Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnFuW-0003Bk-6u for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:31:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnFuV-0000Wq-Ls for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:31:31 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnFuU-0000UA-8R for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:31:30 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YnFuM-0005On-4v for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:31:29 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1YnFuJ-0002ZP-6Z; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:31:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:31:19 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: Craig Ringer Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Advise devs to prefer server_version_num over parsing the version Message-ID: <20150429003119.GG31727@momjian.us> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 04:52:54PM +1100, Craig Ringer wrote: > We've had server_version_num since 8.2. > > Advise devs to prefer to use it instead of parsing version() or server_version Patch applied. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs