Re: binary array and record recv

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: binary array and record recv
Date: 2009-01-27 15:23:08
Message-ID: 14808.1233069788@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2007 18:30:22 Tom Lane wrote:
>> Arguably, pg_dump from an older version should make sure that the auto
>> rules should NOT get created, else it is failing to preserve an older
>> view's behavior.

> We extend properties of objects all the time. That is why we make new
> releases. No one is required to use the new properties.

> Should pg_dump also make sure that tables imported from an older version are
> not usable for recursive unions or window functions, thus preserving the
> older table's behavior?

That argument seems fairly bogus. The addition of those features won't
change the behavior of existing applications.

regards, tom lane

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