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Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading
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Msg-id 1276182022-sup-2339@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of mié jun 09 21:35:57 -0400 2010:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of mi\xc3\xa9 jun 09 21:10:21 -0400 2010:
> >
> > > I think users would rather have the restore fail, and know right away
> > > they have an issue, than to do the upgrade, and find out later that some
> > > of their application queries fail and they need to run around fixing
> > > them.  (FYI, pg_upgrade would use the new pg_dump and would not fail.)
> >
> > I think it is quite a stretch to consider this a feature.
>
> How about "a desireable behavior considering the alternatives"?

I'm with Robert Haas.

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