Re: [repost] pg_restore doesn't work with custom format? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [repost] pg_restore doesn't work with custom format?
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Msg-id 15591.1003875510@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [repost] pg_restore doesn't work with custom format?  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com>)
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> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
>> 1. Target database is named by -d switch, else default to dbname
>> from dump file.

After further looking at this, I've decided that the existing behavior
of pg_dump and pg_restore is actually reasonable, it's just poorly
documented.  Accordingly, I fixed the documents.

The only code change I applied was to disallow the combination of
--create and --clean options.  This combination doesn't have any
practical use (if you're going to create a fresh database, what's
the point of issuing DROP commands for the individual items?),
and it isn't implemented correctly (the DROPs are applied to the
wrong database).  I don't see any point in trying to make it work
sensibly, since it has no value anyway.

            regards, tom lane

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