Re: Restore functionality in 1.2RC2 and [possibile]

Quoting Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>:

> Keith C. Perry wrote:
> > I might have missed this in a previous discussion but is the "restore"
> function
> > working as of RC2 or is it not complete.  The reason I ask is because one
> of the
> > things I think would be useful (but maybe not easy to implement) is being
> about
> > to  have the copy command work files on the same node as pgadmin instead of
> the
> > database server's filesystem.  I would really like to upload my datasets
> without
> > having to ftp the file to the server first.  The backup/restore
> functionality
> > provide a bit of a help in that it work with the filesystem you are running
> the
> > client from.
> > 
> > Backup (table dumping) seems to work but when I tried to restore, the OK
> button
> > stays greyed out.
> 
> If the button is greyed out, the file selected isn't a valid file for 
> pgAdmin. Use COMPRESSED or TAR format for backup, PLAIN isn't readable 
> for pgAdmin.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas

Ahh, that explains that.  I never do binary dumps.  So now you already know what
my next questions is.  Any chance of the PLAIN format being a future option?

-- 
Keith C. Perry, MS E.E.
Director of Networks & Applications
VCSN, Inc.
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