Thread: Minor change to pg_dump docs

Minor change to pg_dump docs

From
Chris Browne
Date:
As suggested to me by Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com>...

Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -c -u -r1.97 pg_dump.sgml
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml    26 Mar 2007 17:23:36 -0000    1.97
+++ doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml    25 Oct 2007 20:30:10 -0000
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@
         (<replaceable>column</replaceable>, ...) VALUES
         ...</literal>).  This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
         useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
-        non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases.
+        non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases, or for making
+        dumps that require manual editing.
         Also, since this option generates a separate command for each row,
         an error in reloading a row causes only that row to be lost rather
         than the entire table contents.

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Re: Minor change to pg_dump docs

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Chris Browne wrote:
> As suggested to me by Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com>...
>
> Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.97
> diff -c -u -r1.97 pg_dump.sgml
> --- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml    26 Mar 2007 17:23:36 -0000    1.97
> +++ doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml    25 Oct 2007 20:30:10 -0000
> @@ -207,7 +207,8 @@
>          (<replaceable>column</replaceable>, ...) VALUES
>          ...</literal>).  This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
>          useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
> -        non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases.
> +        non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases, or for making
> +        dumps that require manual editing.
>          Also, since this option generates a separate command for each row,
>          an error in reloading a row causes only that row to be lost rather
>          than the entire table contents.

In looking at this patch, it is marking the --attribute-inserts option
as one that is best for manual editing.  However, isn't text COPY output
also good for manual editing?  I am unclear why only --attribute-inserts
should get this text addition.  I assume --inserts would also apply.  Am
I missing something?

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