Re: pg_dump directory format and proper ordering

Is there a potential issue when restoring in parallel?

I notice for example it fails to re-create some mat views I have in schema
B as they query from some table in schema A that hasn't been created yet at
that moment.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 6:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Wells Oliver <wells(dot)oliver(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Hi: I wanted to check on something: if I pg_dump four schemas in
> directory
> > format with a selection of schemas, and then pg_restore, I'm assuming
> psql
> > will know the order of priority for restoration, meaning it will restore
> > schema A first if schema B/C/D depend on those entities, right?
>
> It tracks dependencies at the per-object level. I'm not aware of any
> way that a schema as such could depend on another, but it should take
> care of correct restoration order for the objects within them.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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