Re: Dump/restore with bad data and large objects

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:05:53 -0400
"John T. Dow" <john(at)johntdow(dot)com> wrote:

> Joshua
>
> Thank you very much for answering these various questions.
>
> I guess the compressed format is the best overall solution, except
> for roles. I find myself having a table with other information about
> users (application specific user type, etc) so perhaps the thing to
> do is record enough information there to reconstruct the roles should
> that become necessary.
>
> Can pg_dump dump roles to plain text? How does pg_dumpall do it,

pg_dumpall -g will dump just roles via plain text.

Joshua D. Drake
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