Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> Is it desirable that pg_dump doesn't dump config settings set via ALTER
> DATABASE?
Well, it's intentional anyway: that's handled by pg_dumpall. The basic
design is that anything that can be seen from "outside" a specific
database is handled on the pg_dumpall side.
> I just got bitten by a DateStyle not being restored on my test DB
You could also get bitten by not having restored users or tablespaces
that the dump depends on, so I'm not sure there's a strong argument
here for refactoring the responsibility.
regards, tom lane
