> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Yes, should we return the client or server version from the interface?
> > If we return the server version, how does someone query the client version?
>
> sorry, yes. the client-side interfaces (DatabaseMetaData.getDriver*)
> are actually fine - they return a major/minor version that have been
> getting manually updated (they're much more visible, being in
> org/postgresql/Driver.java). the server-side interfaces
> (DatabaseMetaData.getDatabase{Name,Version}) are the ones that aren't
> tied to the server, return hardcoded strings and haven't been getting
> updated regularly.
Oh, really. I didn't know there was that distinction. Sounds like they
should be callling SELECT version(). Comments, Java folks?
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