pg_restore WAS Re: BUG #13702: pg_dump interprets “=” in a db name incorrectly

Apparently 9.0 can’t pg_restore DBs that have equals signs in them...at
least, such is the case with pg_restore on 9.0.18. It gets confused by
the “=”, even when it’s in the --dbname argument.

To me, that seems like a bug, as there’s no reason that the --dbname
argument should be interpreted as anything other than the name of a
database.

Does anyone here happen to know when pg_restore offered alternative ways
of specifying the database?

-FG

On 23 Oct 2015 7:45 AM, David Gould wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 20:30:20 -0500
> Felipe Gasper <felipe(at)felipegasper(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting -- also, in 9.0 I *can* do:
>>
>> dbname='...'
>>
>> … and it works. Undocumented, apparently (?), but it does the job.
>>
>> But, I actually have to support all the way back to 8.1, and I’m a bit
>> leery of relying on undocumented (?) features for our backup
>> functionality. Hopefully down the road we can just move everything to
>> >=9.3, and peace and love will reign. :)
>
> You can dump and load older version database from newer version clients.
> The dbname parsing problem you are having is on the client, not the server,
> so if you can arrange to take the backup with a more current client then
> one of the suggestions in this thread will work for you.
>
> -dg
>