The DatabaseMetaData.getDatabaseProductVersion() returns the exact string of ParameterStatus "server_version", and this version can be different from ditro to distro, in my Ubuntu the "server_version" returns: "10.2 (Ubuntu 10.2-1.pgdg16.04+1)". In other words the version returned is not "parsed/cleaned", and if you need to implement some logic based on the version, is better to use getDatabaseMajorVersion() and getDatabaseMinorVersion().
Regards.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote:
I have just noticed that DatabaseMetaData.getDatabaseProductVersion() returns the String "10.2.2" when connected to a server running on Ubuntu, but returns "10.2" when connected to a server running on CentOS or Windows.
Is there a specific reason for this?
It's a bit confusing because 10.2.2 doesn't actually exists as a "real" Postgres version.
This happens with the driver versions 42.1.4 and 42.2.1 (haven tried others)
