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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM INFORMATION FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

Returns a string describing the PostgreSQL server's version.

Signatures & examples

version () → text
Returns a string describing the PostgreSQL server's version. You can also get this information from server_version, or for a machine-readable version use server_version_num. Software developers should use server_version_num (available since 8.2) or PQserverVersion instead of parsing the text version.
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.4 → 9.5changed

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