Re: [SQLObject] Postgres 7.2

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:12:32PM -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
> 
>>I get an error on the second nextval.  I don't have a 7.3 server around, 
>>but I'm guessing it will act the same as 7.4 on this.
> 
> 
>    Thank you! Of course I meant 7.3 and higher, so 7.4 is as good.
> 
>    I don't know what to do with it. I've spent good number of hours
> rewriting columnsFromSchema() to make it work with 7.2, and mostly
> succeed. I can now hack into test_sqlobject checking if it is Postgres,
> and if it is 7.2, and list sequences, and drop them... but should I?
> Does anyone interested in Postgres 7.2 support? Or am I the last person
> still using 7.2? Especially now when PostgreSQL team has released
> 8.0beta5 and is approaching 8.0 release...
>    Or should we just drop support for 7.2 and add to the docs
> requirements "Postgres 7.3 or higher"?

Well, I dunno.  We still use Postgres 7.2 here, though just out of 
inertia -- server by server we're upgrading to 7.4.  SQLObject is still 
quite functional with 7.2, but some parts don't work as well.  I think 
it's sufficient to say that 7.4 is strongly recommended, and perhaps 
document the parts that do not work with 7.2.  We can disable the 
related tests once that is documented.

For some viable backends it's unlikely many of these functions will ever 
work, or won't work reliably, e.g. ODBC.  People who use those backends 
will simply have to stay away from certain features, or create workarounds.

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