Re: Can't connect to 6.5.2 server with 7.0.2 client

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Forest Wilkinson <fspam(at)home(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can't connect to 6.5.2 server with 7.0.2 client
Date: 2000-09-19 16:03:40
Message-ID: 6737.969379420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Forest Wilkinson <fspam(at)home(dot)com> writes:
> I was just about to give postgres 7.0.2 a try on my development machine,
> but after installing it, I find that I can't connect to my 6.5.2
> production servers. The following error message is reported by both psql
> and pgaccess, upon trying to connect:

> ERROR: MultiByte strings (MB) must be enabled to use this function

> The connection then fails. Is there some way around this, short of
> upgrading all my production servers?

Recompile your 7.0 libpq without MULTIBYTE support.

7.0 servers are less stiff-necked about this incompatibility, but that
won't help you with a 6.5 server...

regards, tom lane

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