X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016639F9C9E for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:43:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97912-06 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:43:21 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264449F9C18 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:43:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k4FNhK703441; Mon, 15 May 2006 19:43:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200605152343.k4FNhK703441@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Mention pg_dump version portability In-Reply-To: <20060515202354.GM26212@pervasive.com> To: "Jim C. Nasby" Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 19:43:20 -0400 (EDT) CC: PostgreSQL-documentation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/29 X-Sequence-Number: 3556 Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:21:06PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have applied this patch that mentions pg_dump portability to 8.1.X and > > CVS HEAD. > > Would it be worth recommending using the custom format over plain? I see > plenty of issues with incompatabilities in the plain version, but I > don't think I've ever seen problem with the custom format (though this > could just be because everyone uses the default...) Right, it is just because it is the default. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +