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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank for your reply and the links.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I use win10 as OS. On my current pc I use postgresql11 and postgis 2.5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am however replacing both my pc and laptop for new equipment, so that got me thinking on maybe upgrading to postgresql12 and postgis 3.1 as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hence my search for information on dependencies and whether QGIS 3.16 (or later) favors any postgresql and postgis version above another<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Nyall Dawson pointed out the postgresql client version used in qgis is unrelated to postgresql versioning, if I understand him correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeroen Hovens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Van:</b> chris hermansen <clhermansen@gmail.com> <br><b>Verzonden:</b> dinsdag 2 februari 2021 23:00<br><b>Aan:</b> Groene Bij <mail@groenebij.nl><br><b>CC:</b> qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] What is postgresql client version and does it have anything to do with different postgresql versions<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jeroen and list,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 12:37 PM Groene Bij <<a href="mailto:mail@groenebij.nl">mail@groenebij.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi list,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>PostgreSQL has this interesting versioning where they try to keep like 5 main branches up to date.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>At this point you can choose any version from 9.6.x up to 13.x</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Also, PostGIS is now slowly but probably steadily moving from 2.5.x to 3.1.x</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>So, setting up a new PostgreSQL database environment makes me wonder which one to choose.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Since I will only be using this database with QGIS and QGIS 3.16 becoming the new LTR, does QGIS favor one of the PostgreSQL and PostGIS version above another?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I did notice in the info screen for qgis3.16.3 it says PostgreSQL Client version 11.5</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Does that mean QGIS3.16 might work best with PostgreSQL 11.x? Or are they completely unrelated?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>What O/S do you use? I ask because if it's Linux of some sort, your repositories may be a good indicator.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is worth a quick look <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/developer/roadmap/">https://www.postgresql.org/developer/roadmap/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also this <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/">https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com<br><br>C'est ma façon de parler.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>