From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <199807221358.JAA22860@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] atttypmod now 32 bits, interface change
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	"t-ishii@sra.co.jp" at "Jul 22, 1998  2:22:31 pm"
To: t-ishii@sra.co.jp
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:58:19 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org, hackers@postgreSQL.org
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> >At 11:32 AM 98.7.13 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>"Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumnus.caltech.edu> writes:
> >>> Should we ask Tatsuo to do some mixed-endian tests, or is
> >>> that area completely unchanged from v6.3?
> >>
> >>I don't think I broke anything in that regard ... but more testing is
> >>always a good thing.  If Tatsuo-san can spare the time, it would be
> >>appreciated.
> >
> >Ok, I think I can start the testing next week.
> 
> I did some cross-platform testing today against 7/18 snapshot. The
> platforms tested are:
> 
> 1. Sparc/Solaris 2.6
> 2. PowerPC/Linux
> 3. x86/FreeBSD
> 4. x86/Linux
> 
> They workd fine!
> 
> P.S.
> I noticed that 6.4 client did not talk to 6.3.2 server.
> 
> [srapc451.sra.co.jp]t-ishii{157}
> 
> 
> 
> Connection to database 'test' failed.
> Unsupported frontend protocol.[srapc451.sra.co.jp]t-ishii{158} 
> 
> I thought that we have kept the "backward compatibility" since we
> introduced "protocol version" in libpq?

Might be my atttypmod changes.  I did not make those version-sensitive. 
I will do that now.

However, the protocol version number thing looks like something more
fundamental.


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