Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Now I understand. I wonder if this would be a good time to ask about
> whether pg_restore could be made to work with plain-text files:)
Not in any particularly useful way --- the plain text dump wouldn't
really support selective restore, etc etc.
> ... Though I could see a shortcut that passes a plain text file to
> psql or at least creates an error message that says:
> "Please use psql with the -f option to restore this file"
Yeah, I was thinking a hint might be the most useful fix too.
regards, tom lane