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Re: Can we still dump version 7?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com>
Cc: "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-05-31T14:55:44Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
"Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com> writes:
> I guess this statement is not true anymore?
> "Current releases of the dump programs can read data from any server version back to 7.0."
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/upgrading.html 

Ugh, missed that, thanks for spotting it.

I wonder whether we should update this or just remove it --- it's
clearly something that's likely to get missed again.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Doc: fix mention of psql's minimum supported server version.

  2. Doc: fix mention of pg_dump's minimum supported server version.

  3. Remove pg_dump/pg_dumpall support for dumping from pre-8.0 servers.