Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> In next version(1.10), pgAdmin add a new option to ignore version mismatch check. >> >> This is a really bad idea, as it opens you up to the possibility of >> silently wrong dumps. > It's using the --ignore-version flag and is a non-default option. How > is that any different from pg_dump itself? As of 8.4, pg_dump ignores --ignore-version altogether, because of the way it's been rampantly abused. There was never any intention that that should be a flag to use routinely; it was meant to get you out of emergency situations where you did not have the right pg_dump available and were willing to take risks. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
