Arne Roolfs <roolfs(at)novacard(dot)de> writes:
> after compiling and installing postgresql 7.3 i tried to dump the old
> database of the running 7.1-server with "pg_dumpall -o > test" of the
> new version like recommendend by the "INSTALL"-file.
> it answered:
> bash$ /usr/local/pgsql-7.3/bin/pg_dumpall -o > test
> pg_dump: column number -1 is out of range 0..4
> pg_dumpall: pg_dump failed on adressen, exiting
Yeah, the 7.3 version of pg_dump is broken for 7.1 servers :-(. This is
fixed for 7.3.1. I believe I posted the patch on one of the mailing
lists last week, or you can get it from CVS.
regards, tom lane