Re: multi-backend psql

Rod Taylor wrote:

> I'm sure the pgAdmin group likes that idea (they're probably tired of maintaining 4 different versions of
>queries for getting a list of tables). Any solution to make psql backward or forward compatible should go an
additionalstep to assist other frontends as well.
 
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While I can agree on the statements that frontends like backend support 
functions, in the case of tables for pgAdmin3 helper functions/views 
don't seem too helpful. pgAdmin3 will not only try to display all 
supported backend versions (currently 7.3, 7.4) correctly, but also 
enable/disable additional functionality. Having different queries for 
different backends is just a small part of the game, and the easiest one 
too. Hiding the backend differences behind views or functions wouldn't 
help too much.

Regards,
Andreas