Re: Bug in pg_dump/restore -o

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Given a pg_dump archive containing OIDs, I would expect a schema-only
>> pg_restore followed by a data-only pg_restore to produce the same end
>> result as a schema+data restore, no?

> That is the big question, if they are doing a schema-only restore, will
> then then do a data-only restore, or will they not.  My guess is that
> they will not or they would have just restored the whole thing.

> The downside of setting the oid counter on schema-only is that you have
> set the counter much higher than they may have wanted, especially if
> they are doing the schema-only restore to somehow get the counter down
> again.  The downside of _not_ setting the oid counter on schema-only is
> that they may have duplicate oids between system and user tables.  That
> seems less of a risk than the former, and much less likely to happen.

Good points.  So I guess you are saying it would be okay to treat the
setMaxOid TOC item as data, and have it appear only in schema+data or
data-only restores.  In that case, back to plan A.
        regards, tom lane