From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Avoiding upgrade backlash
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:39:26 -0500
Message-ID: <17640.1194971966@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711130806.27325.josh@agliodbs.com>
References: <200711121442.31233.josh@agliodbs.com>
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<200711130806.27325.josh@agliodbs.com>
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Peter,
>> What difference would pg_dump make?
> For many user's databases ... many more than any previous version after
> 7.3 ... using the old version's pg_dump *will not load* into 8.3. Unless you
> restore the casts.
Please provide a concrete example.
> Should I be discussing this on a different list?
If you are looking for code changes, neither docs nor advocacy are
suitable forums.
regards, tom lane
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