On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 23:23, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > So, being able to stop connections trying to use old protocol versions
> > would be very helpful in this case.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to have StORE run a select version() after
> connecting? Even better would be to call PQprotocolVersion() as it is a
> protocol issue.
Well, if we could compel every existing user of StORE + PostrgeSQL to
upgrade to a new version of the mapping software, yes.
I think that we must accept that one or more people may hang onto old
versions of the mapping software which, of course, would not contain the
checks you suggest :-(
