From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Order of operations in ascii vs archive format (moderately urgent)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:49:52 -0400
Message-ID: <15027.1248194992@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A65EC7A.8010003@gmail.com>
References: <4A65EC7A.8010003@gmail.com>
Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a difference in the order of execution between an ascii dump
> and one using the "custom" format? Or any difference in the general
> operation?
There's not supposed to be. One standard test on the pg_dump code is
pg_dump >textfile
pg_dump -Fc >dumpfile
pg_restore dumpfile >textfile2
diff textfile textfile2
If these don't produce the same results something is broken.
regards, tom lane
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