On Friday 19 November 2010 2:45:33 pm Tom Lane wrote: > Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Now I understand. I wonder if this would be a good time to ask about > > whether pg_restore could be made to work with plain-text files:) > > Not in any particularly useful way --- the plain text dump wouldn't > really support selective restore, etc etc. True, but I was thinking of something like: if $FILE_TYPE = plain_text echo 'This is a plain text file it will be passed to psql' echo 'It does not support all the features of a binary restore' dialog 'Do you wish to continue yes/no>' if yes psql $OPTIONS -f $FILE_NAME else exit # Where $OPTIONS are the -d -p -U and -h switches else continue with existing code path > > > ... Though I could see a shortcut that passes a plain text file to > > psql or at least creates an error message that says: > > > > "Please use psql with the -f option to restore this file" > > Yeah, I was thinking a hint might be the most useful fix too. That would help also. > > regards, tom lane Thanks, -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general