Re: Re: RE: [PATCHES] ODBC Patch for OJs/Large Querys & Rows

Adam Lang wrote:
>
> What exactly do you mean by centralize the version info?  Do you mean having
> the ODBC driver version match the Postgres DB version?
>

Yes. IIRC, there was a discussion about the autogeneration of
the version numbers from PostgreSQL source configuration. I
object to the idea.

> If so, I do agree in doing that... to a degree.  I say we only match major
> versions where there are added features.  As an example, 7.0 has many
> feature additions over 6.5.  Once the driver supports all the functionality
> of 7.0, it should be moved to version 7.0.  Then, if a patch or something is
> added to the ODBC to require it being upped a version, we should use very
> minor increments, something like a precision of 4 or 5.  (A patched 7.0
> driver would be incremented to 7.0.0.0.1) That way, we know a driver version
> as 7.0 supports all functionality from 7.0 servers and back.

Agreed.

Regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>
> To: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>; "Bruce Momjian"
> <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> Cc: "pgsql-interfaces" <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>;
> <pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 11:28 AM
> Subject: RE: RE: [PATCHES] ODBC Patch for OJs/Large Querys & Rows
>
> <snip>
> > I also object to centralize the version info. It is preferable that client
> > apps and servers are relatively indepedent as much as possible.
> > It seems very natural that client apps and the server have separate
> > versioning policies. Do we always have to wait for the all-in-one
> > release to get improved client apps ?
> >
> > Regrads,
> > Hiroshi Inoue