=?iso-8859-2?Q?Micha=B3_J=EAczalik?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a very old postgres 6.4 installation. I'm trying to connect to it > from a fresh, up-to-date Debian-host, but I'm constantly getting (from DBI > and PHP as well) this error message:
> # ./update_dns.pl > DBI connect('dbname=dns;host=sql;authtype=password','dns',...) failed: > expected authentication request from server, but received U > at ./update_dns.pl line 237 You certain it's 6.4, and not even older? A look in the CVS logs says that we were using protocol 2.0 starting in 6.4, so current libpq should still talk to it. > P.S. Don't tell me to upgrade postgres :) It must stay like that for some > reasons which are beyond me. 6.4 *will* eat your data eventually. Don't say you weren't warned. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster