added over time. Basically, the server
will fall back to whatever version it has to in order to communicate,
and after V 7.3, the oldest clients, the ones written with the release
of 6.2 would now fail. So, the chart, for versions 6.3 and up would be
kind boring on a Yes No basis.

So, I'd toss in the FE/BE versions.

I don't have that real handy, but Tom or Bruce probably know (mostly)
all that off the top of their heads.