Raymond O'Donnell wrote:
> On 19/06/2007 13:54, Laurent ROCHE wrote:
>
>> May be that's a pg_dump issue: it should be compatible with the
>> server it connects to, and not to its own version ?
>
> What do you mean?
Shipping every version of pg_dump, libpq & supporting DLL's back to v7.3
by the sound of it!
>> Still meanwhile I would think pgAdmin should allow installing other
>> pg_dump executable.
>
> I'm fairly sure that pgAdmin will work with whatever pg_dump you have
> handy.
It will.
>> And it should switch from one to another to be able to generate
>> a correct code, according to the server used.
>
> Agreed - an option in the preferences to specify the path to the desired
> pg_dump would certainly be useful.
Already in the next release.
>> There could be different installer: one with only the latest tools and
>> another one with all compatible tools versions to be able to work
>> correctly on different servers !
>
> The installer guys are going to *love* that suggestion! :-)
That simply isn't gonna happen.
/D
