"Ugh, I started the wrong version of psql again".
This patch offers basic backwards compatibility, so a version 8.4 psql
can successfully do common operations on Postgres 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and
8.3. I expect it's incomplete support, but as of yet I can't find an
actual problem. To me it is a step forward regardless, as it fixes "\d"
which is pretty crucial even when just popping to an old server to check
on something before an upgrade.
Notes:
1) Patched against cvs as of 19 May 2008.
2) The exact version numbers for the tweaks need help from a guru.
3) The usual version mismatch warning remains, as this is not a promise
of full compatibility.
Bryce Nesbitt
PS: See also:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2005-08/msg00306.php
http://unixadmintalk.com/f47/improved-df-psql-backward-compatibility-345293/
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-sql/2008-02/msg00088.php
? psql
Index: describe.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v
retrieving revision 1.173
diff -c -2 -r1.173 describe.c
*** describe.c 13 May 2008 00:23:17 -0000 1.173
--- describe.c 20 May 2008 05:16:33 -0000
***************
*** 804,810 ****
--- 804,818 ----
bool show_modifiers = false;
bool retval;
+ char *indisvalid, *tgconstraint; // Backwards compatibility
differences
retval = false;
+ /*
+ ** Adjust queries for basic backwards compatibility
+ ** Should allow use with Postgres 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 servers.
+ */
+ indisvalid = pset.sversion > 82000 ? "i.indisvalid" : "true";
+ tgconstraint = pset.sversion > 81000 ? "AND t.tgconstraint = 0\n" : "";
+
/* This output looks confusing in expanded mode. */
myopt.expanded = false;
***************
*** 985,994 ****
printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
! "SELECT i.indisunique,
i.indisprimary, i.indisclustered, i.indisvalid, a.amname, c2.relname,\n"
! " pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(i.indpred,
i.indrelid, true)\n"
! "FROM pg_catalog.pg_index i,
pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_class c2, pg_catalog.pg_am a\n"
! "WHERE i.indexrelid = c.oid AND c.oid = '%s' AND c.relam =
a.oid\n"
! "AND i.indrelid = c2.oid",
! oid);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
--- 993,1002 ----
printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
! "SELECT i.indisunique, i.indisprimary,
i.indisclustered, %s , a.amname, c2.relname,\n"
! " pg_catalog.pg_get_expr(i.indpred, i.indrelid,
true)\n"
! "FROM pg_catalog.pg_index i, pg_catalog.pg_class c,
pg_catalog.pg_class c2, pg_catalog.pg_am a\n"
! "WHERE i.indexrelid = c.oid AND c.oid = '%s' AND
c.relam = a.oid\n"
! "AND i.indrelid = c2.oid",
! indisvalid, oid);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
***************
*** 1087,1096 ****
{
printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
! "SELECT c2.relname,
i.indisprimary, i.indisunique, i.indisclustered, i.indisvalid, "
!
"pg_catalog.pg_get_indexdef(i.indexrelid, 0, true), c2.reltablespace\n"
! "FROM
pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_class c2, pg_catalog.pg_index i\n"
! "WHERE c.oid = '%s'
AND c.oid = i.indrelid AND i.indexrelid = c2.oid\n"
! "ORDER BY i.indisprimary DESC, i.indisunique DESC,
c2.relname",
! oid);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
if (!result)
--- 1095,1104 ----
{
printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
! "SELECT c2.relname, i.indisprimary,
i.indisunique, i.indisclustered, %s, "
! " pg_catalog.pg_get_indexdef(i.indexrelid, 0,
true), c2.reltablespace\n"
! "FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_class c2,
pg_catalog.pg_index i\n"
! "WHERE c.oid = '%s' AND c.oid = i.indrelid AND i.indexrelid
= c2.oid\n"
! "ORDER BY i.indisprimary DESC, i.indisunique
DESC, c2.relname",
! indisvalid,oid);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
if (!result)
***************
*** 1340,1347 ****
"t.tgenabled\n"
"FROM
pg_catalog.pg_trigger t\n"
! "WHERE t.tgrelid =
'%s' "
! "AND t.tgconstraint =
0\n"
"ORDER BY 1",
! oid);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
if (!result)
--- 1348,1354 ----
"t.tgenabled\n"
"FROM
pg_catalog.pg_trigger t\n"
! "WHERE t.tgrelid =
'%s' %s"
"ORDER BY 1",
! oid,tgconstraint);
result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
if (!result)
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