From: Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Paul M. Aoki <aoki@acm.org>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:17:52 -0500
Message-ID: <3A147930.4284AEA0@selectacast.net> (raw)
References: <200011162058.PAA29730@candle.pha.pa.us>
Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > Yes, should we return the client or server version from the interface?
> > > If we return the server version, how does someone query the client version?
> >
> > 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 remember someone posting a patch saying that he changed the code to do
that. Or saying he was going to post a patch, I forget.
Anyway, I just checked and it isn't in the cvs.
--
Joseph Shraibman
jks@selectacast.net
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