Re: pg_dump cosmetic problem while dumping/restoring rules

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 3874; 2618 396850 RULE
>> geometry_columns_delete postgres
>> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR:  rule
>> "geometry_columns_delete" for relation "geometry_columns" already exists
>>     Command was: CREATE RULE geometry_columns_delete AS ON DELETE TO
>> geometry_columns DO INSTEAD NOTHING;
>>
>> This happens because in the beginning of backup file there is issued
>> command
>> CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis WITH SCHEMA public;
>> which creates those rules.
>
>> As I understand these errors are harmless, I would say - cosmetic defects.
>
> I'd say this is actually a real bug in the extensions tracking of
> dependencies.
> And it would have caused a failed restore if you had used single
> transaction mode.

Indeed. I will look into that.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
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