"Horace A. Vallas, Jr." <hav@hav.com> 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