Re: pg_dump bug fixing

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump bug fixing
Date: 2004-08-02 22:38:45
Message-ID: 20040802193800.F89314@ganymede.hub.org
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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>> Problem: the script which dumps globals such as users (pg_dumpall -g)
>> involves deleting *all* users from the pg_shadow table via a direct update to
>> that table.
>
> AFAICS that happens only if you've specified the -c (--clean) option.
> Hence, I don't think it's a bug.

Is --clean a new option? Cause I've had the same thing happen to us also
... thank god for backups :)

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