Re: pgadmin 1.8.4 gives error while backing up

Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang@gmail.com> 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