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* Re: DBD::PostgreSQL compile time /run time version
@ 2002-11-21 13:15 Thomas A. Lowery <tl-lists@stlowery.net>
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From: Thomas A. Lowery @ 2002-11-21 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dbi-dev@perl.org; pgsql-interfaces
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:13:49PM -0800, David Wheeler wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 04:19 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
> >as well as adding the 7.3 behavior, and deciding which to do based on
> >the
> >server version?
>
> I think I'd rather do it at compile-time, depending on the PosgreSQL
> libraries available. Folks who compile against 7.3 and then connect to
> 7.2 get what they ask for, IMO.
Ack! I hope this isn't true. Think about it: My development machine has
the latest and greatest PostgreSQL installed (along with
Perl/DBI/dbish), I'm testing the difference between PostgreSQL 7.2 and
7.3 in my application. Time to connect with the production server to
research a difference (the 7.2 base).
Do I need to maintain two copies of DBD::Postgres (or DBD::Pg ... not
sure of the new name) one compiled for 7.2 and one for 7.3?
I understand the pain of supporting different functions for different
versions.
Tom
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* Re: DBD::PostgreSQL compile time /run time version
@ 2002-11-21 23:38 David Wheeler <david@wheeler.net>
parent: Thomas A. Lowery <tl-lists@stlowery.net>
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From: David Wheeler @ 2002-11-21 23:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas A. Lowery <tl-lists@stlowery.net>; +Cc: dbi-dev@perl.org; pgsql-interfaces
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:15 AM, Thomas A. Lowery wrote:
> Do I need to maintain two copies of DBD::Postgres (or DBD::Pg ... not
> sure of the new name) one compiled for 7.2 and one for 7.3?
>
> I understand the pain of supporting different functions for different
> versions.
This would be the best reason to change the name of the driver. But I'm
still on the fence wrt all this, and it's likely to be months before I
have something workable and it's time to decide how to handle the issue
of compatibility.
Regards,
David
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