Re: followed by example doesn't work

2017-12-04 Thread Rudy Barbieri
Thanks for the tip!
But it could be better improve the documentation highlighting that in
previous versions there was a bug.

Il 03 dic 2017 5:40 PM, "David G. Johnston"  ha
scritto:

> On Sunday, December 3, 2017, Tom Lane  wrote:
>
>> barbiomalef...@gmail.com writes:
>> > I copied the text in the followed by example: SELECT
>> to_tsvector('fatal
>> > error') @@ to_tsquery('fatal <-> error');
>> > but it will always goes in error: ERROR:  syntax error in tsquery:
>> "fatal
>> > <-> error"
>> > SQL state: 42601
>>
>> The described symptoms sound like you're trying to use <-> with a pre-9.6
>> server.  Since that feature was added in 9.6, it won't work.
>>
>> We generally don't recommend reading documentation versions that don't
>> match your server.
>>
>>
> My interpretation of the doc reading advice is to read the newest version
> of the docs to learn about stuff but if you come across any errors, syntax
> or otherwise, then read your doc version to see how older releases differ.
> Non-bug enhancements to the docs are not usually back-patched and knowing
> how current releases work is valuable knowledge to have.
>
> David J.
>


Re: followed by example doesn't work

2017-12-04 Thread Tom Lane
Rudy Barbieri  writes:
> But it could be better improve the documentation highlighting that in
> previous versions there was a bug.

I see no bug here ... failing to recognize an operator that was added in
later versions can hardly be classed as a bug.

regards, tom lane



Re: followed by example doesn't work

2017-12-04 Thread Michael Paquier
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Tom Lane  wrote:
> Rudy Barbieri  writes:
>> But it could be better improve the documentation highlighting that in
>> previous versions there was a bug.
>
> I see no bug here ... failing to recognize an operator that was added in
> later versions can hardly be classed as a bug.

If you wish to have a given operator supported in a past version of
Postgres, you could have it done in the shape of an extension as well.
There are many people and companies able to do so if you cannot.
-- 
Michael