Re: querying the version of libpq

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-10-05T15:33:15Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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>> if ($dbh->{pg_lib_version} >= 90000) {
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>> I'd raise a bug with psycopg2 if it does not provide that information.
>
> How does the driver figure it out?

DBD::Pg parses pg_config --version, then passes the information 
to the C programs for directive fiddling. I certainly hope 
other drivers are doing the same, as libpq varies across 
major versions a good deal.

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