because of some problems (see below). i was also thinking that it was just a compatibility problem of pg_dumplo-0.0.5 to postgresql 6.5.3. and because i needed it badly, i wrote a "quick & dirty" perl script. 1. When I tried showing all LO of my_db, I got this message: pg_dumplo -w -d my_db NOTICE: (transaction aborted): queries ignored until END NOTICE: (transaction aborted): queries ignored until END NOTICE: (transaction aborted): queries ignored until END Database 'my_db' contains 0 large objects. My observation: my_db actually contains large objects. 2. When I tried this pg_dumplo -a -d my_db -s /my_dump/dir I got this. << CUT >> dump for_payment.application (218 large obj) lo_export: can't open inv object 4654657: /fs/linux/work/tools/pg_dumplo-0.0.5/pg_dumplo lo_export: can't open inv object 4654689: /fs/linux/work/tools/pg_dumplo-0.0.5/pg_dumplo lo_export: can't open inv object 4654881: /fs/linux/work/tools/pg_dumplo-0.0.5/pg_dumplo lo_export: can't open inv object 4654081: /fs/linux/work/tools/pg_dumplo-0.0.5/pg_ << CUT >> Exported 1131 large objects. NOTICE: LockReleaseAll: xid loop detected, giving up My observation: The tree (directories) were created but 1131 large objects were not there. The lo_dump.index file is not readable (contains garbage). peace, sherwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, pgsql-sql wrote: > >> You can try the script I made for exporting all my Pg database. >> Ideas were borrowed from pg_dumplo-0.0.5. >> Make it sure that you have "Perl5 extension for PostgreSQL - Pg.pm" >> installed. > > Why you re-write pg_dumplo to perl and not use directly it? Perl >love? :-) > > Karel >