Re: psql 8.0.0 rc5 parser error on \dt?

Dave Bodenstab <dave@bodenstab.org> writes:
> I built 8.0.0rc5 on FreeBSD 4.8.  It built with no errors.  I then
> tried psql using another host running postgresql 7.1.3 and I get the
> goofy error message shown below.

psql's backslash commands are only guaranteed to work with a server of
the same version.  Trying 8.0 against a prehistoric server like that
is going to result in all kinds of oddness.  (Look at the actual
queries with -E to see why.)

            regards, tom lane