Re: Version information inside the driver's jar file - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Thomas Kellerer wrote:

> if the driver's jar file has been renamed, the only way to find out the
> driver's version is to actually make a connection using that driver.
> I would like to suggest to add an entry to the manifest file that shows the
> driver's version so that it is easier to find that out (e.g. when a .jar file
> gets bundled within an application)

kjurka@brain:~/pg/jdbc$ java -classpath postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar
org.postgresql.util.PSQLDriverVersion
PostgreSQL 8.4 JDBC3 (build 701)
Found in:
jar:file:/home/kjurka/pg/jdbc/postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc3.jar!/org/postgresql/Driver.class

Kris Jurka