Re: pg_restore -j

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Justin Falk <jfalkmu(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use the -j option on pg_restore while restoring a database
> into PG 8.4.3.
>
> The dump was executed on PG 8.3.7 (Windows, Server 2003) using:
>
> pg_dump -Fc -U postgres mydb > mydb.backup
>
> This results in a ~3.4 GB dump file.
>
> When I try to restore I'm using:
>
> pg_restore -d mydb -U postgres -j 4 mydb.backup
>
> This results in an error:
>
> pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of
> order not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)
>
> The dump works fine if I omit the -j option. What am I doing wrong?
>

I'm pretty sure that you need to use the 8.4 version of pg_dump when you
create the backup file, then it should work.

--Scott

>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin
>