Re: Re : Re : pg_dump, serial

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Laurent ROCHE <laurent_roche(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re : Re : pg_dump, serial
Date: 2007-03-02 19:10:30
Message-ID: 15672.1172862630@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Laurent ROCHE <laurent_roche(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> OK, I take note of this.
> I assume it's because you consider that pg_dump has only one role (to produce files to be used by pg_restore) and not two as I said in my previous email.

I agree that pg_dump has usefulness for creating schema documentation.
But you can't expect that the details of its output won't change across
versions. To promise that would make it almost impossible to fix bugs,
much less add new features.

regards, tom lane

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