Re: pg_dumpall and large objects

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: wang_zc(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dumpall and large objects
Date: 2004-06-09 12:08:43
Message-ID: 40C6FDCB.2030509@archonet.com
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zhicheng wang wrote:
> hi,
>
> the man page says pg_dump cannot dump "large objects".
> can some one help me on what does this realy mean? how
> large is large? if we have some icons can we still use
> pg_dumpall to backup the db?

Large objects are items stored using the lo_xxx functions. Text fields
of any size are dumped as normal.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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