Re: psql and pg_dump using obselete copy commands

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql and pg_dump using obselete copy commands
Date: 2005-03-23 02:14:09
Message-ID: 200503230214.j2N2E9725031@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Should psql and pg_dump be upgraded to use the new v3 protocol copy
> functions if they are available, as they are currently using the
> deprecated API.

We have been telling people to use newer pg_dump's on older servers, but
we only support reloading into the current PostgreSQL version, so I see
no reason not to updated it to the current syntax.

We added the new syntax in 7.3.

Added to TODO:

o Update pg_dump to use the newer COPY syntax

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