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To: Bruce Badger <bruce_badger@badgerse.com>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign 
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Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Badger <bruce_badger@badgerse.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:51:23 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Bruce Badger <bruce_badger@badgerse.com> writes:
> I suppose that the client can just keep retrying the connection with
> different versions until it gets a match, though.

Right now, the backend just barfs with
	FATAL: unsupported frontend protocol
so you have to do a blind search to see what it will take.

It would probably be a good idea to improve that message to mention
exactly what range of protocol versions the backend does support.
However, this will do you little good for talking to existing backends
:-(

			regards, tom lane