Re: pg_dump - txt sql vs binary

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ciprian(dot)hodorogea(at)bitsp(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump - txt sql vs binary
Date: 2006-01-22 23:51:20
Message-ID: 22930.1137973880@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ciprian Hodorogea" <ciprian(dot)hodorogea(at)bitsp(dot)com> writes:
> 1. I noticed that binary dumps created with Postgres 8.0.3 can not be
> imported with Postgres 8.1.x, so this is not a good backup idea.

If you mean a filesystem dump, no.

> 2. All dumps generated with pg_dump seem to contain internal functions
> also, which then raise problems when trying to import. Can these be somehow
> excluded from the generated SQL backup?

Details please?

regards, tom lane

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