Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Hartmut Goebel <h(dot)goebel(at)goebel-consult(dot)de>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading
Date: 2010-06-11 20:46:04
Message-ID: m2sk4tqovn.fsf@hi-media.com
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Suppose I have a server running 8.2 and I'm going to wipe it and
> install the latest version of $DISTRIBUTION which bundles 8.4.
[...]
> I'm sure someone will tell me my system administration practices suck,
> but people do these kinds of things, in real life, all the time.
> Maybe if we all had an IQ of 170 and an infinite hardware budget we
> wouldn't, but my IQ is only 169. :-)

So why aren't you using a distribution that ease the pain by supporting
exactly your use case? :)

Regards,
--
dim

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