Re: pg_restore - generated column - not populating

On 2/23/21 7:39 AM, Santosh Udupi wrote:
> Got it. Must be the version difference. I run pgAdmin on Windows PC but
> direct pg_dump on Ubuntu 20.04.

The OS does not really make a difference it is the pg_dump/restore
versions and the Postgres server(s) versions that are important.

>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 7:27 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 2/23/21 6:36 AM, Santosh Udupi wrote:
> > The pg_restore command is actually pg_restore -Ft -d mydb
> mydb.tar (my
> > mistake).
> >
> > I didn't provide the -h -p -U since I use the super user account to
> > restore (I will try adding them). The restore had always worked
> until I
> > altered the table in the source database.
> >
> > After I added the column, the restore still takes place but does not
> > populate the generated column. I did a backup using pgAdmin and the
> > restore populated all data using the same syntax on the tar file.
> So my
> > suspicion is that pg_dump is not doing the dump correctly. I will
> work
> > on it further. Thanks for your suggestions.
> >
>
> pgAdmin uses pg_dump to do backups.
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>

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