[ADMIN] Re: [NOVICE] pg_dump problem

[Tom Lane]

John Burski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I issue the "pg_dump jcon" (jcon being the database name, of
> course) I receive the following error message:

>      getInherits():  SELECT failed

It might be time to put this in the FAQ ;-).  You're probably trying
to run a 6.5 (or earlier?) pg_dump against a 7.0 database.  The older
pg_dump doesn't do any version checking, and the first it realizes
it's got trouble is when it hits incompatibilities in the system
table layout.

Check your PATH to see where pg_dump is coming from...

                        regards, tom lane