I wrote: > So this means that the patch introduces a rather serious cross-version > compatibility problem. I doubt we can consider inlined CSV data to be > a niche case that few people use; but it will fail every time if your > psql is older than your server.
On third thought, that may not be as bad as I was thinking. We don't blink at the idea that an older psql's \d commands may malfunction with a newer server, and I think most users have internalized the idea that they want psql >= server. If the patch created an incompatibility with that direction, it'd be a problem, but I don't think it does. regards, tom lane