From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: nico@clubdelphi.com
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@hub.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] win32 libpq version is "too new"
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:08:46 -0400
Message-ID: <4420.925160926@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3728d220.5522530@correo.jet.es>
nico@clubdelphi.com (Nicolas Aragon) writes:
> I *can not* update the backend so:
You really ought to reconsider that -- 6.4.* is noticeably more stable
than 6.3.2 in my experience. And a 6.4 server will still talk to 6.3
clients, if that's what you're worried about.
> Is there a binary version of the Windows client DLL that works with
> postgresql_6.3.2-8? And then, where could I download it?
You will need to look for a 6.3 version of the DLL. I haven't got one,
but perhaps someone else does.
> Another try: can I use any option to force the client to be backwards
> compatible without recompiling it? Maybe in the connect call?
No, there is no way that 6.4 libpq can be persuaded to talk to a 6.3
server; it depends in some fundamental ways on features of the newer
protocol. Revising a #define or three will not do the trick. If it
were that easy, we wouldn't have broken compatibility in the first place.
regards, tom lane
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