From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
Cc: | Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang(at)gmail(dot)com>, kabindra <kabindra(at)ttwin(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pgadmin 1.8.4 gives error while backing up |
Date: | 2009-04-17 15:06:35 |
Message-ID: | 21344.1239980795@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> In next version(1.10), pgAdmin add a new option to ignore version mismatch check.
>>
>> This is a really bad idea, as it opens you up to the possibility of
>> silently wrong dumps.
> It's using the --ignore-version flag and is a non-default option. How
> is that any different from pg_dump itself?
As of 8.4, pg_dump ignores --ignore-version altogether, because of the
way it's been rampantly abused. There was never any intention that that
should be a flag to use routinely; it was meant to get you out of
emergency situations where you did not have the right pg_dump available
and were willing to take risks.
regards, tom lane
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