Re: Programmatic method to determine currently installed Windows PostrgreSQL version - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Will Wright
Subject Re: Programmatic method to determine currently installed Windows PostrgreSQL version
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Msg-id 20051108172930.46074.qmail@web60717.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: Programmatic method to determine currently installed  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
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Thanks Richard, I will look into whether or not I will
have access to the SELECT statement.

Regards,
Will

--- Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> wrote:

> Will Wright wrote:
> >
> > Hi Magnus, thanks for the quick response.
> > Unfortunately I still have an issue with this
> regsitry
> > identification method because I'd like to code my
> > installer so that it can also identify the
> postreSQL
> > versions that were not available at the time I
> > authored my install check, i.e. future versions.
>
> You could issue a "SELECT version()" - that is about
> as definitive as
> you can get.
>
> Don't forget you'll need to cope with the case where
> a user has 2 or
> more versions of PostgreSQL running on the same
> machine. I'm not sure
> it's safe to assume only one installation.
>
> --
>    Richard Huxton
>    Archonet Ltd
>




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