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

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