Thread: Problem connecting to psql

I am trying to connect remotely to my database and I am getting an error:

ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "."
Welcome to psql 7.3.2 ...

I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such as
\d \l.

My backend is 7.2. Is this a problem? I am planning on upgrading to 7.4.

Thanks for your help


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  |       Richard Nairn          Specializing in Linux
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Richard Nairn <Richard@nairnconsulting.ca> writes:
> I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such as
> \d \l.

psql's backslash commands generally assume the server is of the same
major version as psql.  7.3.2 to 7.2 won't work.

            regards, tom lane

Thanks for the reply. I'll take care to keep the same version around. So
there is no type of compatibility mode? Feature request maybe?

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:12:37 -0500, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Richard Nairn <Richard@nairnconsulting.ca> writes:
>> I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such
>> as
>> \d \l.
>
> psql's backslash commands generally assume the server is of the same
> major version as psql.  7.3.2 to 7.2 won't work.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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|       Richard Nairn          Specializing in Linux
|     Nairn Consulting         Web / Database Solutions
|        Calgary, AB
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