The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5433
Logged by: y.y.Chen
Email address: yychen@clhs.tyc.edu.tw
PostgreSQL version: 8.4.3
Operating system: OpenSuSE and XP
Description: pg_dump (8.4.3) copy database failure!
Details:
Server A:Ver 8.4.3
Server B:Ver 8.4.2
pg_dump in A=> pg_dump -h A db > file =>failure
pg_dump in B => pg_dump -h A db > file =>success
While dump failure and pg_dump can't run to over !
It's possible then pg_dump fail at field with character varying(480)!