On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
> wrote:
>> So can't we do something like:
>>
>> #ifdef HAVE_CONNINFO_PARSE
>> if (conninfoparse_shows_we_have_application_name_support)
>> use connstr_with_appname;
>> else
>> use connstr_without_appname;
>> #else
>> use connstr_without_appname
>> #endif
>>
>> ? That way it should still work with older libpq, just not set
>> application_name...
>
> That would probably work. We should probably have a runtime check for
> Windows, as we do for the EDB libpq functions.
Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
Actually, what happens if we try to use PQconnect() with
applicaiton_name on an older version? I assume it fails, and not just
works and ignores it?
> When can I expect the patch?
What's with you edb folks, trying to get me to write your patches?
Yesterday Haas, today you... Shall I expect a mail from Ed?
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