Re: pg_dump bug in 7.4

I have a fix for this in the patch queue and it will be applied in 24
hours. If you want to try it, it is at:

http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

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Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> If you have a check constraint that tests if a boolean column is not
> false by just using the column name, pg_dump doesn't include parens
> around the check constraint which causes a syntax error when reloading
> the database.
>
> Using the following to create a table:
> create table test (col1 boolean constraint test check (col1));
>
> pg_dump -c produced the following:
> --
> -- PostgreSQL database dump
> --
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'postgres';
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'bruno';
>
> SET search_path = public, pg_catalog;
>
> DROP TABLE public.test;
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'postgres';
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 3 (OID 2200)
> -- Name: public; Type: ACL; Schema: -; Owner: postgres
> --
>
> REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM PUBLIC;
> GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO PUBLIC;
>
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'bruno';
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 4 (OID 605016)
> -- Name: test; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: bruno
> --
>
> CREATE TABLE test (
> col1 boolean,
> CONSTRAINT test CHECK col1
> );
>
>
> --
> -- Data for TOC entry 5 (OID 605016)
> -- Name: test; Type: TABLE DATA; Schema: public; Owner: bruno
> --
>
> COPY test (col1) FROM stdin;
> \.
>
>
> SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'postgres';
>
> --
> -- TOC entry 2 (OID 2200)
> -- Name: SCHEMA public; Type: COMMENT; Schema: -; Owner: postgres
> --
>
> COMMENT ON SCHEMA public IS 'Standard public schema';
>
>
>
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