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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dumpall storing multiple copies of DB's?
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Msg-id 15677.1015343292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dumpall storing multiple copies of DB's?  (Bill McGonigle <mcgonigle@medicalmedia.com>)
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Bill McGonigle <mcgonigle@medicalmedia.com> writes:
> OK, I wrote a script to split the database backup where on '-- Selected
> TOC Entries:' lines - from the head of each of those, this is
> interesting.  If I'm reading this correctly, there are 3 copies of this
> database 'studies' each with their own OID.
> That feels not quite right.

Indeed.  Did you perhaps have multiple pg_shadow entries matching the
database's datdba in the old installation?

            regards, tom lane

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