>>If it was me I'd just copy the pg_dump way of doing things...
>
> To the extent possible, I'd like to preserve the exact functionality
> (or lack thereof) of previous versions. Would this be possible that
> way?
Don't see it'd be too hard. All pg_dump basically does is this:
if (version <= 7.3) { query = "..";
else if (version == 7.4) { query = "..";
else query = "..";
Other than that you might need some smarts in the output table display
logic so that it doesn't "assume" what columns are available from the
queries.
Or something.
Chris