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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-05-13 16:20:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-05-13 16:20:21 +0000 |
| commit | dfc2fc2522209075ad829bcd196e19e5c851bc24 (patch) | |
| tree | fc479662549c118cffbae40b5ce5e9ac488dd539 | |
| parent | 17e048603c6efc1b74783d7e79e930498c3c37a2 (diff) | |
Mention version portability of pg_dump.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index 7ee043d9ef7..f46a115a726 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.81.2.1 2006/04/15 18:11:48 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.81.2.2 2006/05/13 16:20:21 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -642,6 +642,17 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0; ensure good performance. </para> + <para> + Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data + to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of + <application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into + newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. It also can read older + <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases. However, it usually cannot + read newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases or produce dump output + that can be loaded into older database versions. To do this, manual + editing of the dump file might be required. + </para> + </refsect1> <refsect1 id="pg-dump-examples"> |