Tom,
> Can you point to any single one of the past five major releases in which
> psql's backslash commands *WERE* completely backwards-compatible with
> previous versions of PostgreSQL? This is not breaking news.
Because this is the first time I can remember where *none* of the \ commands
work with older servers. And because the error we give is pretty ungraceful.
Hmmm ... how difficult would it be to give a useful error message instead of a
SQL error? Something like:
"I'm sorry, that PSQL command did not work. Most likely, you are connecting
to a different version of PostgreSQL."
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco