Hello it would not work. A postgresql extensions holds a info about pg for it was compiled. So same version is explicitly required. The extensions uses a lot of internal not 100% immutable API usually - so it cannot work on different postgres.
Regards Pavel 2013/11/5 Isabella Ghiurea <isabella.ghiu...@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> > Hi List, > We are in need to use citext -case insensitive module from /contrib , > we are running psql 8.3.6, would be safe to install the whole contribpackage > from 8.4.2 into this old version of > PG db > How about installing only citext package from 8.4.2 module into PG 8.3.6 > will this work ? > Thank you > Isabella > > -- > >