From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200011171720.MAA25515@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?
In-Reply-To: <3A14FBB8.553777C3@lecando.com> "from Anders Bengtsson at Nov 17,
	2000 10:34:48 am"
To: Anders Bengtsson <anders@lecando.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:20:17 -0500 (EST)
CC: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org,
	PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
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This concerns me.  Did we lose a patch here?  Can you send it again?

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > sorry, yes.  the client-side interfaces (DatabaseMetaData.getDriver*)
> > > are actually fine - they return a major/minor version that have been
> > > getting manually updated (they're much more visible, being in
> > > org/postgresql/Driver.java).  the server-side interfaces
> > > (DatabaseMetaData.getDatabase{Name,Version}) are the ones that aren't
> > > tied to the server, return hardcoded strings and haven't been getting
> > > updated regularly.
> > 
> > Oh, really.  I didn't know there was that distinction.  Sounds like they
> > should be callling SELECT version().  Comments, Java folks?
> 
> I posted a patch for the JDBC driver to pgsql-interfaces to do just that
> some time ago. Don't know what happened to it, though .. 
> 
> /Anders
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