"Andrus Moor" <eetasoft(at)online(dot)ee> writes:
>> No, this is just pilot error. Any version of pg_dump will produce
>> output that is meant to be loaded into the matching server version
>> (or a later version). If you are intending to load back into 8.4,
>> use the 8.4 pg_dump.
> Windows application needs to support backup/restore for all servers >=8
> between same server version.
Why does it have that requirement? And why doesn't it use the pg_dump
that came with the server? It seems pretty lame to assume that your app
has to provide pg_dump and not any other part of the Postgres
installation.
regards, tom lane