Re: How to get shorter SERVER_VERSION in psql-prompt?

On 2018-Sep-03, Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote:

> Hi all, I'm using the Ubuntu-packages and have this in my .psqlrc:
>  
> \set PROMPT1 '%[%033[35m%]%n@%m:%>%[%033[0m%] %:server_version: 
> %[%033[32m%]%/%[%033[0m%]%R%# '
>   
> This results in this verver_version:
> 10.5 (Ubuntu 10.5-1.pgdg18.04+1)
>   
> Is it possible to adjust this somehow so it outputs only "10.5"?

Well, where does that server_version come from?  Try adding this
somewhere to .psqlrc:

select setting as server_version from pg_settings where name = 'server_version' \gset

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