Re: psql and pg_dump using obselete copy commands - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Should psql and pg_dump be upgraded to use the new v3 protocol copy 
> functions if they are available, as they are currently using the 
> deprecated API.

We have been telling people to use newer pg_dump's on older servers, but
we only support reloading into the current PostgreSQL version, so I see
no reason not to updated it to the current syntax.

We added the new syntax in 7.3.

Added to TODO:
o Update pg_dump to use the newer COPY syntax

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