Re: 8.3b2: problem using "COPY ... TO/FROM .... BINARY"

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: "Thomas H(dot)" <me(at)alternize(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.3b2: problem using "COPY ... TO/FROM .... BINARY"
Date: 2007-11-18 15:56:46
Message-ID: 1195401406.5848.10.camel@mha-laptop.clients.sollentuna.se
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On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 21:13 +0100, Thomas H. wrote:
> tom lane wrote:
> >> i'm not sure it its really a bug - the manual specifies that COPY ...
> >> BINARY between different PGSQL versions might be problematic.
> >
> >> nevertheless: i've imported several tables from 8.2.5 to 8.3b2 without
> >> any problems, until one table produced an error on a timestamp field:
> >
> > I'll bet a nickel that you built one version with float timestamps and
> > the other with integer ...
>
> both versions are the official win32 builds from postgresl.org...

That means Tom is right, as usual :-)

8.3 is built with integer timestamps, 8.2 and earlier with float
timestamps.

//Magnus

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