Re: Help pg_restore

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Trevor Astrope <astrope(at)e-corp(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help pg_restore
Date: 2002-02-26 23:19:54
Message-ID: 13280.1014765594@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Trevor Astrope <astrope(at)e-corp(dot)net> writes:
> I'm trying to restore a database dumped with pg_dump with the -o -Fc
> options with pg_restore from a 7.1.3 database into a 7.1.3 database on
> another machine.

> When using the -d option in pg_restore, I get this error:

> Connecting to database for restore
> Creating <Init> Max OID
> Archiver(db): Could not execute query. No result from backend.

This is a known bug in 7.1.* pg_restore: it doesn't work with -o -Fc
(nor -o -Ft) archives. It's fixed in 7.2.

If you don't want to update your server to 7.2 just yet, I believe it
will work to install only the 7.2 version of pg_restore and use that
to restore this archive.

regards, tom lane

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