Re: "Server versions prior to 8.0 do not support savepoints" when using JDBC ...

On 29/11/2020 18:10, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 11/29/20 10:06 AM, Martin Goodson wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I wonder if anyone can assist with this?
>>
>> Some of my developers are reporting that they are getting the 
>> following message when attempting to connect to the database using jdbc:
>>
>> Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Server versions prior to 
>> 8.0 do not support savepoints
>>
>> at
>>
>> org.postgresql.jdbc3.AbstractJdbc3Connection.setSavepoint(AbstractJdbc3Connection.java:95) 
>>
>>
>> Database version is 10.5 running under RHEL 7.4. The postgreSQL jdbc 
>> driver version they're employing is postgresl-42.2.9.

> How was the database installed and from where?

Hello, Adrian. The database was installed using an enterprisedb 
installer, to its own dedicated set of directories.

> Do you have more then one instance of Postgres running on the machine?

We do not, no. It is the sole PostgreSQL database cluster running on 
that box.

> What is the connection code being used?

An excellent question. I will chase up with them, and find out. I 
believe they're using tomcat, but don't know the exact code involved.

FWIW the connection is not local, the attempted connection is from a 
different server.

Regards,

Martin.

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