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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2021-01-13 13:30:04 -0500 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2021-01-13 13:30:04 -0500 |
| commit | 7343a155925107aec07676ab5c5247b4c16f4bdc (patch) | |
| tree | 700c3c0596e8c60a1373a1e78e9e85f140a3da51 | |
| parent | f2b268ee0626286d15a1eaa78fe1704811d51cd4 (diff) | |
Doc: clarify behavior of back-half options in pg_dump.
Options that change how the archive data is converted to SQL text
are ignored when dumping to archive formats. The documentation
previously said "not meaningful", which is not helpful.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/161052021249.12228.9598689907884726185@wrigleys.postgresql.org
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index aa938cf10c3..b48a4b59c20 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For - the archive formats, you can specify the option when you + This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output + file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call <command>pg_restore</command>. </para> </listitem> @@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For - the archive formats, you can specify the option when you + This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output + file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call <command>pg_restore</command>. </para> </listitem> @@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For - the archive formats, you can specify the option when you + This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output + file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call <command>pg_restore</command>. </para> </listitem> @@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For - the archive formats, you can specify the option when you + This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output + file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call <command>pg_restore</command>. </para> </listitem> @@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - This option is only meaningful for the plain-text format. For - the archive formats, you can specify the option when you + This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output + file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call <command>pg_restore</command>. </para> </listitem> |