Re: Mixing 8.4.x and 9.2.x clients and servers - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Mixing 8.4.x and 9.2.x clients and servers
Date
Msg-id 8663.1349822844@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Mixing 8.4.x and 9.2.x clients and servers  (Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com>)
Responses Re: Mixing 8.4.x and 9.2.x clients and servers  ("Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>)
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Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com> writes:
> Is it OK to mix 9.2.x and 8.4.x clients and servers?  Can they talk to each
> other?  In other words, if I install 9.2 on a new server alongside older
> servers running 8.4.x, can clients on the 8.4 systems talk to 9.2 servers,
> and can the 9.2 clients talk to 8.4 servers?

In general, sure.  There might be some specific incompatibilities (for
instance, 9.2 clients expecting server features that weren't there in
8.4) but the protocol is the same.

            regards, tom lane


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