> No, pg_dump isn't involved --- the new smarts are inside the server, > in CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER. It sounds like Peter has a case that is > confusing that new code. Could we see a complete example? Sure, here's the command: $ /s/postgresql-8.2.5/bin/pg_dump -h sensei -p 5432 -C -Fc sushi | /s/postgresql-8.3-beta/bin/pg_restore -h mitchell -p 5434 -C -d postgres Here are the errors: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1775; 2620 23125843 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125843 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "atom" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON atom FROM state_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY ... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1783; 2620 23125845 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125845 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "results" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON results FROM result_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIA... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1784; 2620 23125846 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125846 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "results" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON results FROM on_disk_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITI... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1780; 2620 23125848 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125848 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "offline" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON offline FROM offline_disposition_values NOT DEFE... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1786; 2620 23125852 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125852 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "wspolicy" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON wspolicy FROM atom_dump_policy_values NOT DEFERR... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 1787; 2620 23125853 TRIGGER RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125853 postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: trigger "<unnamed>" for relation "wspolicy" already exists Command was: CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON wspolicy FROM atom_type_values NOT DEFERRABLE IN... WARNING: errors ignored on restore: 6 Table definition in 8.2 server: sushi=> \d sushi.wspolicy Table "sushi.wspolicy" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------------+--------+----------- os | text | not null dump_policy | text | not null atom_type | text | not null file_system | text | not null est_epoch_size | bigint | Indexes: "su_wspolicy_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (os, dump_policy, atom_type, file_system) Triggers: "RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125851" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON sushi.wspolicy FROM sushi.atom_os_policy_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_check_ins"('<unnamed>', 'wspolicy', 'atom_os_policy_values', 'UNSPECIFIED', 'os', 'os') "RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125852" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON sushi.wspolicy FROM sushi.atom_dump_policy_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_check_ins"('<unnamed>', 'wspolicy', 'atom_dump_policy_values', 'UNSPECIFIED', 'dump_policy', 'dump_policy') "RI_ConstraintTrigger_23125853" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON sushi.wspolicy FROM sushi.atom_type_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_check_ins"('<unnamed>', 'wspolicy', 'atom_type_values', 'UNSPECIFIED', 'atom_type', 'atom_type') Table definition in 8.3 beta sever: sushi=> \d sushi.wspolicy Table "sushi.wspolicy" Column | Type | Modifiers ----------------+--------+----------- os | text | not null dump_policy | text | not null atom_type | text | not null file_system | text | not null est_epoch_size | bigint | Indexes: "su_wspolicy_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (os, dump_policy, atom_type, file_system) Triggers: "<unnamed>" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON sushi.wspolicy FROM sushi.atom_os_policy_values NOT DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE "RI_FKey_check_ins"('<unnamed>', 'wspolicy', 'atom_os_policy_values', 'UNSPECIFIED', 'os', 'os') It's still trying to create the foreign key as triggers. And the trigger changed its name to "<unnamed>", which ultimately caused the problem, since all the other triggers wanted to be renamed to "<unnamed>" as well. This happened for both the 8.3 and 8.2 pg_dump. Peter ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend