Re: stability of pg library usage

Markus Wagner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> we developed some software using the C-library for pg 7.1.3 and distributed it
> to users who are using pg 7.2.x. There was a problem when the program tried
> to open 'template1' in order to execute a 'CREATE DATABASE'-statement. The
> database 'template1' could not be opened. After installing pg 7.3.1 it
> worked.

Hi Markus,

Out of curiosity, was "7.3.1" a typo?  We haven't released that version
yet.  The closest match would be "7.2.1" though it's not recommended due
to some bugs that were found (7.2.3 is the latest release, and it's
production worthy).

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


> We are wondering what may have changed in the new version, and if there will
> be some stability in the future, so that our software may be used with
> different pg versions.
>
> Thanks for replies,
>
> Markus
>
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