Command I have used:
pg_dump.exe -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres -F p -v -f "C:\test.sql" bicms_server

This will put in the output SQL file postgres functions also (not only those defined by me), for example:

CREATE FUNCTION plpgsql_call_handler() RETURNS language_handler
    AS '$libdir/plpgsql', 'plpgsql_call_handler'
    LANGUAGE c;

CREATE TYPE tablefunc_crosstab_2 AS (
        row_name text,
        category_1 text,
        category_2 text
);

CREATE FUNCTION connectby(text, text, text, text, integer, text) RETURNS SETOF record
    AS '$libdir/tablefunc', 'connectby_text'
    LANGUAGE c STABLE STRICT;


ALTER FUNCTION public.connectby(text, text, text, text, integer, text) OWNER TO postgres;


...and many others.



Anyway, my question would be: if I have postgres 8.1.x installed on computer A and the same version of postgres installed on computer B, which would be your recommended way of backing up data on computer A and put it on computer B?


Regards, Ciprian

Michael Fuhr wrote:
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 04:35:20PM +0200, Ciprian Hodorogea wrote:

2. All dumps generated with pg_dump seem to contain internal functions
also, which then raise problems when trying to import. Can these be somehow excluded from the generated SQL backup?

Is there a way to differentiate postgres internal functions from user-defined functions? (other but making up a list of those functions names)


What "internal" functions are you talking about?  What's the exact
command you're running and what's the exact error message or
unexpected behavior you're seeing?


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