Re: Multivyte between different versions - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Multivyte between different versions
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Msg-id 21316.989248815@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Multivyte between different versions  (Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe <mjnf@uevora.pt>)
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Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe <mjnf@uevora.pt> writes:
> Is there a way to connect a 7.x psql to a 6.x postgres?

Should work, for the most part, though you may find problems with some
backslash commands because of changes in the system catalog layout.

> One of my coworkers is trying to do that but he always get's some error
> about multibyte strings.

Ignore it; or recompile psql with the same MULTIBYTE compile option that
was used for the old server.

            regards, tom lane

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