Re: Changing Character Sets

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tim Gustafson <tjg(at)ucsc(dot)edu>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Changing Character Sets
Date: 2013-02-12 18:30:38
Message-ID: 25383.1360693838@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tim Gustafson <tjg(at)ucsc(dot)edu> writes:
> I'm curious why a pg_dumpall from 8.4 followed by a restore in 9.2
> caused the character sets to change at all. Was there some change in
> the default character sets between 8.4 and 9.2?

I was wondering that too. You did use pg_dumpall, and not individual
pg_dumps per database? In the latter case it's not hard to imagine
making a mistake, but pg_dumpall has been careful about database
properties for a long time.

regards, tom lane

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