Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6
Date: 2008-05-16 05:38:38
Message-ID: 20080516053838.GA22821@fetter.org
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On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:22:55AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> > I believe there's a bug in this patch, namely that the warnings when
> > there's a server-client mismatch only appear at startup time.
>
> Please do not blame this patch for a problem that has been there all
> along.
>
> I don't say that the point doesn't need investigation, but blaming
> the patch-at-hand for the issue is just misleading.

The patch at hand, as you point out, emphasizes a problem that's been
there all along, namely that \c doesn't do the same things that
command line connection does.

I'm volunteering to make them use the same methods :)

Cheers,
David.
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