Re: Provider & DBMS version

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

Nick Gorham wrote:
> 
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> 
> > > Maybe I should just bother with the compile problem assuming that one will
> > > compile for the version he has installed. This is what I will do (and anyway,
> > > otherwise one can use the ODBC as Nick suggested).
> > >
> > And, how is it done in the ODBC drivers, Nick? is it the same driver
> > which is able to connect to both versions?
> 
> As far as I know the driver connects to both versions, (or it did last time I checked,
> you have me worried now) I will check again. if it does work to both it may help you to
> fix the problems.
> 
> One thing about the ODBC driver is that it doesn't use the postgres lib, it works
> directly to the socket, this may make a difference.
> 
Ah, ok! so it knows about both communication protocols, right? And
Vivien, isn't there a way for doing something similar with the postgres
7 API? or is the same as with previous versions? I mean, maybe they've
added some sort of compatibility stuff to the API...

And, BTW, is anuybody running postgres 7? does it work well?