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From Craig Ringer
Subject [PATCH] Advise devs to prefer server_version_num over parsing the version
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Msg-id CAMsr+YHvTLXNr1ufhtXLYjgkXHBHm5BFz=SZ5eMGgscq8JxwiQ@mail.gmail.com
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We've had server_version_num since 8.2.

This patch advises devs to prefer to use it instead of parsing version() or server_version unless using libpq, in which case PQserverVersion should be used.

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