Re: What version postgresql libpqxx

Hi Stephen-
On github it said stable was 5.x. I will look for the more recent version
you mention. Many thnx!
Roboloki

On Mon, May 20, 2019, 3:31 PM Stephen Froehlich <s(dot)froehlich(at)cablelabs(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi Roboloki,
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> Each new version of pg releases in mid-October … and pg11 came out on Oct
> 18, 2018 (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/release-11.html) … so each
> current version of PostgreSQL is only current for about a year … though
> support continues for several years for each version.
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> In general, libpqxx and similar libraries for other languages are not very
> sensitive to the version running on the server but instead implement parts
> of the PostgreSQL protocol that aren’t changing … its not where the
> innovation typically is anyway. What changes is these libraries from
> version to version is typically the C++ - facing API.
>
> As for libpqxx, unless you need a feature in 7.0, my instinct would be to
> go with the most recent stable release (6.4.4) and watch out for
> deprecation warnings.
>
> --Stephen
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> *From:* Gavin M2301 <lokiofasgard501(at)gmail(dot)com>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 20, 2019 12:44 PM
> *To:* pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* Fwd: What version postgresql libpqxx
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> Hi all-
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> I decided to look around. 11.0 got released 2 years ago. I decided to go
> with 11.x postgresql with 7.0 libpqxx. The stable branch came out around
> same time as 11.0 so I will go with probably 11.3 and 7.0.
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> Thnx. Roboloki
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> Date: Mon, May 20, 2019, 1:18 PM
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> Hi all
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> I installed 12.0 development branch on postgresql with mingw. It is too
> new to use with libpqxx. Anyone have a recent version of postgresql working
> with libpqxx? What is a good version?
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> Thnx roboloki
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