[HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread strk
Hello, dump problems again. I'm working on a dump ToC parser for spatial database restore (postgis). I've noticed that pg_dump-7.3 and pg_dump-7.4 list CAST entries in different ways. Still 'Dump Version' is the same (1.7-0). What does 'Dump Version' refer to then ? Are these ToC output changes

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread Philip Warner
At 08:09 PM 13/08/2004, strk wrote: What does 'Dump Version' refer to then ? Are these ToC output changes encoded somehow ? The file format version of pg_dump; the actual contents depend on pg_dump version, and the source database since pg_dump asks the source (as much as possible) to present

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread strk
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 08:42:44PM +1000, Philip Warner wrote: At 08:09 PM 13/08/2004, strk wrote: What does 'Dump Version' refer to then ? Are these ToC output changes encoded somehow ? The file format version of pg_dump; the actual contents depend on pg_dump version, and the source

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread Philip Warner
At 08:53 PM 13/08/2004, strk wrote: Commenting out lines from the dump corresponding to objects that will be defined by another script. I may have misunderstood, but try: pg_restore -l dumpfile listfile then delete lines from listfile that you do not want, and do: pg_restore -L listfile

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread strk
Philip, I'm trying to make the process you describe automatic. A script reads objects definitoin from an .sql file and automatically deletes linkes from 'listfile' corresponding to objects already found in the given .sql file. As for my problem (detecting CASTS) I had to support lines in the

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread Philip Warner
At 10:30 PM 13/08/2004, strk wrote: From PG73: 552; 2663984 CAST bytea (public.wkb) From PG74: 547; 1915318 CAST CAST (public.wkb AS bytea) Since these two dumps have same file format version I asked.. The file format (unfortunately for you) does not define the format of the

Re: [HACKERS] Dump Version

2004-08-13 Thread strk
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 11:12:50PM +1000, Philip Warner wrote: At 10:30 PM 13/08/2004, strk wrote: From PG73: 552; 2663984 CAST bytea (public.wkb) From PG74: 547; 1915318 CAST CAST (public.wkb AS bytea) Since these two dumps have same file format version I asked.. The