Re: Errors when restoring backup created by pg_dumpall

Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> writes:
> On 12/1/24 12:05, PopeRigby wrote:
>> I'm still getting this error:
>>
>> psql:all.sql:4102: ERROR:  type "earth" does not exist
>> LINE 1: ...ians($1))*sin(radians($2))),earth()*sin(radians($1)))::earth

> The issue is still this:
> SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false);
> in the pg_dumpall output.

We've done that for some time, though.

> As was suggested before change the above to:
> SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', 'public', false);
> in the pg_dumpall output file.

I'm betting that won't help. The new-in-17 behavior is that
maintenance commands such as CREATE INDEX internally force
a "safe" search_path, regardless of the prevailing setting.

It would be useful to know what is the command at line 4102
of all.sql.

regards, tom lane