Thanks Richard, I will look into whether or not I will have access to the SELECT statement. Regards, Will --- Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Will Wright wrote: > > > > Hi Magnus, thanks for the quick response. > > Unfortunately I still have an issue with this > regsitry > > identification method because I'd like to code my > > installer so that it can also identify the > postreSQL > > versions that were not available at the time I > > authored my install check, i.e. future versions. > > You could issue a "SELECT version()" - that is about > as definitive as > you can get. > > Don't forget you'll need to cope with the case where > a user has 2 or > more versions of PostgreSQL running on the same > machine. I'm not sure > it's safe to assume only one installation. > > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd > __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend