Re: pg_dump empty tables

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 2:25 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 6/23/20 9:44 AM, Edu Gargiulo wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:45 AM Adrian Klaver
> > <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/23/20 7:37 AM, Edu Gargiulo wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:56 AM Adrian Klaver
> > > <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
> > <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> > <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 6/23/20 6:48 AM, Edu Gargiulo wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 10:34 AM Adrian Klaver
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> > <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 6/23/20 6:30 AM, Edu Gargiulo wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > We are using postgresql 11.7 on Debian.
> > > > > I noticed that pg_dump is not including records on
> > tables with
> > > > fields
> > > > > defined as array type (integer[] and real[]). The
> table
> > > structure is
> > > > > normally restored but they have 0 records on
> restoring.
> > > >
> > > > What is the complete command you are using when
> > running pg_dump?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > /usr/bin/pg_dump -d historic -Z 9 -Fc -f srvtsdb01.dmp
> > >
> > > Coffee has kicked in and I realized I should have asked for
> the
> > > pg_restore command as well. So what is that?
> > >
> > >
> > > pg_restore -d historic -h localhost --clean srvtsdb01.dmp
> > > pg_restore -d historic --schema well --verbose srvtsdb01.dmp
> > > pg_restore -d historic --schema well --clean --verbose
> srvtsdb01.dmp
> > >
> >
> > With --verbose are you seeing any errors?
> >
> > What does pg_restore -V show?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your response Adrian, looking at the pg_restore output I saw
> > issues with triggers and timescaledb extension on restoring those empty
> > tables.
>
> I'm going to bet that is the problem.
>
> What where the errors?
>
> Is the timescaledb extension installed on the database you are restoring
> to?
>
> It was not installed on the restoring database. After install and execute
timescaledb_pre_restore() and timescaledb_post_restore() before and after
pg_restore it was restored normally.

Thank you very much