Rod Taylor wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 14:18, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 12:25, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > > I know this, the question is, Should this happen? If not, can we fix it > > > > somehow? > > > > > > > > Or do we need to put a note somewhere? > > > > > > I think it's a little late to fix now. > > > > > > Making psql support multiple versions was a suggestion Tom made a while > > > back, but nobody took up the challenge. > > Hmm. Ok. How about a cross-version/upgrade note somewhere? > > Probably worth while mentioning on the psql client page that clients are > only expected to work with the version they're released with. Some > functionality may be missing otherwise.
We have always allowed old clients to connect to new servers, but often break new servers connecting to old clients. I think this is documented somewhere, but it rarely comes up as an issue. -- 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 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
