Re: querying the version of libpq

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: querying the version of libpq
Date: 2010-10-05 15:33:15
Message-ID: 2f4c4dd73daff9a8250254f63e70526f@biglumber.com
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>> if ($dbh->{pg_lib_version} >= 90000) {
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>> I'd raise a bug with psycopg2 if it does not provide that information.
>
> How does the driver figure it out?

DBD::Pg parses pg_config --version, then passes the information
to the C programs for directive fiddling. I certainly hope
other drivers are doing the same, as libpq varies across
major versions a good deal.

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