Re: pg_dumpall restore fails

"Shaun Crampton" <shaun(at)cantab(dot)net> writes:
> I tried to dump the 7.4.13 database using pg_dumpall from 8.3.1 and restore
> into 8.3.5 on my local test machine. I get the following errors at restore
> time:

> ERROR: missing FROM-clause entry for table "icc_countries"
> LINE 2: ...de, icc_members.county, icc_states.name AS state, icc_countr...
> ^

Per the 8.1 release notes:

It might be necessary to set add_missing_from to true
in order to load an existing dump file, if the dump contains any
views or rules created using the implicit-FROM syntax.
This should be a one-time annoyance, because
PostgreSQL 8.1 will convert
such views and rules to standard explicit-FROM syntax.
Subsequent dumps will therefore not have the problem.

Going from 7.4 to 8.3 in one jump is a bit ambitious; you should expect
to learn about a few compatibility issues the hard way. Start by
reading the release notes for each version in between, *particularly*
the compatibility warnings.

regards, tom lane