Re: pg_dump versioning

Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> Watching the discussion about how to handle nextval() and keep it dump
> compatible makes me wonder: would it be useful to encode database or
> dump version info into dumps? ISTM it would make it much more feasible
> to handle changes to how things work automatically.

Yes, we have talked about that, and it would work for pg_dump-generated
dumps.  What it might not work for cleanly are dumps moved a different
way, or application changes, so while it might help in some cases, being
able to get things working without the version info is desirable.

If we ever get to a case where we _need_ to use it, it would be good to
have, just in case.

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