Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A96C2E2E61 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:35:01 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39134-01-2 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:34:51 -0400 (AST) Received: from gauss.credativ.com (gauss.credativ.com [212.112.227.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837372E2E58 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:35:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from hawking.credativ.lan (exit.credativ.com [87.139.82.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gauss.credativ.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F60C7856C; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:34:59 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Eisentraut To: Josh Berkus Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Avoiding upgrade backlash Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:34:54 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org References: <200711121442.31233.josh@agliodbs.com> <200711131045.04878.peter_e@gmx.net> <200711130806.27325.josh@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: <200711130806.27325.josh@agliodbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711131734.56044.peter_e@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200711/42 X-Sequence-Number: 4575 Am Dienstag, 13. November 2007 schrieb Josh Berkus: > > 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. An example case would be useful here as well. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/