Re: pg_restore cannot restore index - Mailing list pgsql-sql

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@candle.pha.pa.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:59 PM
> To: Jie Liang
> Cc: 'Jan Wieck'; 'admin@postgresql.org'; 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.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.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 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@stbernard.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:03 PM
> > To: 'Jan Wieck'; Jie Liang
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin@postgresql.org'; 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.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@Yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:14 AM
> > To: Jie Liang
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin@postgresql.org'; 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.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@postgresql.org'; 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.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@Yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:39 PM
> > > To: Jie Liang
> > > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin@postgresql.org'; 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.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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