Re: psql and pg_dump using obselete copy commands

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > We have been telling people to use newer pg_dump's on older servers, but
> > we only support reloading into the current PostgreSQL version, so I see
> > no reason not to updated it to the current syntax.
> > 
> > We added the new syntax in 7.3.
> > 
> > Added to TODO:
> > 
> >     o Update pg_dump to use the newer COPY syntax
> 
> I think you misunderstood me - all I think we should do is switch to 
> using PQgetCopyData instead of PQgetline (deprecated) if the libpq 
> pg_dump is built against has it.  (And the protocol supports it.)
> 
> Same for PQputCopyData vs. PQputline.

Oh, if we do that, do we disallow connecting to older servers?

TODO item removed.

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