Re: pg_restore cannot restore index

Yep, documentation is wrong. Documentation patch attached and applied.
Also, in 7.3 you will not need the weird quoting for objects.

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Jie Liang wrote:
> Another possible bug:
> pg_restore -i "\"indexname\"" -d mydb mydumpfile
> msg:
> pg_restore: connecting to database for restore
> pg_restore: creating FUNCTION "plpgsql_call_handler" ()
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function
> plpgsql_call_handler already exists with same argument types
> pg_restore: *** aborted because of error
>
> I read the pg_restore.c source code, I found:
> #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
> struct option cmdopts[] = {
> {"clean", 0, NULL, 'c'},
> {"create", 0, NULL, 'C'},
> {"data-only", 0, NULL, 'a'},
> {"dbname", 1, NULL, 'd'},
> {"file", 1, NULL, 'f'},
> {"format", 1, NULL, 'F'},
> {"function", 1, NULL, 'P'},
> {"host", 1, NULL, 'h'},
> {"ignore-version", 0, NULL, 'i'},
> {"index", 1, NULL, 'I'},
> So, -i may be mapped wrong, however, -I is illegal option.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Jie Liang
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jie Liang [mailto:jie(at)stbernard(dot)com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:03 PM
> To: 'Jan Wieck'; Jie Liang
> Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
>
>
>
> OK, we figured it out.
> The problem is the documentation confused me!!!
> In man page of pg_restore:
> -P function-name
> --function=function name
> Specify a procedure or function to be restored.
>
> User will assume that syntax of restoring a function is same as
> restoring a table, but it's not true, it's slightly different.
> To restore a table:
> pg_restore -Rxt mytable -d mydb2 dbf
> works, but to restore a function:
> pg_restore -P myfunction -d mydb2 dbf
> won't work, and you need to use:
> pg_restore -P "\"myfunction\" (args and type)" -d mydb2 dbf
> to make it work!!!!!
>
>
> I believe that the man page of pg_restore should be improved.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jie Liang
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:14 AM
> To: Jie Liang
> Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
>
>
> Jie Liang wrote:
> >
> > Oops,my OS is FreeBSD4.3 PostgreSQL7.2
>
> I cannot see such an error message in the pg_restore sources at all. Are
> you sure to use the right versions together?
>
>
> Jan
>
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jie Liang
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jie Liang
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:46 PM
> > To: 'Jan Wieck'
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > Subject: RE: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> >
> > No any error msg in the logfile, I didn't see any create function
> statement
> > in my logfile which I enabled the query log.
> > This function is written in PL/pgSQL which is enabled in target db,
> > If I pg_dump the schema into a plain text file, I can see its defination
> > there, I can easily copy & paste (restore) it into mydb2.
> > however, I failed to restore it by using flag -P with compressed file.
> > I also tried to use
> > su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_restore --function=myfunction
> > --dbname=mydb2 dbf"
> > error msg
> > pg_restore: [archiver] could not open input file: No such file or
> directory
> >
> > weird???
> >
> > I use
> > pg_restore -Rxt mytable -d mydb2 dbf
> > have no such a problem, it works.
> >
> > Is any syntax error??
> > I am confused by documentation now!
> > Is it a bug????
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jie Liang
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 12:39 PM
> > To: Jie Liang
> > Cc: 'Bruce Momjian'; 'admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'; 'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'
> > Subject: Re: [SQL] pg_restore cannot restore function
> >
> > Jie Liang wrote:
> > >
> > > I use
> > > pg_dump -Fc mydb > dbf
> > > then I create another db by:
> > > createdb mydb2
> > > I use
> > > pg_restore -P myfunction -d mydb2 dbf
> > >
> > > cannot restore myfunction into mydb2
> > >
> > > why??????
> >
> > Good question. Is there any error message in the postmaster log?
> >
> > If the function is written in a procedural language, is that language
> > enabled in the target database? If the function is written in the SQL
> > language, do all underlying objects like tables and views exist? If it's
> > a C language function, does the shared object containing the function
> > exist at the expected location?
> >
> > Jan
> >
> > --
> >
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>
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