Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > Scott Ribe wrote: > > > Could the below message be modified: > > > > > > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272, but > > > the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822. > > > > > > By also showing the version numbers in hex, like so: > > > > > > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272 > > > (0x36030000), but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822 > > > (0x00000336). > > > > > > This would have saved me a couple of minutes' worth of puzzlement. With Macs > > > out there that look identical between the PPC and x86 versions, this kind of > > > error has gotten a lot easier to make ;-) > > > > I don't understand how the hex values help. > > With the hex values, it becomes immediately obvious that the problem is > caused by endianess (to me, anyway) Oh. Yea, I can see that, but even if the endian-ness is the same, it still might not work. Even a different compiler flag will cause a failure to run properly. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
