Rich Rutkowski wrote:
> Have been using both the 8.1-405.jdbc3.jar driver (thick client) and
> also the pg73jdbc3.jar(server side) driver.

I don't know what you mean about "server side", the 7.3 drivers are the
same sort of driver as the more recent ones -- they communicate over a
TCP pipe.

Also the 7.3 drivers are very old and bugridden. I wouldn't use them
unless you really have to.

> However, we notice that there is the sequence "dev" in the
> driver name. Is the "dev" driver a new code base as compared to the
> -405 driver or an extension to add the XA capability?

The "dev" drivers are generally a snapshot of CVS HEAD, and are usually
a work in progress.

> Our application
> is mission critical and stability is very important.

I suggest you pick a driver version and test it yourself internally if
you are running a mission critical application on it. The source code
is, of course, available, so that gives you scope to fix critical
problems yourself immediately, rather than waiting on a response from
the (often busy with other work) driver developers.

-O

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