Re: Patch for psql 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 backwards compatibility

Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> "Ugh, I started the wrong version of psql again".
>
> This patch offers basic backwards compatibility, so a version 8.4 psql  
> can successfully do common operations on Postgres 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.  
> I expect it's incomplete support, but as of yet I can't find an actual 
> problem.  To me it is a step forward regardless, as it fixes "\d" which 
> is pretty crucial even when just popping to an old server to check on 
> something before an upgrade.

Guillaume Lelarge just submitted a patch for this.  Did you check it
out?  It's on the July commitfest page.


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