Re: {**Spam**} Re: [PATCHES] Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: {**Spam**} Re: [PATCHES] Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable
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Msg-id 200801311513.m0VFDoR24185@momjian.us
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In response to Re: {**Spam**} Re: [PATCHES] Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable  (Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>)
Responses Re: {**Spam**} Re: [PATCHES] Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> Le jeudi 31 janvier 2008, Tom Lane a ?crit?:
> > We have *never* promised that pg_dump version N could dump from server
> > version N+1 .., in fact, personally I'd like to make that case be a hard
> > error, rather than something people could override with -i.
> 
> Are you thinking about next major or minor version ? All the same?
> Is there some real good reason not to dump say 8.2.6 server with the pg_dump 
> from an 8.2.5 installation?

They are talking about cross-major dumps, 8.2 pg_dump dumping an 8.3
database.  They are saying that should be disallowed.

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