Re: pgsql client/server compatibility matrix?

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql client/server compatibility matrix?
Date: 2005-07-25 22:24:00
Message-ID: 1122330240.15145.50.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 16:56, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> What do you mean by "client version"? If you're talking about libpq,
> then any version can talk to any version of the DB (AFAIK). It's all
> compatable.
>
> pg_dump should be able to dump any older version. It's a bug otherwise.

But FYI that backwards compatibility was introduced around 7.3 or 7.4
version. Before that you'd have issues. I know from experience that V
7.2 pg_dump / pg_dumpall had issues with 7.0 and / or 7.1 or something
like that. Not sure the exact versions.

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