Re: [HACKERS] LIMITS - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] LIMITS
Date
Msg-id 199906011553.LAA14381@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] LIMITS  (wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck))
Responses Re: [HACKERS] LIMITS
Re: [HACKERS] LIMITS
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> Chris Bitmead wrote:
> 
> >
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >
> > > Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead@bigfoot.com> writes:
> > > > getTypes(): SELECT failed.  Explanation from backend: 'ERROR:  nodeRead:
> > > > Bad type 0
> > > > '.
> > >
> > > Did you do a full recompile and initdb?
> >
> > I did a full compile,  but I didn't do an initdb. I was upgrading from a
> > 6.5 beta of about a month ago to the latest CVS. Should it be necessary?
> 
>     I think we shouldn't call anything BETA until it is released.
>     The current CVS tree has ALPHA state.
> 
>     Until the official release (when  Marc  rolls  the  tarball),
>     development  can  cause all kind of changes, including schema
>     changes   to   system    catalogs,    print    strings    for
>     parsetrees/plans  etc.  Those  changes  require an initdb run
>     because the db files aren't binary compatible any more or the
>     corresponding node read functions aren't able to get back the
>     right trees from the  string  representations  found  in  the
>     catalogs.
> 
>     Until  Marc  officially  releases  BETA,  you  should allways
>     compile clean and run initdb after cvs updates. It's not  the
>     first time you've got trapped by this.

But we have been in beta officially since at least May 1.  Why is this
not beta?

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