Re: no meaningful way to determine fe or be version?

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Yes, should we return the client or server version from the interface?
> If we return the server version, how does someone query the client version?

sorry, yes.  the client-side interfaces (DatabaseMetaData.getDriver*)
are actually fine - they return a major/minor version that have been
getting manually updated (they're much more visible, being in
org/postgresql/Driver.java).  the server-side interfaces
(DatabaseMetaData.getDatabase{Name,Version}) are the ones that aren't
tied to the server, return hardcoded strings and haven't been getting
updated regularly.
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