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  1. HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2001-04-10T18:22:14Z

    v7.0.3 database:
    
    trends_acctng=# \d
          List of relations
        Name     | Type  | Owner
    -------------+-------+-------
     accounts    | table | pgsql
     admin       | table | pgsql
     calls       | table | pgsql
     comments    | table | pgsql
     cookies     | table | pgsql
     credit_card | table | pgsql
     credits     | table | pgsql
     logs        | table | pgsql
     personal    | table | pgsql
     radhist     | table | pgsql
     radlog      | table | pgsql
     remote_host | table | pgsql
     static_ip   | table | pgsql
     users       | table | pgsql
    (14 rows)
    
    
    v7.1 database:
    
    trends_acctng=# \d
                   List of relations
               Name           |   Type   |  Owner
    --------------------------+----------+---------
     buy                      | table    | jeff
     buy_bid_seq              | sequence | jeff
     clients_c_id_seq         | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_clients           | table    | jeff
     cppvad_clients_cc_id_seq | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_info              | table    | jeff
     cppvad_info_cid_seq      | sequence | jeff
     download                 | table    | jeff
     download_dlid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     exchange                 | table    | jeff
     exchange_exid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     gallery                  | table    | scrappy
     listing                  | table    | area902
     listing_lid_seq          | sequence | area902
     ndict10                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict11                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict12                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict16                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict2                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict3                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict32                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict4                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict5                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict6                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict7                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict8                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict9                   | table    | pgsql
     projects                 | table    | scrappy
     thepress                 | table    | jeff
     thepress_id_seq          | sequence | jeff
     ticket                   | table    | pgsql
     ticket_comments          | table    | pgsql
     ticket_ticket_id_seq     | sequence | pgsql
     ticket_times             | table    | pgsql
    (34 rows)
    
    
    all I did was use pg_dumpall from v7.0.3 to dump to a text file, and
    "psql template1 < dumpfile" to load it back in again ...
    
    obviously this doesn't work like it has in the past?
    
    Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
    Systems Administrator @ hub.org
    primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
    
    
    
  2. Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org> — 2001-04-10T18:33:37Z

    On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
    
    > all I did was use pg_dumpall from v7.0.3 to dump to a text file, and
    > "psql template1 < dumpfile" to load it back in again ...
    > 
    > obviously this doesn't work like it has in the past?
    
    Marc --
    
    Was there an error message during restore?
    
    I've been dumping/restoring w/7.1 since long before beta, w/o real
    problems, but haven't been doing this w/7.0.3 stuff. But still, psql
    should give you some error messages.
    
    (I'm sure you know this, but for the benefit of others on the list)
    In Linux, I usually use the command)
    
       psql dbname < dumpfile 2>&1 | grep ERROR
    
    so that I don't miss any errors among the all the NOTICEs
    
    
    -- 
    Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
    Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
    
    
    
  3. Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2001-04-10T18:43:39Z

    No errors, nothing ... here is the backend:
    
    %bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
    DEBUG:  database system was shut down at 2001-04-10 15:04:08 ADT
    DEBUG:  CheckPoint record at (0, 1522068)
    DEBUG:  Redo record at (0, 1522068); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
    DEBUG:  NextTransactionId: 615; NextOid: 18720
    DEBUG:  database system is in production state
    DEBUG:  copy: line 445, XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    DEBUG:  XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    DEBUG:  XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    DEBUG:  MoveOfflineLogs: remove 0000000000000000
    
    and I ran the restore in 'script' to save everything, and as:
    
    psql -q template1 < pg_dumpall.out
    
    and there are no errors in the resultant file ...
    
    For all intensive purposes, the restore *looked* clean ... but, going back
    and looking at the dump file, the dump wasn't clean *puzzled look*
    
    I'm going to have to look at this some more, but its pg_dumpall in v7.0.3
    that is dumping the wrong data, not the restore :(
    
    all 77 databases got dump'd as the same database:
    
