Re: list tablespaces named in custom format dump

On 5/23/22 10:01 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
> On 5/23/22 11:00, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> On 5/23/22 9:54 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
>>> On 5/23/22 10:50, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>
>>> Roger that, but does the dump of a database name the tablespaces from
>>> which the objects were retrieved? And if so, is that accessible?
>>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/app-pgrestore.html
>>
>> "--no-tablespaces
>>
>>     Do not output commands to select tablespaces. With this option,
>> all objects will be created in whichever tablespace is the default
>> during restore.
>> "
>>
>> Would indicate it does. I don't have cluster set up with tablespaces
>> to test, but I would try:
>>
>> pg_restore -l <custom_format_file>
>>
>> This will produce a Table of Contents for the file.
>>
> Ah, missed that. Thanks.
> (Now I'll have to find the version used to dump the db...)

If you have it just use the Postgres 14 version of pg_restore it will be
able to read older files from older versions of pg_dump.

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Adrian Klaver
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