Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> At 6.4, there was a protocol change that renders clients for libpq
> version 1 incapable of connecting or using servers using protocol
> version 2. Thus, unless you want to do surgery on PHP/FI 2, you will
> have to stick with PostgreSQL 6.3.2 or earlier.
This is false (not to mention irrelevant to Simon's problem), because
current servers still accept protocol version 1. What you cannot do
at the moment is use a new libpq with an old server.
regards, tom lane