    You are now connected to database wind.
    wind=# \d
                   List of relations
               Name           |   Type   |  Owner
    --------------------------+----------+---------
     buy                      | table    | jeff
     buy_bid_seq              | sequence | jeff
     clients_c_id_seq         | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_clients           | table    | jeff
     cppvad_clients_cc_id_seq | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_info              | table    | jeff
     cppvad_info_cid_seq      | sequence | jeff
     download                 | table    | jeff
     download_dlid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     exchange                 | table    | jeff
     exchange_exid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     gallery                  | table    | scrappy
     listing                  | table    | area902
     listing_lid_seq          | sequence | area902
     ndict10                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict11                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict12                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict16                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict2                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict3                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict32                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict4                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict5                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict6                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict7                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict8                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict9                   | table    | pgsql
     projects                 | table    | scrappy
     thepress                 | table    | jeff
     thepress_id_seq          | sequence | jeff
     ticket                   | table    | pgsql
     ticket_comments          | table    | pgsql
     ticket_ticket_id_seq     | sequence | pgsql
     ticket_times             | table    | pgsql
    (34 rows)
    wind=# \connect viper
    You are now connected to database viper.
    viper=# \d
                   List of relations
               Name           |   Type   |  Owner
    --------------------------+----------+---------
     buy                      | table    | jeff
     buy_bid_seq              | sequence | jeff
     clients_c_id_seq         | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_clients           | table    | jeff
     cppvad_clients_cc_id_seq | sequence | jeff
     cppvad_info              | table    | jeff
     cppvad_info_cid_seq      | sequence | jeff
     download                 | table    | jeff
     download_dlid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     exchange                 | table    | jeff
     exchange_exid_seq        | sequence | jeff
     gallery                  | table    | scrappy
     listing                  | table    | area902
     listing_lid_seq          | sequence | area902
     ndict10                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict11                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict12                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict16                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict2                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict3                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict32                  | table    | pgsql
     ndict4                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict5                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict6                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict7                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict8                   | table    | pgsql
     ndict9                   | table    | pgsql
     projects                 | table    | scrappy
     thepress                 | table    | jeff
     thepress_id_seq          | sequence | jeff
     ticket                   | table    | pgsql
     ticket_comments          | table    | pgsql
     ticket_ticket_id_seq     | sequence | pgsql
     ticket_times             | table    | pgsql
    (34 rows)
    
    
    neat ...
    
    
    On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Joel Burton wrote:
    
    > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
    >
    > > all I did was use pg_dumpall from v7.0.3 to dump to a text file, and
    > > "psql template1 < dumpfile" to load it back in again ...
    > >
    > > obviously this doesn't work like it has in the past?
    >
    > Marc --
    >
    > Was there an error message during restore?
    >
    > I've been dumping/restoring w/7.1 since long before beta, w/o real
    > problems, but haven't been doing this w/7.0.3 stuff. But still, psql
    > should give you some error messages.
    >
    > (I'm sure you know this, but for the benefit of others on the list)
    > In Linux, I usually use the command)
    >
    >    psql dbname < dumpfile 2>&1 | grep ERROR
    >
    > so that I don't miss any errors among the all the NOTICEs
    >
    >
    > --
    > Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
    > Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
    >
    >
    
    Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
    Systems Administrator @ hub.org
    primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
    
    
    
  4. Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2001-04-10T18:59:03Z

    okay, not sure how we should document this, but apparently pg_dumpall
    doesn't work as the man page at:
    
    http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/user/app-pgdumpall.htm
    
    appears to suggest:
    
    ==========================
    %pg_dumpall -h pgsql
    psql: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user pgsql, database
    template1
    \connect template1
    select datdba into table tmp_pg_shadow       from pg_database where
    datname = 'template1';
    delete from pg_shadow where usesysid <> tmp_pg_shadow.datdba;
    drop table tmp_pg_shadow;
    copy pg_shadow from stdin;
    psql: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user pgsql, database
    template1
    \.
    delete from pg_group;
    copy pg_group from stdin;
    psql: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user pgsql, database
    template1
    \.
    psql: No pg_hba.conf entry for host localhost, user pgsql, database
    template1
    ========================
    
    Now, I swore I did a 'setenv PGHOST db.hub.org' to get around it, and it
    still failed, but now its working ... most confusing :(
    
    But, still, pg_dumpall doesn't appear to accept the -h option in v7.0.3
    ...
    
