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- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.73 2004/07/13 02:59:49 momjian Exp $
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+ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.74 2004/10/21 22:48:54 tgl Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
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@@ -175,9 +175,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Dump data as <command>INSERT</command> commands (rather
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- than <command>COPY</command>). This will make restoration very
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- slow, but it makes the archives more portable to other SQL database
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- management systems.
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+ than <command>COPY</command>). This will make restoration very slow;
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+ it is mainly useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
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+ non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases. Note that
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+ the restore may fail altogether if you have rearranged column order.
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+ The <option>-D</option> option is safer, though even slower.
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</para>
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column names (<literal>INSERT INTO
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<replaceable>table</replaceable>
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(<replaceable>column</replaceable>, ...) VALUES
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- ...</literal>). This will make restoration very slow,
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- but it is necessary if you desire to rearrange the column ordering.
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+ ...</literal>). This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
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+ useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
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+ non-<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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