Re: Tom Lane
> Christoph Berg <m...@debian.org> writes:
> > I didn't understand the current wording of the NOTES section in
> > psql(1) on which major versions psql is compatible with, so here's a
> > patch to make that more explicit.
>
> This seems both very repetitive and incorrect in detail.
Meh, I tried to preserve as much of the original text as reasonable,
but we can strip it down further.
> Some operations will work fine with older servers, some won't.
> I don't think that we want to undertake documenting exactly
> which commands work how far back, so my inclination is to
> add a nonspecific disclaimer along the lines of
>
> Some commands may not work with very old servers (before 9.2).
I'd like it do say "it works with 9.2" when that's what the code is
implementing.
How about this?
<para><application>psql</application> works with servers of the same
or an older major version, back to 9.2. The general
functionality of running SQL commands and displaying query results
should also work with servers of other major versions, but
backslash commands are particularly likely to fail.
</para>
<para>
If you want to use <application>psql</application> to connect to several
servers of different major versions, it is recommended that you use the
newest version of <application>psql</application>. (To connect to
pre-9.2 servers,
use <application>psql</application> 14 or earlier.)
</para>
Christoph
>From 2d83aaec5f398de041467b4fe78731401847d6a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Berg <m...@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 13:21:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] psql-ref.sgml: Be more specific about major versions support
Explicitly say which version range we are supporting.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 19 ++++++-------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 186f8c506a..9e972f0c48 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -4946,24 +4946,17 @@ PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG='--line '
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><application>psql</application> works best with servers of the same
- or an older major version. Backslash commands are particularly likely
- to fail if the server is of a newer version than <application>psql</application>
- itself. However, backslash commands of the <literal>\d</literal> family should
- work with servers of versions back to 9.2, though not necessarily with
- servers newer than <application>psql</application> itself. The general
+ <para><application>psql</application> works with servers of the same
+ or an older major version, back to 9.2. The general
functionality of running SQL commands and displaying query results
- should also work with servers of a newer major version, but this cannot
- be guaranteed in all cases.
+ should also work with servers of other major versions, but
+ backslash commands are particularly likely to fail.
</para>
<para>
If you want to use <application>psql</application> to connect to several
servers of different major versions, it is recommended that you use the
- newest version of <application>psql</application>. Alternatively, you
- can keep around a copy of <application>psql</application> 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.
+ newest version of <application>psql</application>. (To connect to pre-9.2 servers,
+ use <application>psql</application> 14 or earlier.)
</para>
</listitem>
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2.35.1
