Re: Not clear sentence

Thanks David for the explanation - balancing between TLDR and simplistic.
Those two sentences (from David) make easier to read and understand.

with regards,
Srinivasa Meka (he) | DevOps Solutions Architect
smeka(at)purestorage(dot)com <mailto:smeka(at)purestorage(dot)com>
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> On Jan 21, 2022, at 10:05 AM, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 5:37 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at <mailto:laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>> wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-01-20 at 19:46 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/backup-dump.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/backup-dump.html>
> > Description:
> >
> > Text: This is necessary to fully backup the cluster if running the pg_dump
> > command on individual databases.
> >
> > Please provide an explanation or re-write the same, thanks.
>
> Hm, yes, that could be improved. Perhaps:
>
> This is required for a full backup of the cluster that is performed
> by pg_dump on the individual databases.
>
>
> I don't see a problem with the existing wording. And as the OP hasn't really described what is confusing them it is difficult to contemplate a rewrite that would remove that confusion.
>
> The sentence means that one must run pg_dumpall --globals-only (that is what "this" is referring to without doubt) and add the result to their backup (implied by the wording "necessary to fully backup"; this data is missing...) if their backup routine consists of backing up individual databases using the pg_dump command (exact wording).
>
> If anything, whether one chooses to backup all databases in a cluster individually using pg_dump is immaterial. Any single database backed up using pg_dump is incomplete if it is restored into an empty cluster. One must also restore the globals into that cluster first to produce a valid restoration of that database. The existing wording implies as much (and we rightly assume restoration into a freshly initialized cluster) so still no word-smithing seems needed here.
>
> But hopefully the OP is less confused now.
>
> David J.