Unrecognized Config Parameter "bytea_output" pgAdmin 4

postgresql pgadmin-4
kya picture kya · Oct 24, 2016 · Viewed 23k times · Source

I'm trying to connect pgAdmin Version 4 to an existing Postgres instance. Previously I was using pgAdmin 3 and it was working fine. I'm not sure what I might be doing wrong. I have the following configurations:

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Not sure what I could be missing.

I get the error below:

Unable to connect to server:

ERROR: unrecognized configuration parameter "bytea_output"

Answer

Laurenz Albe picture Laurenz Albe · Oct 24, 2016

PostgreSQL 9.0 and earlier are not supported by pgAdmin 4.

Unfortunately that is not documented yet, but you can find it in this and this bug report (requires a PostgreSQL community account):

Sorry, we're only building support for 9.1 and later (the currently supported releases). pgAdmin 3 can still be used with earlier versions.

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