Re: pg_dumpall and version confusion

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dumpall and version confusion
Date: 2007-03-16 15:42:51
Message-ID: 7314.1174059771@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com> writes:
> I don't think the whole --output-version thing would be a good idea
> either, but it would be a simple matter to add some logic for the
> GRANT ON SEQUENCE, which seems to be the only thing that is really
> causing problems at least between 8.1 and 8.2.

You mean it's the only thing you've run into. There are a *lot* of
changes in the output of different pg_dump versions. Even focusing
on the narrow question of sequence changes between 8.1 and 8.2,
what of the change from emitting "SERIAL" to emitting a separate
CREATE SEQUENCE and ALTER SEQUENCE OWNED BY?

regards, tom lane

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