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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: A.M. <agentm@themactionfaction.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: help with error message from perl Pg
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:55:39 -0400
Message-ID: <28125.1150815339@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55472.216.41.12.254.1150814612.squirrel@webmail.webopticon.org>
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"A.M." <agentm@themactionfaction.com> writes:
> You are using a completely outdated interface to postgres. Looking on
> CPAN, Pg.pm was last updated 04 Apr 2000. Which version of postgresql are
> you using? It is likely that the old interface blows up when connecting to
> a postgresql from >2000.

It shouldn't ... current servers are supposed to be backwards compatible
with old clients, at least at the protocol level.  But yes, version skew
is something to keep in mind here.

			regards, tom lane



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