On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 21:54, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Rod Taylor wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 14:18, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 12:25, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > > > I know this, the question is, Should this happen? If not, can we fix it > > > > > somehow? > > > > > > > > > > Or do we need to put a note somewhere? > > > > > > > > I think it's a little late to fix now. > > > > > > > > Making psql support multiple versions was a suggestion Tom made a while > > > > back, but nobody took up the challenge. > > > Hmm. Ok. How about a cross-version/upgrade note somewhere? > > > > Probably worth while mentioning on the psql client page that clients are > > only expected to work with the version they're released with. Some > > functionality may be missing otherwise. > > We have always allowed old clients to connect to new servers, but often > break new servers connecting to old clients. I think this is documented > somewhere, but it rarely comes up as an issue. So, what do we do in this case, where an OLDER client (<=7.2.3) connects to a new (>=7.3) server, and BASIC stuff like backslash commands BREAK because of the schema stuff?
IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST DOCUMENTED PROMINENTLY. (IMHO). LER > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
