Re: [GENERAL] A forward-compatible pg_dump? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Oliver Elphick
Subject Re: [GENERAL] A forward-compatible pg_dump?
Date
Msg-id 199901312133.VAA31843@linda.lfix.co.uk
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In response to A forward-compatible pg_dump?  (Herouth Maoz <herouth@oumail.openu.ac.il>)
List pgsql-general
Herouth Maoz wrote:
  >After *months* of delays, we are *finally* going to port all our databases
  >(and that's hundreds of small ones) to 6.4.2 from 6.2.1.
  >...
  >So, I recalled that there was somebody who wrote a forward-compatible
  >pg_dump. Something that works on 6.2.1 (or was it 6.1?) but outputs 6.4 or
  >6.3 schema syntax. Is that someone still around?

My version was from 6.3.2 -> 6.4.  I have sent a copy to Herouth for
further hacking...

Would it be a good idea to have an archive of enhanced pg_dump programs
for earlier releases?

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