"Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah.rajesh@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> We connected psql 8.2.0 accidently to postmaster ver 8.1.5.
> \d tablename does not work.
> should psql at least warn like pg_dump does in case
> of such client server version mismatches ?
Um, did you read the banner?
$ ~/version82/bin/psql -p 5581 regression
Welcome to psql 8.2.0 (server 8.1.5), the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with psql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit
WARNING: You are connected to a server with major version 8.1,
but your psql client is major version 8.2. Some backslash commands,
such as \d, might not work properly.
regression=#
regards, tom lane
