Re: querying the version of libpq - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: querying the version of libpq
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In response to Re: queriing the version of libpq  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: querying the version of libpq  (Peter Geoghegan <peter.geoghegan86@gmail.com>)
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>> if ($dbh->{pg_lib_version} >= 90000) {
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>> I'd raise a bug with psycopg2 if it does not provide that information.
>
> How does the driver figure it out?

DBD::Pg parses pg_config --version, then passes the information
to the C programs for directive fiddling. I certainly hope
other drivers are doing the same, as libpq varies across
major versions a good deal.

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