*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
***************
*** 719,724 **** PostgreSQL documentation
--- 719,736 ----
       </varlistentry>
  
       <varlistentry>
+       <term><option>--pretty-print-views</></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Output views in a <quote>pretty-printed</quote> format.  This makes the
+         view definitions appearing in the dump easier to read for humans, but
+         at the same time makes them less likely to be interpreted in the exact
+         same way between different versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+ 
+      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--quote-all-identifiers</></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
*** a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
--- b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
***************
*** 137,142 **** static int	dump_inserts = 0;
--- 137,143 ----
  static int	column_inserts = 0;
  static int	no_security_labels = 0;
  static int	no_unlogged_table_data = 0;
+ static int	pretty_print_views = 0;
  static int	serializable_deferrable = 0;
  
  
***************
*** 345,350 **** main(int argc, char **argv)
--- 346,352 ----
  		{"inserts", no_argument, &dump_inserts, 1},
  		{"lock-wait-timeout", required_argument, NULL, 2},
  		{"no-tablespaces", no_argument, &outputNoTablespaces, 1},
+ 		{"pretty-print-views", no_argument, &pretty_print_views, 1},
  		{"quote-all-identifiers", no_argument, &quote_all_identifiers, 1},
  		{"role", required_argument, NULL, 3},
  		{"section", required_argument, NULL, 5},
***************
*** 606,611 **** main(int argc, char **argv)
--- 608,619 ----
  		no_security_labels = 1;
  
  	/*
+ 	 * Pretty-printing views requires PostgreSQL 7.4 or later
+ 	 */
+ 	if (pretty_print_views && fout->remoteVersion < 70400)
+ 		exit_horribly(NULL, "--pretty-print-views requires server version 7.4 or later\n");
+ 
+ 	/*
  	 * Start transaction-snapshot mode transaction to dump consistent data.
  	 */
  	ExecuteSqlStatement(fout, "BEGIN");
***************
*** 840,845 **** help(const char *progname)
--- 848,856 ----
  	printf(_("  --no-security-labels         do not dump security label assignments\n"));
  	printf(_("  --no-tablespaces             do not dump tablespace assignments\n"));
  	printf(_("  --no-unlogged-table-data     do not dump unlogged table data\n"));
+ 	printf(_("  --pretty-print-views\n"
+ 			 "                               dump views in a more human-readable format (reduces\n"
+ 			 "                               compatibility of the output dump)\n"));
  	printf(_("  --quote-all-identifiers      quote all identifiers, even if not key words\n"));
  	printf(_("  --section=SECTION            dump named section (pre-data, data, or post-data)\n"));
  	printf(_("  --serializable-deferrable    wait until the dump can run without anomalies\n"));
***************
*** 12387,12393 **** dumpTableSchema(Archive *fout, TableInfo *tbinfo)
  		reltypename = "VIEW";
  
  		/* Fetch the view definition */
! 		if (fout->remoteVersion >= 70300)
  		{
  			/* Beginning in 7.3, viewname is not unique; rely on OID */
  			appendPQExpBuffer(query,
--- 12398,12411 ----
  		reltypename = "VIEW";
  
  		/* Fetch the view definition */
! 		if (pretty_print_views)
! 		{
!             /* Server must be 7.4 or later, so viewname is not unique; rely on OID */
! 			appendPQExpBuffer(query,
! 							  "SELECT pg_catalog.pg_get_viewdef('%u'::pg_catalog.oid, TRUE) AS viewdef",
! 							  tbinfo->dobj.catId.oid);
! 		}
! 		else if (fout->remoteVersion >= 70300)
  		{
  			/* Beginning in 7.3, viewname is not unique; rely on OID */
  			appendPQExpBuffer(query,