Re: Backward compatibility

Hi, guys,

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:58 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> writes:
>> On 7/20/2017 8:40 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Hm, we need to update that text for the new 2-part version numbering
>>> scheme, don't we?
>
>> will 10 return like 100100 if its 10.1, or 100001 ?
>
> The latter. The two middle digits will be zeroes henceforth, unless
> we somehow get into a situation where the minor version needs to
> exceed 99.

MySQL uses this:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-get-server-version.html.
Is it safe to assume that PostgreSQL calculates the version the same way?

Thank you.

>
> regards, tom lane
>
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