Re: [HACKERS] version functions (was NT port of PGSQL - success)

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: jhickey@impact1.hpcc.nectec.or.th (Justin Hickey)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@hub.org
Date: 1998-10-09T02:46:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Hello Bruce
> 
> On Oct 8,  5:40pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I have removed the data/base/*/pg_version file because it was never
> > used.  We had removed the 'version' functions long ago, but
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Does this mean that the following from the FAQ is wrong?
> 
> 	3.25) How do I tell what PostgreSQL version I am running?
> 
> 	From psql, type select version();
> 
> If so then this question should probably be changed to point users to the
> PG_VERSION file.

No, the version command was removed.  I should not have said version
function.  select version() works just as always.

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