Re: [HACKERS] New variable server_version_num - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] New variable server_version_num
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Msg-id 200608120349.k7C3nXb14341@momjian.us
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In response to Re: New variable server_version_num  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 09:14:16PM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > Today on IRC David Fetter and some others were discussing version
> > numbers and we realized that although libpq now provides the version
> > of Postgres as a number, this is still a wheel that is being
> > reinvented by apps many times over, as it is not available any other
> > way. Hence, a small patch to provide a new variable
> > "server_version_num", which is almost the same as "server_version"
> > but uses the handy PG_VERSION_NUM which allows apps to do things
> > like if ($version >= 80200) without having to parse apart the value
> > of server_version themselves.
>
> What's the status on applying this patch?

It is still in my mailbox.  I am thinking it should be added.

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