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psql question

From
Joseph Shraibman
Date:
Should psql 7.3 be able to connection to databases < 7.3?

Re: psql question

From
Neil Conway
Date:
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 19:33, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
> Should psql 7.3 be able to connection to databases < 7.3?

It should more-or-less work, but some of the "slash commands" might not
work, due to changes in the system catalogs (like the addition of
schemas).

Cheers,

Neil
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Re: psql question

From
Joseph Shraibman
Date:
Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 19:33, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>
>>Should psql 7.3 be able to connection to databases < 7.3?
>
>
> It should more-or-less work, but some of the "slash commands" might not
> work, due to changes in the system catalogs (like the addition of
> schemas).
>
That's why I asked. \d <tablename> gave me:
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "."

Re: psql question

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Joseph Shraibman wrote:
> Should psql 7.3 be able to connection to databases < 7.3?

No.  New servers to old clients, only, not old servers to new clients.

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