Re: pg_restore cannot restore index

From: Jie Liang <jie(at)stbernard(dot)com>
To: 'Bruce Momjian' <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jie Liang <jie(at)stbernard(dot)com>
Cc: 'Jan Wieck' <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, "'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_restore cannot restore index
Date: 2002-07-11 15:41:00
Message-ID: 7C760DAA511DC74B99E7D22189F786F101BF2119@MAIL01.stbernard.com
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On this point, I'd like to ask:
1. where I can download this new version?
2. does
pg_restore --index=aa --dbname=test /bjm/x
works also???

Because
pg_restore --table=mytable --dbname=mydb mydumpfile
doesn't work!

I got same error msg.

Jie Liang

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:06 PM
To: Jie Liang
Cc: 'Jan Wieck'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
Subject: Re: pg_restore cannot restore index

Jie Liang wrote:
> Thanks!
> But I did not make long form works also, is it:
> pg_restore --index="\"indexname\"" --dbname=mydb mydumpfile
> ???????????
> msg:
> pg_restore:[archiver] could open input file: No such file or directory

Strange. I found a few more problems with the getopt values in
pg_restore.c not matching the 'case' statement or the documentation.

I got it working here with my patched version using:

pg_restore -I aa -d test /bjm/x

It can't find the file? I didn't fix anything in that area. I am
confused how that could be messed up. I don't see any other meaningful
changes to pg_restore except the quote fixes I did. Are you sure the
file is correct?

Thanks for pointing these things out. It is a big help. Now I am
starting to wonder what else is wrong in the code. :-)

>
>
> could you give out a example of long form????
>
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
> Jie Liang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:59 PM
> To: Jie Liang
> Cc: 'Jan Wieck'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> Subject: Re: pg_restore cannot restore index
>
>
>
> Yep, documentation is wrong. Documentation patch attached and applied.
> Also, in 7.3 you will not need the weird quoting for objects.
>
>
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>
> Jie Liang wrote:
> > Another possible bug:
> > pg_restore -i "\"indexname\"" -d mydb mydumpfile
> > msg:
> > pg_restore: connecting to database for restore
> > pg_restore: creating FUNCTION "plpgsql_call_handler" ()
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function
> > plpgsql_call_handler already exists with same argument types
> > pg_restore: *** aborted because of error
> >
> > I read the pg_restore.c source code, I found:
> > #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
> > struct option cmdopts[] = {
> > {"clean", 0, NULL, 'c'},
> > {"create", 0, NULL, 'C'},
> > {"data-only", 0, NULL, 'a'},
> > {"dbname", 1, NULL, 'd'},
> > {"file", 1, NULL, 'f'},
> > {"format", 1, NULL, 'F'},
> > {"function", 1, NULL, 'P'},
> > {"host", 1, NULL, 'h'},
> > {"ignore-version", 0, NULL, 'i'},
> > {"index", 1, NULL, 'I'},
> > So, -i may be mapped wrong, however, -I is illegal option.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Jie Liang
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jie Liang [mailto:jie(at)stbernard(dot)com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:03 PM
> > To: 'Jan Wieck'; Jie Liang
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> >
> >
> >
> > OK, we figured it out.
> > The problem is the documentation confused me!!!
> > In man page of pg_restore:
> > -P function-name
> > --function=function name
> > Specify a procedure or function to be restored.
> >
> > User will assume that syntax of restoring a function is same as
> > restoring a table, but it's not true, it's slightly different.
> > To restore a table:
> > pg_restore -Rxt mytable -d mydb2 dbf
> > works, but to restore a function:
> > pg_restore -P myfunction -d mydb2 dbf
> > won't work, and you need to use:
> > pg_restore -P "\"myfunction\" (args and type)" -d mydb2 dbf
> > to make it work!!!!!
> >
> >
> > I believe that the man page of pg_restore should be improved.
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jie Liang
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:14 AM
> > To: Jie Liang
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> >
> >
> > Jie Liang wrote:
> > >
> > > Oops,my OS is FreeBSD4.3 PostgreSQL7.2
> >
> > I cannot see such an error message in the pg_restore sources at all. Are
> > you sure to use the right versions together?
> >
> >
> > Jan
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Jie Liang
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jie Liang
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:46 PM
> > > To: 'Jan Wieck'
> > > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org';
'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > > Subject: RE: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> > >
> > > No any error msg in the logfile, I didn't see any create function
> > statement
> > > in my logfile which I enabled the query log.
> > > This function is written in PL/pgSQL which is enabled in target db,
> > > If I pg_dump the schema into a plain text file, I can see its
defination
> > > there, I can easily copy & paste (restore) it into mydb2.
> > > however, I failed to restore it by using flag -P with compressed file.
> > > I also tried to use
> > > su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_restore --function=myfunction
> > > --dbname=mydb2 dbf"
> > > error msg
> > > pg_restore: [archiver] could not open input file: No such file or
> > directory
> > >
> > > weird???
> > >
> > > I use
> > > pg_restore -Rxt mytable -d mydb2 dbf
> > > have no such a problem, it works.
> > >
> > > Is any syntax error??
> > > I am confused by documentation now!
> > > Is it a bug????
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Jie Liang
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:39 PM
> > > To: Jie Liang
> > > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org';
'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > > Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> > >
> > > Jie Liang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I use
> > > > pg_dump -Fc mydb > dbf
> > > > then I create another db by:
> > > > createdb mydb2
> > > > I use
> > > > pg_restore -P myfunction -d mydb2 dbf
> > > >
> > > > cannot restore myfunction into mydb2
> > > >
> > > > why??????
> > >
> > > Good question. Is there any error message in the postmaster log?
> > >
> > > If the function is written in a procedural language, is that language
> > > enabled in the target database? If the function is written in the SQL
> > > language, do all underlying objects like tables and views exist? If
it's
> > > a C language function, does the shared object containing the function
> > > exist at the expected location?
> > >
> > > Jan
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
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#
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> >
> >
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