Re: issue with pg_restore

On 11-07-28 09:41 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Adrian Klaver<adrian.klaver@gmail.com>  writes:
>> On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:19:38 pm Nigel Heron wrote:
>>> I'm trying to restore a backup into a database with a new name
>>> It doesn't work .. pg_restore claims to be creating tables, indexes,
>>> etc. and there are no errors in the output. It only takes a few seconds
>>> to run (the file is ~250MB).
>> You running the pg_restore as postgres user with sufficient privileges?

yes, i'm running it as the postgres superuser

> I'm wondering if it could be the same bug reported two days ago:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/201107270042.22427.julian@mehnle.net
> Have you got standard_conforming_strings turned on?
>
>             regards, tom lane

That must be it! I do have standard_conforming_strings on. What i found
is a string ending with a backslash as a default in a column definition
.. so that bug must be more wide spread than just comments.

eg.
CREATE TABLE foo ( bar text DEFAULT '.\somepath\' );

thanks,

-nigel.