Hi, Adrian, On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 1:24 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> Reply to list also > > Ccing list > > On 11/29/24 11:15 AM, Igor Korot wrote: > > Hi, Adrian, > > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM Adrian Klaver > > <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > >> > > >> Reuse it for what? > > > > For building.. > > I got a linking errors of not finding sscanf() and sprntf() > > when building my code. > > > > Googling revealed that MSVC made those inline after > > MSVC 2010. > > > >> > >>> > >>> Is it possible to find what version of the server was used for the > build? > >>> > >>> Im looking at the Windows Explorer timestamp, which gives me 4 > September > >>> 2017. > >> > >> At any point in time there are 5 supported versions of Postgres in play. > >> Given that you could have also built against one of the unsupported > >> versions a file timestamp will not help much. Though if you want to > >> guess, version 10 was released October 5, 2017. It is plausible you > >> built against a RC version in advance of the production release. > > > > Understood. > > I also tried to open the explorer and go to Properties of the DLL built > > > > That dialog shows for src/interfaces/libpq/Release/ for the Detail tab > > > > Type: Application Extension > > File Version: 9.6.2.17037 > > Product name: PostgreSQL > > Product version: 9.6.2 > > > > Can this info be trusted? > >> > >> libpq is backwards compatible, so why not try building against a current > >> version of Postgres and see whats happens? > > > > Are you saying that the current version can connect even to 9.6.1 > > server? (I have a really old Mac with the 9.6.1 version installed). > > Yes. > > The CLI client psql is based on libpq and from here: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html > > "If you want to use psql to connect to several servers of different > major versions, it is recommended that you use the newest version of > psql. Alternatively, you can keep around a copy of psql from each major > version and be sure to use the version that matches the respective > server. But in practice, this additional complication should not be > necessary." > > If you have a new version of psql available connect to the 9.6.1 > instance to verify. > Thank you. Ill try to get the new version and build it. > > > > Thank you. > > > >> > >>> > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> P.s. please forgive for any typos as it's been written from the Android > >>> phone. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Adrian Klaver > >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com > >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
