Re: 7.3B3 psql talking to a 7.2.3 server? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: 7.3B3 psql talking to a 7.2.3 server?
Date
Msg-id 200211020354.gA23sCR10789@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: 7.3B3 psql talking to a 7.2.3 server?  (Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>)
Responses Re: 7.3B3 psql talking to a 7.2.3 server?  (Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>)
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Rod Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 14:18, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 12:25, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > > > I know this, the question is, Should this happen?  If not, can we fix it
> > > > somehow? 
> > > > 
> > > > Or do we need to put a note somewhere? 
> > > 
> > > I think it's a little late to fix now.
> > > 
> > > Making psql support multiple versions was a suggestion Tom made a while
> > > back, but nobody took up the challenge.
> > Hmm.  Ok.  How about a cross-version/upgrade note somewhere? 
> 
> Probably worth while mentioning on the psql client page that clients are
> only expected to work with the version they're released with.  Some
> functionality may be missing otherwise.

We have always allowed old clients to connect to new servers, but often
break new servers connecting to old clients.  I think this is documented
somewhere, but it rarely comes up as an issue.

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