Re: [GENERAL] queriing the version of libpq - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Chernow
Subject Re: [GENERAL] queriing the version of libpq
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] queriing the version of libpq  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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> And it *could* be used in exactly the case you're outlining as long as
> you load the function dynamically.

Detecting the presence of a function does not require a version number.  If the symbol is in the library, use it.

The only reason the version number would come into play is if you were 
attempting to detect behavior differences.

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Andrew Chernow
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