2013/7/3 Jiří Hlinka <jiri.hlinka@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi All, > > I have a 8.4 server and I'd like to use --section parameter of pg_dump and > pg_restore, which is available only in 9.2. > > 1. Is it, in general, safe to use 9.2 tools on 8.4 server? AFAIK the tools > are backward compatible, at least in case of plain SQL commands it should be > compatible, right? pg_dump is backwards-compatible all the way to 7.0; see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/app-pgdump.html#PG-DUMP-NOTES > 2. Does the --section parameter need support on a server side, or is it just > the client tool feature? It's a pg_dump feature; it seems to work fine using 9.3b2's dump against an 8.3 database. Regards Ian Barwick -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
