Oliver Elphick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 15:54, Tom Lane wrote: >> Only if people dump their old databases with 7.3 pg_dump; which is an >> assumption I'd rather not make if we can avoid it.
> I don't understand. > The only pg_dump we can fix is 7.3. Certainly. But if we hack the backend so it still accepts OPAQUE, then we can still load 7.2 dump files. > If someone restores into 7.3 with a 7.2 dump they are going to have > other problems, such as turning all their functions private. True, but they can fix that after-the-fact. Not sure if there is any good workaround for the PL-handler problem in a 7.2 pg_dumpall script. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]