On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 09:59 +0100, Massa, Harald Armin wrote: > hey, > > > Well I mean having piece of code reading and writing db records from 7.2 and > > 8.4 databases. > > > > How can I get this mix working from a DBAPI point of view? > > Are someone aware of restrictions using such 'old' db drivers from Python > > 2.6 or later? > > per definition the actual PostgreSQL driver shall be able to access > also ancient versions of PostgreSQL; and you should also be able to > profit from at least some of the bugfixes within the PostgreSQL > connection libraries of the last oneandahalf decade. > > So: I recommend to you to go with the younges psycopg2 PostgreSQL driver. > > I also offer persuasion services to help people motivate themselfs, > i.e. to upgrade PostgreSQL.
That is correct, if you are running an old version, PostgreSQL will just default to the old protocol. However, I must say... the fact that you are running 7.2 is terrifying on a level that makes me have cold sweats and cry for mommy. You should be running *at least* 8.3. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering Respect is earned, not gained through arbitrary and repetitive use or Mr. or Sir. _______________________________________________ DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig
