Problem connecting to psql

[Richard Nairn]

I am trying to connect remotely to my database and I am getting an error:

ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "."
Welcome to psql 7.3.2 ...

I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such as
\d \l.

My backend is 7.2. Is this a problem? I am planning on upgrading to 7.4.

Thanks for your help

[Tom Lane]

Post by Richard Nairn
I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such as
\d \l.

psql's backslash commands generally assume the server is of the same
major version as psql. 7.3.2 to 7.2 won't work.

regards, tom lane

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[Richard Nairn]

Thanks for the reply. I'll take care to keep the same version around. So
there is no type of compatibility mode? Feature request maybe?

Post by Tom Lane

Post by Richard Nairn
I can run queries, but I can't use some of the built in functions such as
\d \l.

psql's backslash commands generally assume the server is of the same
major version as psql. 7.3.2 to 7.2 won't work.
regards, tom lane
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