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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Monnerie <michael.monnerie@is.it-management.at>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Encoding problem using pg_dumpall
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:06:41 -0500
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Michael Monnerie <michael.monnerie@is.it-management.at> writes:
> Why couldn't pg_dumpall get the same behaviour as pg_dump? It could get 
> that -Fc, and couldn't it be implementet as "call pg_dump for each db 
> and once for the system"? Why is it that different at all?

The -Fc (and -Ft) formats are only designed to hold the contents of a
single database; and pg_restore only knows how to restore into a single
database.

If you feel like fixing that, step right up.

			regards, tom lane



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