Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761F54758E6 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:45:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailout01.sul.t-online.com (mailout01.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.80]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1664753A1 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:45:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from fwd08.sul.t-online.de by mailout01.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18VWdc-0006NO-00; Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:45:52 +0100 Received: from fam-meskes.de (520015549743-0001@[80.142.154.237]) by fmrl08.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18VWdO-0wrI36C; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:45:38 +0100 Received: by fam-meskes.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0AD3E10EF17; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:45:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:45:33 +0100 From: Michael Meskes To: sivaramk Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Upgrading ECPG programs to newer postgres releases Message-ID: <20030106124533.GA27076@feivel.fam-meskes.de> Mail-Followup-To: sivaramk , pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org References: <9002F5518DF72C4B869259B65E81D85404FEBADE@kecmsg03.ad.infosys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9002F5518DF72C4B869259B65E81D85404FEBADE@kecmsg03.ad.infosys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Sender: 520015549743-0001@t-dialin.net X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200301/26 X-Sequence-Number: 3526 On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:09:59PM +0530, sivaramk wrote: > I would like to know if recompilation of client applications (written using ECPG or libpq) is necessary for upgrading/migrating to newer releases of Postgresql? e.g if I want to migrate from 7.2 to 7.3 do I need to rebuild all my applications? It depends on what changed in the library. You should look at the version numbering of the library. If the major version changed you have to recompile. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!