On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 14:53 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Darcy Buskermolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes I've seen the same frustration from users, I think the banner should > > say > > something along the lines of "psql client version foo connected to server > > bar > > version sfoo" > > That seems overly verbose, particularly in the normal case where the > versions are indeed the same. I could live with seeing a display like > that when the versions are different.
Thats the way Oracle sql*plus has worked for years, so its fairly acceptable to a great many people without too many questions. > The other question is what counts as "different" --- do we want to > complain like this if the minor versions are different? Which is much harder to define and could itself have a bug in it, so I prefer the verbose message.... its much better to know for certain every time. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match