Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

* Hartmut Goebel (h.goebel@goebel-consult.de) wrote:
> Am 03.06.2010 16:15, schrieb Tom Lane:
> > That was considered and rejected long ago.  Readability of the dump
> > script is something that we put a nonzero value on.
>=20
> I assume you mean readability for humans?!

Yes, readability for humans is important.

> So if readability is not important, what speaks against always quoting
> the column names?

Quoting all column names makes the dump script much more difficult for
human consumption, which is important.

    Thanks,

        Stephen