Re: pg_group_name_index corrupt?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_group_name_index corrupt?
Date: 2000-05-05 05:16:06
Message-ID: 200005050516.BAA12456@candle.pha.pa.us
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> >> Would a pg_upgrade fix this, or do I have to do a whole dump/reload?
>
> > pg_upgrade *should* work, but if I were you I'd make a backup dump
> > first, just in case. I don't trust pg_upgrade very much...
>
> Oh, btw: pg_upgrade will *not* work to save and reload your group
> definitions, because neither it nor pg_dumpall do anything at all with
> pg_group! For that matter, a full dumpall/reload won't preserve
> groups either!
>
> I griped about that a week or so ago, but no one seems to have picked up
> on it. Do you want to consider that a "must fix" problem as well?
> I think it's a pretty minor fix, but considering how late we are in the
> cycle...

Please give me something to add to the TODO.

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