Re: 8.1beta2 pg_dumpall inconsistencies

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> [jd(at)jd pgsqldev]$ bin/pg_dumpall -U jd -D -o -p 5500
> ...
> pg_dump: INSERT (-d, -D) and OID (-o) options cannot be used together
> pg_dump: (The INSERT command cannot set OIDs.)
> pg_dumpall: pg_dump failed on database "postgres", exiting

> Why am I getting a partial dump when the options are not compatible?

Because -D and -o are pg_dump options, which pg_dumpall just passes down
without inspection. I'm not sure that it makes sense to try to
replicate pg_dump's validity checking logic in pg_dumpall; I fear we'd
be more likely to cause problems by letting them get out of sync than
to solve problems by complaining a little sooner.

regards, tom lane