Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wZsJZ-001MLp-1w for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:36:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wZsJY-006aKb-1J for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:36:28 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wZsJY-006aKS-0N for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:36:28 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wZsJW-00000000vkS-07hL for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:36:27 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTP id 65HFaN8P1124573; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:36:23 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Nathan Bossart cc: Baji Shaik , pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: document standard_conforming_strings dump/restore incompatibility In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Nathan Bossart message dated "Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:27:35 -0500" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1124571.1781710583.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:36:23 -0400 Message-ID: <1124572.1781710583@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Nathan Bossart writes: > [RMT hat] > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 05:21:57PM -0500, Baji Shaik wrote: >> Commit 45762084 [1] forced standard_conforming_strings to always be ON in >> PostgreSQL 19. The release notes mention this change, but neither the >> pg_dump/pg_restore reference pages nor the migration section note the >> implications for restoring older dump files. > There's an open item for this with Tom listed as the owner. Tom, have you > had a chance to take a look at this? Oh, I didn't know this'd been assigned to me. Will look. regards, tom lane