Re: Version number in psql banner
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2005-09-01T18:53:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com> writes: > 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" That seems overly verbose, particularly in the normal case where the versions are indeed the same. I could live with seeing a display like that when the versions are different. The other question is what counts as "different" --- do we want to complain like this if the minor versions are different? regards, tom lane