Kris Kiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got a database that is a single table with 5 integers, a timestamp 
> with time zone, and a boolean.  The table is 170 million rows in length. 
>  The contents of the tar'd dump file it produced using:
>     pg_dump -U postgres -Ft test > test_backup.tar
> is: 8.dat (approximately 8GB), a toc, and restore.sql.  

Try -Fc instead.  I have some recollection that tar format has a
hard-wired limit on the size of individual members.

                        regards, tom lane

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