On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Greg Donald <gdonald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> < SELECT pg_catalog.setval('cp_state_id_seq', 52, true); >>> > SELECT pg_catalog.setval('cp_state_id_seq', 1, false); >> >> These "grep" calls are showing just exactly not enough to prove >> anything. > > Those grep calls prove my old backups with 8.4 pg_dump were good to go > and now they are not with 9.1 pg_dump. > >> I remain unclear as to what state is actually in the >> database, or what is being dumped, > > The whole thing is being dumped. One command /usr/bin/pg_dump cp, > that's it, nothing special. if you take a bzipped schema only dump (pg_dump -s), I'd be happy to look it over and eliminate the 'operator error' class of issues that Tom is thinking might be happening. private mail is ok. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general