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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:17:52 -0500
From: Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>
Organization: Xtenit, Inc. http://www.xtenit.com
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To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
CC: "Paul M. Aoki" <aoki@acm.org>, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org,
	PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?
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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.

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