| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | Willy-Bas Loos <willybas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: migrating data from an old postgres version |
| Date: | 2016-07-15 14:28:04 |
| Message-ID: | fc1cab0b-cb3a-5671-38d6-995b1e8e3c31@aklaver.com |
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On 07/15/2016 07:24 AM, Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
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> pg_dump is backwards compatible to version 7.0.
>
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> Yes but is it forward compatible from 7.0?
Maybe. I have taken dumps from and old PG version that was close(one
major version apart) to a new PG version and made it work, but I would
not count on it. The old version of pg_dump can't see into the future
and know what changes have occurred:)
> I mean can i restore a dump made with pg_dump 7.0 on a 9.4 database?
No
>
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> Willy-Bas Loos
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Adrian Klaver
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