Re: pg_dump and backslash escapes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_dump and backslash escapes
Date
Msg-id 200605181608.k4IG89K09942@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump and backslash escapes  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> 
> > Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD wrote:
> >
> > > I thought the suggested procedure (see migration doc) was to use the 
> > > new pg_dump to dump the older db version, so why backpatch ?
> > 
> > Uh, you can suggest it, but I would guess < 50% do it, and once the old
> > database is gone, there is no way to re-do the dump.
> 
> I thought the plan was to have one version that supported
> standards_conforming_strings but defaulted to false anyways. So this would
> only bite people who were jumping over an entire major release.

Yes, that is true.

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