[postgres@prdpwgb0208 local]$ psql template1
Welcome to psql 8.0.0beta2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
       \h for help with SQL commands
       \? for help with psql commands
       \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
       \q to quit

template1=# select version();
                           version
-------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 7.4.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
(1 row)

template1=#


Is this ok? Banner version, 8 beta2, version() returns 7.4.2.

Regards

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:15:28 -0300 (GMT+3)
G u i d o B a r o s i o <gbarosio@uolsinectis.com.ar>
banner vs version
G u i d o B a r o s i o wrote:
> Is this ok? Banner version, 8 beta2, version() returns 7.4.2.

The banner shows the psql (client) version, version() shows the server 
version.


-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/


Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:26:59 +0200
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Re: banner vs version
On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 09:15, G u i d o B a r o s i o wrote:
> [postgres@prdpwgb0208 local]$ psql template1
> Welcome to psql 8.0.0beta2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
> template1=# select version();
>                            version
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>  PostgreSQL 7.4.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
> (1 row)
> 
> Is this ok? Banner version, 8 beta2, version() returns 7.4.2.

I think this explains the problem that you e-mailed in earlier.
You probably tried to install a 8.0beta2 plpgsql into a 7.4.2 backend.

AFAIK, this is fine, 8.0 psql clients should be able to connect to 7.4
backends (;

-- 
Regards,
        James William Pye
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:48:10 -0700
James William Pye <flaw@rhid.com>
Re: banner vs version