On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 at 11:57, Mahendra Singh Thalor <mahi6run@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Recently we committed a patch to dump a full cluster with pg_dumpall in non-text archive format and then restore
usingpg_restore.
> Here, I am proposing a patch to add the "pg_restore --no-globals" option so that users can skip global objects.
>
> I made a patch for pg_restore --no-globals (only pg_restore option, not needed with pg_dumpall as we will filter at
restoreend, or later we can add for pg_dumpall also.)
>
> Brief:
> pg_restore: add --no-globals option to skip globals
>
> Do not restore global objects (roles and tablespaces) and even don't create new database if
> --create or -C is not specified.
> Note: database will be created only if -C is specified, otherwise
> restore will be skipped for a particular database. If a db is already
> created, then data of a particular db will be restored.
>
> Please review this patch and let me know your feedback.
>
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> Thanks and Regards
> Mahendra Singh Thalor
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
Here, I am attaching an updated patch.
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Thanks and Regards
Mahendra Singh Thalor
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
