Re: pg_restore recovery from error.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Chris Bowlby <chris(at)pgsql(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_restore recovery from error.
Date: 2004-06-16 02:09:45
Message-ID: 15603.1087351785@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Should a 7.5 pg_restore be able to read a 7.4.3 dump? Assuming so, since
> doing upgrades could eb interesting if not, how far back can it go?

Theoretically it will work back to 7.0, or whenever it was that Philip
invented pg_restore. In practice I dunno how much people have tested
with ancient dump files, so there may be some bit rot :-(

regards, tom lane

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