> Chris Bitmead wrote:
>
> >
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >
> > > Chris Bitmead <chris.bitmead@bigfoot.com> writes:
> > > > getTypes(): SELECT failed. Explanation from backend: 'ERROR: nodeRead:
> > > > Bad type 0
> > > > '.
> > >
> > > Did you do a full recompile and initdb?
> >
> > I did a full compile, but I didn't do an initdb. I was upgrading from a
> > 6.5 beta of about a month ago to the latest CVS. Should it be necessary?
>
> I think we shouldn't call anything BETA until it is released.
> The current CVS tree has ALPHA state.
>
> Until the official release (when Marc rolls the tarball),
> development can cause all kind of changes, including schema
> changes to system catalogs, print strings for
> parsetrees/plans etc. Those changes require an initdb run
> because the db files aren't binary compatible any more or the
> corresponding node read functions aren't able to get back the
> right trees from the string representations found in the
> catalogs.
>
> Until Marc officially releases BETA, you should allways
> compile clean and run initdb after cvs updates. It's not the
> first time you've got trapped by this.
But we have been in beta officially since at least May 1. Why is this
not beta?
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