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commit    eacdd5d7b06576c025f449b5a9eca0c11c85a5a2
Author:   Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Date:     Tue Nov 29 15:35:14 2016 +0000

    Clarify pg_dump -b documentation
    
    The documentation around the -b/--blobs option to pg_dump seemed to
    imply that it might be possible to add blobs to a "schema-only" dump or
    similar.  Clarify that blobs are data and therefore will only be
    included in dumps where data is being included, even when -b is used to
    request blobs be included.
    
    The -b option has been around since before 9.2, so back-patch to all
    supported branches.
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20161119173316.GA13284@tamriel.snowman.net


 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 6b6ad82c829..73d14d57e08 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        <para>
         Include large objects in the dump.  This is the default behavior
         except when <option>--schema</>, <option>--table</>, or
-        <option>--schema-only</> is specified, so the <option>-b</>
-        switch is only useful to add large objects to selective dumps.
+        <option>--schema-only</> is specified.  The <option>-b</>
+        switch is therefore only useful to add large objects to dumps
+        where a specific schema or table has been requested.  Note that
+        blobs are considered data and therefore will be included when
+        --data-only is used, but not when --schema-only is.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>


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