Re: just upgraded from 7.0 to version 7.3 problem with pg_dump

Christoph Schmidt <cs.wiechs.ar@swol.de> writes:
> So why not the standard ?

You can write it in the standard syntax if you wish.

pg_dump has its own reasons for using ALTER TABLE (which btw is also
fully standard): it wants to postpone creating indexes until after it's
done the bulk data loading, for speed reasons.

            regards, tom lane