Re: Order of operations in ascii vs archive format (moderately urgent)

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 ispg_dump >textfilepg_dump -Fc >dumpfilepg_restore
dumpfile>textfile2diff textfile textfile2
 
If these don't produce the same results something is broken.
        regards, tom lane