Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([192.204.191.242]) by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f83NZR761669 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 19:35:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f83NZNK11975; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 19:35:23 -0400 (EDT) To: "Horace A. Vallas, Jr." cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: doc for pg_dump In-reply-to: <3B8EB83C.4B5C5B5@hav.com> References: <3B8EB83C.4B5C5B5@hav.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Horace A. Vallas, Jr." message dated "Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:03:40 -0500" Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 19:35:22 -0400 Message-ID: <11972.999560122@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Archive-Number: 200109/8 X-Sequence-Number: 940 "Horace A. Vallas, Jr." writes: > Anyway - the error I get when using pg_dump (or pg_dumpall) is... > SET TRANSACTION command failed. Explanation from backend: \ > 'ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "transaction"'. It would seem that you are trying to use a 6.5-or-later pg_dump against a pre-6.5 database server. Use the version of pg_dump that came with your server, instead. regards, tom lane