From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200212120031.gBC0Vfd12974@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 7.2.x -> 7.3 upgrade docs?
In-Reply-To: <200212112325.56961.barwick@gmx.net>
To: Ian Barwick <barwick@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:31:41 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "Thomas O'Connell" <tfo@monsterlabs.com>,
	pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
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Ian Barwick wrote:
> Short answer: no urgent need.
> Long answer: Unfortunately DBD::Pg is "out of sync" with the PostgreSQL
> release process and hasn't yet been upgraded to take into account of
> the changes in 7.3. 
> 
> _Basically_ a Perl application using DBD::Pg  with 7.3 should work out of the
> box if you retain all objects in the default PUBLIC schema; AFAICS there are
> no problems using other schemas; where you may run into problems is with
> DBD::Pg functions querying database meta-data (anything that accesses the
> system catalogs). Definitively broken is the DBD::Pg-specific function
> "table_attributes", though I am in the process of submitting a patch to fix 
> that. 

And we will issue a new release once they are in, with an announcement
to the gborg dbdpg mailing list and a posting to the interfaces list,
and on CPAN.

> > speaking
> > of which, are there docs about what changed in the latest DBD::Pg?
> 
> The latest DBD::Pg (v1.20) includes a "Changes" file.
> I haven't seen anything specific on using it with PostgreSQL 7.3. I've

The DBD:pg regression test passes with 7.3.  That's about as far as I
go. ;-)


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