pg_dump --ignore-version comments into pg_dumpall and pg_restore pages.
-
+
Arrays
(1 row)
- To avoid confusion with slices, use slice syntax for all dimmension
- references, e.g. [1:2][1:1]>, not [2][1:1]>.
+ To avoid confusion with the non-slice case, it's best to use slice syntax
+ for all dimensions, e.g., [1:2][1:1]>, not [2][1:1]>.
- Ignore incompatible version check between
+ Ignore version mismatch between
pg_dump and the database server.
- Dumping from a server newer than
pg_dump
- is likely fail and is disabled by default.
- Also, while
pg_dump can dump from servers running
- previous releases of
PostgreSQL>, some very old
- versions are not supported (currently, pre-7.0).
- Use this option if you need to override the version check, but
- be prepared for
pg_dump to fail.
+ By default,
pg_dump> will refuse to attempt
+ to dump from a server that is of a newer
PostgreSQL>
+ version than
pg_dump is. It will also
+ refuse to attempt to dump from a server that is older than the oldest
+ supported version (currently, 7.0). The
+ overrides this check and forces a dump to be attempted anyway.
+ This option is deprecated> because the dump is very
+ likely to fail — or worse, seem to succeed but be wrong or
+ incomplete.
-
pg_dumpall can handle databases
- from previous releases of
PostgreSQL>, but very
- old versions are not supported anymore (currently prior to
- 7.0). Use this option if you need to override the version
- check (and if
pg_dumpall then
- fails, don't say you weren't warned).
+ By default,
pg_dumpall> will refuse to attempt
+ to dump from a server that is of a newer
PostgreSQL>
+ version than
pg_dumpall is. It will also
+ refuse to attempt to dump from a server that is older than the oldest
+ supported version (currently, 7.0). The
+ overrides this check and forces a dump to be attempted anyway.
+ This option is deprecated> because the dump is very
+ likely to fail — or worse, seem to succeed but be wrong or
+ incomplete.
-
+
- Ignore database version checks.
+ Ignore version mismatch between
+
pg_restore and the database server.