On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:59:55PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > I seemed to have walked into a "spirited" debate at work today, so I'm turning > to the authorities to get it resolved. Why would one choose -Ft over -Fc (or > vice-versa) when doing pg_dump? Is there truly any difference of note > (outside the formats themselves)? My rule is "never use -Ft". I've tripped over various bugs over the years. Indeed, I just had another example of one (from 7.4, mind) the other day. A ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings