On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 09:44:10PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Greg Sabino Mullane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > small patch to provide a new variable "server_version_num", which > > is almost the same as "server_version" but uses the handy > > PG_VERSION_NUM which allows apps to do things like if ($version >= > > 80200) without having to parse apart the value of server_version > > themselves. > > This seems pretty useless, as it will be many years before any app > that actually tries to deal with back server versions could rely on > the variable existing.
In my case, its non-existence is a guarantee that the server version number isn't high enough :) > The correct solution is for client-side libraries to provide the > feature. Not if the app is written in SQL, as the bootstrap, regression test, etc. code for modules frequently is. > libpq already does (PQserverVersion()) ... and it works for any > server version from about 6.4 forward ... See above for why it's good also to have it surfaced to SQL :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