    On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
    
    >
    > No errors, nothing ... here is the backend:
    >
    > %bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
    > DEBUG:  database system was shut down at 2001-04-10 15:04:08 ADT
    > DEBUG:  CheckPoint record at (0, 1522068)
    > DEBUG:  Redo record at (0, 1522068); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
    > DEBUG:  NextTransactionId: 615; NextOid: 18720
    > DEBUG:  database system is in production state
    > DEBUG:  copy: line 445, XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    > DEBUG:  XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    > DEBUG:  XLogWrite: new log file created - consider increasing WAL_FILES
    > DEBUG:  MoveOfflineLogs: remove 0000000000000000
    >
    > and I ran the restore in 'script' to save everything, and as:
    >
    > psql -q template1 < pg_dumpall.out
    >
    > and there are no errors in the resultant file ...
    >
    > For all intensive purposes, the restore *looked* clean ... but, going back
    > and looking at the dump file, the dump wasn't clean *puzzled look*
    >
    > I'm going to have to look at this some more, but its pg_dumpall in v7.0.3
    > that is dumping the wrong data, not the restore :(
    >
    > all 77 databases got dump'd as the same database:
    >
    > You are now connected to database wind.
    > wind=# \d
    >                List of relations
    >            Name           |   Type   |  Owner
    > --------------------------+----------+---------
    >  buy                      | table    | jeff
    >  buy_bid_seq              | sequence | jeff
    >  clients_c_id_seq         | sequence | jeff
    >  cppvad_clients           | table    | jeff
    >  cppvad_clients_cc_id_seq | sequence | jeff
    >  cppvad_info              | table    | jeff
    >  cppvad_info_cid_seq      | sequence | jeff
    >  download                 | table    | jeff
    >  download_dlid_seq        | sequence | jeff
    >  exchange                 | table    | jeff
    >  exchange_exid_seq        | sequence | jeff
    >  gallery                  | table    | scrappy
    >  listing                  | table    | area902
    >  listing_lid_seq          | sequence | area902
    >  ndict10                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict11                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict12                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict16                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict2                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict3                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict32                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict4                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict5                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict6                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict7                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict8                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict9                   | table    | pgsql
    >  projects                 | table    | scrappy
    >  thepress                 | table    | jeff
    >  thepress_id_seq          | sequence | jeff
    >  ticket                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ticket_comments          | table    | pgsql
    >  ticket_ticket_id_seq     | sequence | pgsql
    >  ticket_times             | table    | pgsql
    > (34 rows)
    > wind=# \connect viper
    > You are now connected to database viper.
    > viper=# \d
    >                List of relations
    >            Name           |   Type   |  Owner
    > --------------------------+----------+---------
    >  buy                      | table    | jeff
    >  buy_bid_seq              | sequence | jeff
    >  clients_c_id_seq         | sequence | jeff
    >  cppvad_clients           | table    | jeff
    >  cppvad_clients_cc_id_seq | sequence | jeff
    >  cppvad_info              | table    | jeff
    >  cppvad_info_cid_seq      | sequence | jeff
    >  download                 | table    | jeff
    >  download_dlid_seq        | sequence | jeff
    >  exchange                 | table    | jeff
    >  exchange_exid_seq        | sequence | jeff
    >  gallery                  | table    | scrappy
    >  listing                  | table    | area902
    >  listing_lid_seq          | sequence | area902
    >  ndict10                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict11                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict12                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict16                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict2                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict3                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict32                  | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict4                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict5                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict6                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict7                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict8                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ndict9                   | table    | pgsql
    >  projects                 | table    | scrappy
    >  thepress                 | table    | jeff
    >  thepress_id_seq          | sequence | jeff
    >  ticket                   | table    | pgsql
    >  ticket_comments          | table    | pgsql
    >  ticket_ticket_id_seq     | sequence | pgsql
    >  ticket_times             | table    | pgsql
    > (34 rows)
    >
    >
    > neat ...
    >
    >
    > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Joel Burton wrote:
    >
    > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
    > >
    > > > all I did was use pg_dumpall from v7.0.3 to dump to a text file, and
    > > > "psql template1 < dumpfile" to load it back in again ...
    > > >
    > > > obviously this doesn't work like it has in the past?
    > >
    > > Marc --
    > >
    > > Was there an error message during restore?
    > >
    > > I've been dumping/restoring w/7.1 since long before beta, w/o real
    > > problems, but haven't been doing this w/7.0.3 stuff. But still, psql
    > > should give you some error messages.
    > >
    > > (I'm sure you know this, but for the benefit of others on the list)
    > > In Linux, I usually use the command)
    > >
    > >    psql dbname < dumpfile 2>&1 | grep ERROR
    > >
    > > so that I don't miss any errors among the all the NOTICEs
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Joel Burton   <jburton@scw.org>
    > > Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
    > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
    > primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
    >
    >
    
    Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
    Systems Administrator @ hub.org
    primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
    
    
    
  5. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2001-04-10T23:09:21Z

    The Hermit Hacker writes:
    
    > okay, not sure how we should document this, but apparently pg_dumpall
    > doesn't work as the man page at:
    >
    > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/user/app-pgdumpall.htm
    >
    > appears to suggest:
    
    > Now, I swore I did a 'setenv PGHOST db.hub.org' to get around it, and it
    > still failed, but now its working ... most confusing :(
    >
    > But, still, pg_dumpall doesn't appear to accept the -h option in v7.0.3
    
    Exactly right.  Options to pg_dumpall are only "pg_dump options", which
    means things like -o or -d.  But pg_dumpall also runs a few psqls, which
    don't see any of this.
    
    Btw., it would really seem like a neat feature if a given pg_dump suite
    would also handle the respective previous version.  Otherwise we're in a
    situation like now where we've got a shiny new pg_dump but people that
    want to upgrade are still stuck with the broken 7.0 incarnation.
    
    -- 
    Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/
    
    
    
  6. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2001-04-10T23:17:13Z

    On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    
    > The Hermit Hacker writes:
    >
    > > okay, not sure how we should document this, but apparently pg_dumpall
    > > doesn't work as the man page at:
    > >
    > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/user/app-pgdumpall.htm
    > >
    > > appears to suggest:
    >
    > > Now, I swore I did a 'setenv PGHOST db.hub.org' to get around it, and it
    > > still failed, but now its working ... most confusing :(
    > >
    > > But, still, pg_dumpall doesn't appear to accept the -h option in v7.0.3
    >
    > Exactly right.  Options to pg_dumpall are only "pg_dump options", which
    > means things like -o or -d.  But pg_dumpall also runs a few psqls, which
    > don't see any of this.
    
    Okay, but, according to the man page, -h <host> *is* a pg_dump option ...
    
    pg_dump [ dbname ]
    pg_dump [ -h host ] [ -p port ]
        [ -t table ]
        [ -a ] [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -i ] [ -n ] [ -N ]
        [ -o ] [ -s ] [ -u ] [ -v ] [ -x ]
        [ dbname ]
    
    
    
    
  7. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net> — 2001-04-11T10:27:18Z

    Thus spake The Hermit Hacker
    > all 77 databases got dump'd as the same database:
    
    Personally I never use pg_dumpall.  It is easy to write a script to get
    the list of databases and use pg_dump to dump them individually.  In fact
    I like dumping individual tables if I can.  Mostly I like the ability to
    fix one table if there is a problem.  Finding and fixing one 7 row table
    in a multi-gigabyte files really sucks.  :-)
    
    -- 
    D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net>   |  Democracy is three wolves
    http://www.druid.net/darcy/                |  and a sheep voting on
    +1 416 425 1212     (DoD#0082)    (eNTP)   |  what's for dinner.
    
    
  8. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> — 2001-04-11T11:40:41Z

    At 01:09 11/04/01 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    >
    >Btw., it would really seem like a neat feature if a given pg_dump suite
    >would also handle the respective previous version.  
    
    This has been in the back of my mind for some time, and is why I initially
    backported my pg_dump changes to 7.0. Unfortunately, I did not continue,
    and the backport wa targetted at 7.0, not 7.1.
    
    I would be willing to try to get a 7.0 compatibility mode going, perhaps as
    a patch/contrib after 7.1 (or before, depending on release). There is
    probably not that much effort involved; the main changes to the DB
    interface are in the use of formatType and the function manager defintions
    - at least I think that's the case...
    
    Peter: what options are there for getting formatType working in 7.0?
    
