[DOCS] per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch

2015-05-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
The man page does not clearly state that pg_dump will not dump things like users or roles. It does mention briefly in the notes section that pg_dumpall is needed for items that are set via SET but that isn't very clear on the other items. -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/

Re: [DOCS] per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch

2015-05-27 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > The man page does not clearly state that pg_dump will not dump things like > users or roles. It does mention briefly in the notes section that pg_dumpall > is needed for items that are set via SET but that isn't very clear on the > other items. I agree that we need a warni

Re: [DOCS] per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch

2015-05-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 05/27/2015 06:31 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: The man page does not clearly state that pg_dump will not dump things like users or roles. It does mention briefly in the notes section that pg_dumpall is needed for items that are set via SET but that isn't very clear on the

Re: [DOCS] per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch

2015-05-27 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On 05/27/2015 06:31 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > > >Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>The man page does not clearly state that pg_dump will not dump things like > >>users or roles. It does mention briefly in the notes section that pg_dumpall > >>is needed for items that are se

Re: [DOCS] per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch

2015-05-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 05/27/2015 06:53 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: As the only way to back up global objects is pg_dumpall? Well, my point is that the roles could be set up separately by other means. True but this is about pg_dump right? I mean contextually it doesn't matter if they can issue a separate SQ