Ben Madin <ben@ausvet.com.au> writes:
> " Is the index number ( the archive ID) assigned at the time of creation
> of the archive and not otherwise related to the item in the
> original database?"
Yes, it's just assigned internally during pg_dump. I think the numbers
would hold still as long as you make no DDL changes in the database, but
as soon as you do, all bets are off.
regards, tom lane
