Re: pg_dump, no inserts but \copy?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joost Witteveen <joostje(at)foko(dot)komputilo(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump, no inserts but \copy?
Date: 2002-11-08 15:56:43
Message-ID: 200211081556.gA8Fuhx03906@candle.pha.pa.us
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There is no way to force INSERT unless you are telling it to do that
somehow. Are you perhaps using -d. That causes inserts too? What is
your command line for the dump?

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Joost Witteveen wrote:
> I remember the pg_dump command creating dumps with \copy in them
> But for some reason (upgrade of postgresql?) it now started to
> create dumps with inserts, as though I gave it the --inserts
> argument (but I don't).
>
> man pg_dump explains how to make it use inserts, but I cannot find
> anywhere how to make it create \copy dumps.
>
>
> Postgresql version: 7.2.1
>
> Thanks,
> joostje
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