Hackers, Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with newer psql doesn't work. Here, server is 7.2.1:
$ psql alvherre ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "." Welcome to psql 7.3b1, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help on internal slash commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit alvherre=> select version(); version ------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96 (1 row) alvherre=> -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>) "Nunca confiaré en un traidor. Ni siquiera si el traidor lo he creado yo" (Barón Vladimir Harkonnen) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])