Re: [GENERAL] 7.2.x -> 7.3 upgrade docs?

Ian Barwick wrote:
> Short answer: no urgent need.
> Long answer: Unfortunately DBD::Pg is "out of sync" with the PostgreSQL
> release process and hasn't yet been upgraded to take into account of
> the changes in 7.3.
>
> _Basically_ a Perl application using DBD::Pg  with 7.3 should work out of the
> box if you retain all objects in the default PUBLIC schema; AFAICS there are
> no problems using other schemas; where you may run into problems is with
> DBD::Pg functions querying database meta-data (anything that accesses the
> system catalogs). Definitively broken is the DBD::Pg-specific function
> "table_attributes", though I am in the process of submitting a patch to fix
> that.

And we will issue a new release once they are in, with an announcement
to the gborg dbdpg mailing list and a posting to the interfaces list,
and on CPAN.

> > speaking
> > of which, are there docs about what changed in the latest DBD::Pg?
>
> The latest DBD::Pg (v1.20) includes a "Changes" file.
> I haven't seen anything specific on using it with PostgreSQL 7.3. I've

The DBD:pg regression test passes with 7.3.  That's about as far as I
go. ;-)


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