Re: v7.3.1 psql against a v7.2.x database ...

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: v7.3.1 psql against a v7.2.x database ...
Date: 2003-01-11 01:42:40
Message-ID: 200301110142.h0B1gei05564@candle.pha.pa.us
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > How hard would it be to add in a simple version check, like Robert Treat
> > > suggested? Where, when you type in \d, it uses a pre-v7.3 schema if
> > > attached to a pre-v7.3 server? With the changes that have gone in since
> > > v7.3.1, we're going to need to do a v7.3.2 anyway ...
> >
> > There are quite a few queries in there, so they would have to be doubled
> > up for pre/post 7.3.
>
> Right ... understood ... but all the queries should just be a matter of
> pulling them from v7.2.x sources, no?

Right. It is just the _cruft_ factor that has prevented us from doing
it in the past.

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