Re: [HACKERS] version mismatch detection doesn't work

2002-09-28 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with newer psql doesn't work. What functionality? psql has never had such a test. I think you are thinking of pg_dump. regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] version mismatch detection doesn't work

2002-09-28 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane dijo: Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems the functionality to detect old versions of the postmaster with newer psql doesn't work. What functionality? psql has never had such a test. I think you are thinking of pg_dump. No, I was thinking of psql. There was a

Re: [HACKERS] version mismatch detection doesn't work

2002-09-28 Thread Greg Copeland
It was I that originally brought the topic up. I don't really remember the exact details but I do seem to recall that the author thought it was a horrid idea. Basically and poorly paraphrased the response was that everyone should use select version() after they connect and if they don't know to

[HACKERS] version mismatch detection doesn't work

2002-09-27 Thread Alvaro Herrera
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

Re: [HACKERS] version mismatch detection doesn't work

2002-09-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
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