On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > > > Marc G. Fournier writes: > > > > > > > We've started to upgrade the client machines, before upgrading the server > > > > itself, but it looks like the psql client isn't backwards compatible? > > > > > > The meta-commands are not, because they now need to be schema aware. > > > > How hard would it be to add in a simple version check, like Robert Treat > > suggested? Where, when you type in \d, it uses a pre-v7.3 schema if > > attached to a pre-v7.3 server? With the changes that have gone in since > > v7.3.1, we're going to need to do a v7.3.2 anyway ... > > There are quite a few queries in there, so they would have to be doubled > up for pre/post 7.3.
Right ... understood ... but all the queries should just be a matter of pulling them from v7.2.x sources, no? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html