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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 | 89160369ec8b706285478bbcb2096c65dd5295ba (patch) | |
| tree | cad3cf90efe1c6b616abfe1611439aafe55c5021 | |
| parent | 636b6f99c215217b7e112dc2a97ff1a12f0bd21e (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 948e5e361d1..18a88d51a21 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ 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> @@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ 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> @@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ 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> @@ -699,8 +699,8 @@ 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> @@ -853,8 +853,8 @@ 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> |