Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Reason to do this now: Perf Tips have been changed for 8.3 to recommend
> using --single-transaction when restoring pg_dumps, because of fast COPY
> enhancement. Allowing this to cause an error will prevent the whole dump
> from restoring.
If it were indeed an error condition, this argument might have some
merit. Since it is not, I don't have a lot of sympathy for a hasty
last-minute change.
regression=# comment on database foo is 'z';
WARNING: database "foo" does not exist
COMMENT
regards, tom lane