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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 | c77f31171c8349d9ae4d6328be1922f06c5d590f (patch) | |
tree | 112970714ee6760d34cede50f882f2b9c170e1a9 | |
parent | bff8d0fe3bff0ce52c0343d81afa8f1745d0209e (diff) | |
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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 8ff5b7417fc..aef96ec30fa 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> @@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ 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> @@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ 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> @@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ 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> @@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ 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> |