Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add psql variables showing serverversion and psql version.

On 5 September 2017 at 11:58, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
>
> Hello Simon,
>
>> Does raise the further question of how psql behaves when we connect to
>> a pre-10 server, so we have SERVER_VERSION_NUM but yet it is not set.
>> How does this
>> \if SERVER_VERSION_NUM < x
>
>
> The if does not have expressions (yet), it just handles TRUE/ON/1 and
> FALSE/0/OFF.
>
>> Do we need some macro or suggested special handling?
>
>
> If "SERVER_VERSION_NUM" is available in 10, then:
>
>   -- exit if version < 10 (\if is ignored and \q is executed)
>   \if false \echo "prior 10" \q \endif
>
>   -- then test version through a server side expression, will work
>   SELECT :SERVER_VERSION_NUM < 110000 AS prior_11 \gset
>   \if :prior_11
>     -- version 10
>   \else
>     -- version 11 or more
>   \endif


Based upon input from Tom and Fabien, I propose this additional doc patch.

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