Re: cant get pg_dump/pg_restore to behave

On 4/20/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com> writes:
> > i was experimenting with using pg_dump/pg_restore and pg_dump/psql ...
> > when using psql to import, i didnt use -Fc ... but the errors were the
> > same regardless of whether i used pgsl or pg_restore ;(
>
> Well, the whole thing is pretty strange, because AFAICS pg_dump will
> never emit an UPDATE on a user table at all.

this was my understanding of pg_dump as well ...

> What PG version is this exactly?

latest version on Fedora Core 6 - 8.1.8

ive been trying to use the documentation to do backup/restores:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/backup.html

is there something obvious i'm missing here ?
-mike