Re: psql

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ghaverla(at)freenet(dot)edmonton(dot)ab(dot)ca
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql
Date: 2001-05-11 19:12:26
Message-ID: 6536.989608346@sss.pgh.pa.us
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ghaverla(at)freenet(dot)edmonton(dot)ab(dot)ca writes:
> I've got a couple of machines here, one running Debian
> stable and the other running Debian unstable. The one
> running unstable also has Postgresql-7.1.x on it, the
> one running stable has Apache. Some mod_perl stuff
> I'm installing uses psql at times, can a person safely get
> by using psql from Postgresql-6.5.x (which is all that
> Debian stable has now)?

6.5 psql should talk to current servers, but you may find that its
attempts to query system catalogs (for backslash commands) don't work
due to using out-of-date queries. Not sure if you care for this
application...

regards, tom lane

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