Thanks Tom and Adrian,
The clarity is helpful - We'll run up a solution to specifically choose the elements.
cheers
Ben
On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 at 00:45, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ben Madin <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> " Is the index number ( the archive ID) assigned at the time of creation
> of the archive and not otherwise related to the item in the
> original database?"
Yes, it's just assigned internally during pg_dump. I think the numbers
would hold still as long as you make no DDL changes in the database, but
as soon as you do, all bets are off.
regards, tom lane
Dr Ben Madin
BVMS MVPHMgmt PhD MANZCVS GAICD
Managing Director