Re: Which installation parts are backward compatible?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 04:16:05PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Item        Compatible across major versions?
>         (i.e. the 8.4 version works with 7.4+ server)
> ...
> ecpg        no?

It depends on which kind of compatibility you're looking for. The grammar
accepted will surely be different. But running a new application with a new
ecpglib against an old server works as long as libpq works. 

Michael
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