Re: Mention pg_dump version portability - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Mention pg_dump version portability
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Msg-id 20775.1147882429@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Mention pg_dump version portability  ("Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org>)
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"Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes:
> pg_dump -Fc | pg_restore will only match the output of pg_dump if
> everything's the same version though, right? Or wrong? What happens if
> pg_dump -Fc is and older version and pg_restore is the current version?

There would probably be some small differences, but 99% of pg_restore's
output is just regurgitating SQL it finds in the dump file.

            regards, tom lane

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