File tree Expand file tree Collapse file tree 2 files changed +20
-6
lines changed Expand file tree Collapse file tree 2 files changed +20
-6
lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -817,9 +817,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
817817 <term><option>--quote-all-identifiers</></term>
818818 <listitem>
819819 <para>
820- Force quoting of all identifiers. This may be useful when dumping a
821- database for migration to a future version that may have introduced
822- additional keywords.
820+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
821+ dumping a database from a server whose <productname>PostgreSQL</>
822+ major version is different from <application>pg_dump</>'s, or when
823+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
824+ major version. By default, <application>pg_dump</> quotes only
825+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
826+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
827+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
828+ of reserved words. Using <option>--quote-all-identifiers</> prevents
829+ such issues, at the price of a harder-to-read dump script.
823830 </para>
824831 </listitem>
825832 </varlistentry>
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -368,9 +368,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
368368 <term><option>--quote-all-identifiers</></term>
369369 <listitem>
370370 <para>
371- Force quoting of all identifiers. This may be useful when dumping a
372- database for migration to a future version that may have introduced
373- additional keywords.
371+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
372+ dumping a database from a server whose <productname>PostgreSQL</>
373+ major version is different from <application>pg_dumpall</>'s, or when
374+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
375+ major version. By default, <application>pg_dumpall</> quotes only
376+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
377+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
378+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
379+ of reserved words. Using <option>--quote-all-identifiers</> prevents
380+ such issues, at the price of a harder-to-read dump script.
374381 </para>
375382 </listitem>
376383 </varlistentry>
You can’t perform that action at this time.
0 commit comments