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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2016-05-20 15:51:57 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2016-05-20 15:52:24 -0400
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Further improve documentation about --quote-all-identifiers switch.
Mention it in the Notes section too, per suggestion from David Johnston. Discussion: <20160520165824.22598.31426@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
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@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
dump was taken from a server of that version. Loading a dump file
into an older server may require manual editing of the dump file
to remove syntax not understood by the older server.
+ Use of the <option>--quote-all-identifiers</option> option is recommended
+ in cross-version cases, as it can prevent problems arising from varying
+ reserved-word lists in different <productname>PostgreSQL</> versions.
</para>
</refsect1>