On 2025-01-23 Th 3:18 AM, Srinath Reddy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in pg_restore archive format option is parsed using only the first
> character of the value but in pg_dump the archive format option's
> value is compared with whole string using pg_strcasecmp is there any
> specific reason?
>
>
`git blame` tells me that this switch statement goes back to 2001.
Seeking a reason at this distance is unlikely to be productive. Probably
we were not nearly as careful then as we are now about such things. Feel
free to submit a patch tightening the test.
cheers
andrew
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