Re: psql 8.4 \c repeats version banner

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-02-16T21:07:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Applied.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > In 8.3, running \c from a file prints something like
> > 
> > You are now connected to database "postgres".
> > 
> > In 8.4 it prints
> > 
> > psql (8.4.1)
> > You are now connected to database "postgres".
> > 
> > Is it intentional/sensible to repeat the startup banner every time the
> > connection changes, or was this unintentionally introduced while the
> > startup banner was reshuffled in 8.4?
> 
> I did some reseach on this.  I bet this behavior was added when we
> decided to print the backend version warning banner on \c as well as
> startup, because it is possible for the backend to be different version
> from the backend originally used for psql startup.  The code that prints
> the psql banner and the warning banner are in the same function and
> share the same output line.
> 
> What I did in the attached patch is to add a boolean to
> connection_warnings() to indicate whether it was being called on psql
> startup or via \c, and to supress the psql banner on \c if the client
> and server versions match:
> 
> 	$ psql test
> 	psql (8.5devel)
> 	Type "help" for help.
> 	
> 	test=> \c test
> 	You are now connected to database "test".
> 	test=>
> 
> Any version mismatch will still print the psql banner for \c, which is
> what I think we want.
> 
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