Which JDBC version to use with PostgreSQL 8.1.11?

Started by Bjørn T Johansenabout 18 years ago4 messagesgeneral
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#1Bjørn T Johansen
btj@havleik.no

Should I use JDBC version 8.1 Build 412 with this database or is it recommended to use JDBC version 8.3 Build 603
or another version?

Regards,

BTJ

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#2- Edwin -
ml2edwin@gmail.com
In reply to: Bjørn T Johansen (#1)
Re: Which JDBC version to use with PostgreSQL 8.1.11?

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:

Should I use JDBC version 8.1 Build 412 with this database or
is it recommended to use JDBC version 8.3 Build 603
or another version?

Why not just stick with the version compatible with your JDK/JVM
version? (Check http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html for list)

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#3Bjørn T Johansen
btj@havleik.no
In reply to: - Edwin - (#2)
Re: Which JDBC version to use with PostgreSQL 8.1.11?

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:29:21 +0900
"- Edwin -" <ml2edwin@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:

Should I use JDBC version 8.1 Build 412 with this database or
is it recommended to use JDBC version 8.3 Build 603
or another version?

Why not just stick with the version compatible with your JDK/JVM
version? (Check http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html for list)

Ok, I just thought since the version says 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 that this meant that jdbc version 8.1 should be used for db version
8.1, jdbc version 8.2 was meant for db 8.2, and so forth....

BTJ

#4Kris Jurka
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In reply to: Bjørn T Johansen (#3)
Re: Which JDBC version to use with PostgreSQL 8.1.11?

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Bj�rn T Johansen wrote:

Ok, I just thought since the version says 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 that this
meant that jdbc version 8.1 should be used for db version 8.1, jdbc
version 8.2 was meant for db 8.2, and so forth....

The version numbering is meant to indicate that for a 8.1 database you
need at least a 8.1 JDBC driver because the driver usually needs some
changes for each new server version, but we maintain compatibility with
previous server versions. We maintain the older driver versions because
the driver's behavior changes slightly from version to version, so people
can upgrade to get bug fixes without new features/behavior changes. So if
you're starting a new application with a 8.1 server, there's no reason not
to use the 8.3 driver, but if you're already using the 8.1 driver,
upgrading to the 8.3 driver without testing is not a good idea.

Kris Jurka