Re: pg_dumpall and large objects - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: pg_dumpall and large objects
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Msg-id 40C6FDCB.2030509@archonet.com
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In response to pg_dumpall and large objects  (zhicheng wang <wang_zc@yahoo.co.uk>)
List pgsql-general
zhicheng wang wrote:
> hi,
>
> the man page says pg_dump cannot dump "large objects".
> can some one help me on what does this realy mean? how
> large is large? if we have some icons can we still use
> pg_dumpall to backup the db?

Large objects are items stored using the lo_xxx functions. Text fields
of any size are dumped as normal.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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