tfo(at)alumni(dot)brown(dot)edu (Thomas F. O'Connell) writes:
> In using pg_dump to dump an existing postgres database, I get the
> following:
> pg_dump: WARNING: out of shared memory
> pg_dump: attempt to lock table <table name> failed: ERROR: out of
> shared memory
> HINT: You may need to increase max_locks_per_transaction.
> Am I correct in thinking that, despite the
> hint, it's more likely that I need to up the shared_buffers?
No.
regards, tom lane