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Mention version portability of pg_dump.
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.84 2006/05/06 23:25:37 momjian Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.85 2006/05/13 16:19:54 momjian Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
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ensure good performance.
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</para>
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<para>
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Because <application>pg_dump</application> is used to tranfer data
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to newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>, the output of
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<application>pg_dump</application> can be loaded into
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newer versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. It also can read older
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> databases. However, it usually cannot
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read newer <productname>PostgreSQL</> databases or produce dump output
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that can be loaded into older database versions. To do this, manual
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editing of the dump file might be required.
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</para>
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<refsect1 id="pg-dump-examples">

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