Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands
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Msg-id 486B12DE.8060100@commandprompt.com
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In response to Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Limits of backwards compatibility for psql's \d commands  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I'm fooling around with Guillaume Lelarge's patch to make psql's \d
> commands work with older server versions.  The patch as submitted
> works with servers back to 7.4 (modulo a small bug or two).  I tried
> to see what it'd take to make it work with 7.3.  I count about a dozen
> trivial diffs and about three nontrivial ones --- nontrivial meaning
> I didn't see a simple fix right away.  This seems a bit more work than
> is justified for a server version that the community has officially
> dropped support for, but I wonder if anyone feels hot about it?
> 
> Pre-7.3 server versions seem entirely out of the realm of reason because
> they lack schema support, meaning all of those "pg_catalog." prefixes
> break, not to mention the joins to pg_namespace and the "schema" output
> columns.  So it's just 7.3 that's worth debating, I think.

EOL is EOL, why is the question even being asked?

Joshua D. Drake

> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 



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