    Also, just in case people can think of other dump-related changes from 7.0,
    to 7.1, I have included a list below:
    
    - LOs stored differently (one or two line change)
    - formatType (a few places, but it's significant)
    - function manager (SQL substitution should work here, I hope, since the
    fmgr can detect the right protocol to use)
    - detection of relations that are views - old isViewRule would need to be
    resurrected
    - last builtin OID derivation changed
    - Handling of ZPBITOID & VARBITOID types? Not sure if this is OK for 7.0
    
    Unfortunately, I have not paid much attention to internal changes from 7.0
    to 7.1, so I have no idea what else was changed.
    
    
    
    
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  9. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> — 2001-04-11T11:42:11Z

    At 06:27 11/04/01 -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
    >Finding and fixing one 7 row table
    >in a multi-gigabyte files really sucks.  :-)
    
    At least in 7.1 you can dump the who DB to a file/tape, then extract one
    table from the dump file easily...
    
    
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  10. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> — 2001-04-11T14:59:17Z

    On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Joel Burton wrote:
    
    > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
    >
    > > all I did was use pg_dumpall from v7.0.3 to dump to a text file, and
    > > "psql template1 < dumpfile" to load it back in again ...
    > >
    > > obviously this doesn't work like it has in the past?
    >
    > Marc --
    >
    > Was there an error message during restore?
    >
    > I've been dumping/restoring w/7.1 since long before beta, w/o real
    > problems, but haven't been doing this w/7.0.3 stuff. But still, psql
    > should give you some error messages.
    >
    > (I'm sure you know this, but for the benefit of others on the list)
    > In Linux, I usually use the command)
    >
    >    psql dbname < dumpfile 2>&1 | grep ERROR
    >
    > so that I don't miss any errors among the all the NOTICEs
    
    I recall having a problem when Marc moved the server away from
    hub.org and to db.hub.org.  I couldn't import the database I
    exported from 7.0.x into it without first creating the sequences.
    Could this be something related - although I thought that had gotten
    fixed.
    
    Vince.
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  11. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> — 2001-04-11T15:17:14Z

    At 17:18 11/04/01 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    >
    >What I meant was that whenever the backend changes in a way that mandates
    >pg_dump changes we would leave the old way in place and only add a new
    >case to handle the new backend. 
    
    That's what I had in mind as well; I gave up on the backport because it
    seemed pointless (as you suggest).
    
    >
    >This would invariably introduce code bloat, but that could probably be
    >managed by a modular design within pg_dump, plus perhaps removing support
    >for really old versions once in a while.
    
    I was thinking that with time these version-specific cases will reduce (eg.
    definition schemas will help), and that we could put all the DB interface
    into separate modules.
    
    
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  12. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2001-04-11T15:18:33Z

    Philip Warner writes:
    
    > At 01:09 11/04/01 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
    > >
    > >Btw., it would really seem like a neat feature if a given pg_dump suite
    > >would also handle the respective previous version.
    >
    > This has been in the back of my mind for some time, and is why I initially
    > backported my pg_dump changes to 7.0. Unfortunately, I did not continue,
    > and the backport wa targetted at 7.0, not 7.1.
    
    This is not really what I had in mind.  Backporting enhancements would
    only serve the users that manually installed the enhancements.  Actually,
    it's quite idiosyncratic, because the point of a new release is to publish
    enhancements.
    
    What I meant was that whenever the backend changes in a way that mandates
    pg_dump changes we would leave the old way in place and only add a new
    case to handle the new backend.  Stupid example:
    
    switch (backend_version)
    {
    	case 71:
    		result = PQexex("select * from pg_class;");
    		break;
    	case 72:
    		result = PQexec("select * from pg_newnameforpgclass;");
    		break;
    }
    
    This would invariably introduce code bloat, but that could probably be
    managed by a modular design within pg_dump, plus perhaps removing support
    for really old versions once in a while.
    
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  13. Re: Re: HOLD THE PRESSES!! ... pg_dump from v7.0.3 can't import to v7.1?

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2001-04-13T17:25:39Z

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
    > Btw., it would really seem like a neat feature if a given pg_dump suite
    > would also handle the respective previous version.  Otherwise we're in a
    > situation like now where we've got a shiny new pg_dump but people that
    > want to upgrade are still stuck with the broken 7.0 incarnation.
    
    No more stuck than they were if they had needed to reload from their
    dump files into 7.0.
    
    I really doubt that it's worth going out of our way to try to keep
    pg_dump compatible with obsolete backends.  If we had infinite manpower,
    then sure, but I think the time is better spent elsewhere.
    
    			regards, tom lane