On 07/15/2016 07:24 AM, Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
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> pg_dump is backwards compatible to version 7.0.
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> Yes but is it forward compatible from 7.0?
Maybe. I have taken dumps from and old PG version that was close(one
major version apart) to a new PG version and made it work, but I would
not count on it. The old version of pg_dump can't see into the future
and know what changes have occurred:)
> I mean can i restore a dump made with pg_dump 7.0 on a 9.4 database?
No
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> Willy-Bas Loos
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