I didn't think we were supposed to throw an error on a mismatch, were we?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Hackers, > > Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with > newer psql doesn't work. Here, server is 7.2.1: > > $ psql alvherre > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "." > Welcome to psql 7.3b1, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. > > Type: \copyright for distribution terms > \h for help with SQL commands > \? for help on internal slash commands > \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query > \q to quit > > alvherre=> select version(); > version > ------------------------------------------------------------- > PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96 > (1 row) > > alvherre=> > > -- > Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>) > "Nunca confiar? en un traidor. Ni siquiera si el traidor lo he creado yo" > (Bar?n Vladimir Harkonnen) > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org