Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > > On Wednesday 31 December 2008 04:45:01 Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> PostgreSQL 8.4devel on i386-pc-bsdi4.3.1, compiled by GCC 2.95.3, 32-bit > > > Maybe we should separate all that, e.g., > > > SELECT version(); => 'PostgreSQL 8.4devel' > > SELECT pg_host_os(); => 'bsdi4.3.1' > > SELECT pg_host_cpu(); => 'i386' (although this is still faulty, as > > per my > > original argument; needs some thought) > > SELECT pg_compiler(); => 'GCC 2.95.3' > > SELECT pg_pointer_size(); => 4 (or 32) (this could also be a SHOW variable) > > Seems like serious overkill. No one has asked for access to individual > components of the version string, other than the PG version number > itself, which we already dealt with.
Maybe we could have a separate function which returned the info in various columns (OUT params). Maybe it would be useful to normalize the info as reported the buildfarm, which right now is a bit ad-hoc. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
