> > And the dynamic linker will take any version of libpq.so that has the same > major number, meaning that you > cannot assume that it's not 8.4 just because you built against 9.0. > > [...]
> Not to mention when you're on windows (and I dunno if any other > platforms are like *that*), where they're all libpq.dll and we'll > happily take *any* other libpq.dll (even an older one, but that will give > you an error if you're actually using any functions not present in it). > > So there are quite many arguments for adding a PQlibpqVersion() to libpq, yeah? Do you think you will do it, Magnus? [updates: the other "got bitten by the BYTEA-encoding-change"-thread is connected to this....] Best wishes, Harald -- GHUM GmbH Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 734971 - persuadere. et programmare