Re: Mention pg_dump version portability

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Mention pg_dump version portability
Date: 2006-05-15 20:23:54
Message-ID: 20060515202354.GM26212@pervasive.com
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On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:21:06PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have applied this patch that mentions pg_dump portability to 8.1.X and
> CVS HEAD.

Would it be worth recommending using the custom format over plain? I see
plenty of issues with incompatabilities in the plain version, but I
don't think I've ever seen problem with the custom format (though this
could just be because everyone uses the default...)
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