Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible
Date: 2005-08-31 03:03:40
Message-ID: 26959.1125457420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> I think we should put something in the release notes:

> WARNING: 8.1's "psql" is not completely backwards-compatible with previous
> versions of PostgreSQL.

Can you point to any single one of the past five major releases in which
psql's backslash commands *WERE* completely backwards-compatible with
previous versions of PostgreSQL? This is not breaking news.

regards, tom lane

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