From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Mention pg_dump version portability
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:21:06 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200605131621.k4DGL6h10083@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
I have applied this patch that mentions pg_dump portability to 8.1.X and
CVS HEAD.
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Attachments:/rtmp/diff (text/x-diff, 1008B) download
Index: pg_dump.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -c -r1.84 pg_dump.sgml
*** pg_dump.sgml 6 May 2006 23:25:37 -0000 1.84
--- pg_dump.sgml 13 May 2006 16:19:04 -0000
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*** 645,650 ****
--- 645,661 ----
ensure good performance.
</para>
+ <para>+ Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data+ to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of+ <application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into+ newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. It also can read older+ <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases. However, it usually cannot+ read newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases or produce dump output+ that can be loaded into older database versions. To do this, manual+ editing of the dump file might be required.+ </para>+
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="pg-dump-examples">
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