Re: pg_dump custom format across versions

[Thom Brown <thombrown@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12 May 2010 19:40, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 19:33 +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 12 May 2010 19:29, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>         On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 19:05 +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         >
>         > Does anyone know if there are issues with performing a
>         pg_dump in
>         > custom format in one major version, and using pg_restore on
>         it on a
>         > higher version?
>
>
>         You want to use the pg_dump from the higher version.
>
>         Joshua D. Drake
>
>
> Am I to gather that there are possible incompatibilities?

Definitely.

Joshua D. Drake

 

Thanks for the info Joshua.

In that case, it might be an idea to clarify that on the documentation.  I couldn't find this information.

Thom