Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Arrange for quote_identifier() and pg_dump to not quote keywords - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Arrange for quote_identifier() and pg_dump to not quote keywords
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Arrange for quote_identifier() and pg_dump to not quote keywords  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> It may still be worth telling one version of Postgres about anticipated
> keywords prior to a release which adds them so that people who don't follow
> instructions and try a dump generated with an old pg_dump have a fighting
> chance. Besides, what's a person to do if they have a dump lying around?
> Restore it in an old database so they can re-dump it with the new pg_dump?
>
>   


That is in fact the only thing we fairly much guarantee to work.

cheers

andrew


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