Re: Non-text mode for pg_dumpall

On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM Mahendra Singh Thalor <mahi6run(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 at 12:06, Vaibhav Dalvi <vaibhav(dot)dalvi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mahendra,
> >
> > Thank you for your work on this feature.
> > I have just begun reviewing the latest patch and
> > encountered the following errors during the initial setup:
> >
> > ```
> > $ ./db/bin/pg_restore testdump_dir -C -d postgres -F d -p 5556
> > pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "\\"
> > LINE 1: \restrict aO9K1gzVZTlafidF5fWx8ADGzUnIiAcguFz5qskGaFDygTCjCj...
> > ^
> > Command was: \restrict
> aO9K1gzVZTlafidF5fWx8ADGzUnIiAcguFz5qskGaFDygTCjCj9vg3Xxys1b3hb
> >
> > pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "\\"
> > LINE 1: \unrestrict aO9K1gzVZTlafidF5fWx8ADGzUnIiAcguFz5qskGaFDygTCj...
> > ^
> > Command was: \unrestrict
> aO9K1gzVZTlafidF5fWx8ADGzUnIiAcguFz5qskGaFDygTCjCj9vg3Xxys1b3hb
> >
> > pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "\\"
> > LINE 1: \connect template1
> > ^
> > Command was: \connect template1
> >
> > pg_restore: error: could not execute query: ERROR: syntax error at or
> near "\\"
> > LINE 1: \connect postgres
> > ^
> > Command was: \connect postgres
> > ```
> > To cross-check tried with plain dump(with pg_dumpall) and
> > restored(SQL file restore) without patch and didn't get above
> > connection errors.
> >
> > It appears there might be an issue with the dump file itself.
> > Please note that this is my first observation as I have just
> > started the review. I will continue with my assessment.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vaibhav Dalvi
> > EnterpriseDB
>
> Thanks Vaibhav for the review.
> This change was added by me in v04. Only in the case of a file, we should
> restore these commands. Attached patch is fixing the same.
>
> Thanks Mahendra, I am getting a segmentation fault against v05 patch.

[edb(at)1a1c15437e7c bin]$ ./pg_dumpall -Ft --file a.3 -v
pg_dumpall: executing SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '',
false);
Segmentation fault

Issue is coming with all output file formats -F[t/c/d] except plain

regards,