Re: pg_dump failure in tar format.

"Tomeh, Husam" <htomeh@firstam.com> writes:
> I'm getting the following error message (postgres 8.0):

> pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 2128,
> attempted 3738) when I run pg_dump with -Ft (tar format).

IIRC there are size limitations in the tar format.  Is there a reason
you don't use -Fc instead?

            regards, tom lane