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Re: Version number in psql banner

Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>

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From: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2005-09-01T17:34:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thursday 01 September 2005 08:30, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> A release or two ago we added the version number to the psql welcome
> banner. I noticed that quite a few people interpret that as the server
> version. Somehow, the explicit display of the version numbers leads them to
> make inferences that they would otherwise not bother about.  Has anyone
> else experienced that?  I suppose there was a reason we added the version
> number there, but I can't recall it.  Could we make that more clear?

Yes I've seen the same frustration from users,  I think the banner should say 
something along the lines of "psql client version foo connected to server bar 
version sfoo" 

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Darcy Buskermolen
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