Re: backwards-compat problem? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: backwards-compat problem?
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Msg-id 04ba01c36601$a98015d0$2800a8c0@mars
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In response to backwards-compat problem?  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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> > You know how DEFAULT 'now' no longer works?  Well, I have some old
tables
> > that still have stuff like DEFAULT 'now' and DEFAULT 'today' in them and
> > they will be dumped with pg_dump using that default.  Does that mean
that
> > mean that when I reload into 7.4, my defaults will no longer work?
>
> You can do the ALTER TABLE SET DEFAULT now, or after you load into 7.4,
> but you'll have to fix it sooner or later.

Can we ensue that this is listed in the release notes clearly then?

Chris



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