Re: pg_dump and backslash escapes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD
Subject Re: pg_dump and backslash escapes
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Msg-id E1539E0ED7043848906A8FF995BDA5790105459E@m0143.s-mxs.net
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In response to pg_dump and backslash escapes  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> Very clear.  The issue is that I can't find any of these emitted by a
> pg_dump version who's native backend doesn't understand them.
>
> I assume that it is expected that a cross-db dump/reload will generate
> errors, and it is done rarely for upgrades, but I assume same-version
> dump/restore is done more frequently and people don't expect errors.
> Is that not a significant distinction?

I thought the suggested procedure (see migration doc) was to use the
new pg_dump to dump the older db version, so why backpatch ?

Andreas


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