Re: libpq version

David Wheeler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.dbdpg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Apr 24, 2006, at 09:45, Bill Moseley wrote:

> My question is: should I rebuild DBD::Pg to use the newer libpq
> library?

Yes.

> Any noticeable/notable changes between libpq.so.3.1 and libpq.so.4.1
> with regard to DBD::Pg?

Yes. Most significant is that DBD::Pg and libpq 3.x support server- 
side prepares. But you can turn them off if you need to. They won't  
be used at all when you connect to a 7.4 database, IIRC.

> And will the change create any problems for
> code that may still connect to the 7.4 database with DBD::Pg?

It shouldn't, but before you put it into production, test it!

Best,

David
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