Re: Compatibility of future releases

On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:39:09 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Jeff Boes wrote:
>> While the release notes are extensive, they are certainly not complete.
>> I have already learned to my dismay (reported elsewhere) that the
>> system table 'pg_relcheck' is gone, and 'pg_constraint' has taken over
>> its function. That information is not covered at the URL listed above.
>
> To be fair, we didn't expect many folks to care about pg_relcheck, and
> we assumed those that did were involved in the beta. Sorry.

"True dat." It would appear that the DBI and DBD::Pg developer(s) (Perl
interface layer, for those outside) were unaware.

Not only that, but there are apparently no plans to fix this in the near
future, so if you plan to install PostgreSQL 7.3, plan on using something
other than Perl to get at it.

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