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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:39:26 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> > Peter,
> >> What difference would pg_dump make?
>
> > For many user's databases ... many more than any previous version
> > after 7.3 ... using the old version's pg_dump *will not load* into
> > 8.3. Unless you restore the casts.
>
> Please provide a concrete example.
>
> > Should I be discussing this on a different list?
>
> If you are looking for code changes, neither docs nor advocacy are
> suitable forums.
Josh wasn't looking for code changes. He was insuring that we were loud
about the rather significant problems that upgrading to 8.3, "may"
cause.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
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