Thread: Which driver should I use?

mmckenzie@unmc.edu wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We just upgraded our postgres db server to pg 8.0.1.
>
> Currently I'm still using the   75.215.jdbc3 driver which appears to be
> working fine.
>
> Do I need to upgrade to  the 8.0-310 version of the driver?

Yes if you want to benefit from new features like server prepared
statements, jdbc escapes and much more...

>
> It does not appear that the 8.0 driver is finished as it is not
> distributed in the .jar format like the previous versions.

The driver is ready for download at http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html
The hyperlink name does not contains ".jar" but the files are ending
with ".jar"

>
> Is there a reason for this?
>
> Please pardon my ignorance.
>
> Mitchell S. McKenzie
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