pg_dump on one user not whole database

[Ruth Hsieh]

The postgreSQL release used is 7.3.4. We would like to dump the objects for
particular user. How? I used -U option, the result still dump all the objects
with all the users.

In order to migrate to 7.4, if the users were not created in 7.4 the pg_dump
result will fail or create under wrong user. How to prevent this?

What is different between pg_restore and psql if restore the pg_dump result? I
tried to use pg_restore, but it always fail. However, using psql it work. In
turn of the performance, which one is the faster?

Thanks
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Ruth Hsieh
Mobility IN, Lucent Technologies

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[Keith C. Perry]

Quoting Ruth Hsieh <rh****@lucent.com>:

The postgreSQL release used is 7.3.4. We would like to dump the objects for
particular user. How? I used -U option, the result still dump all the
objects
with all the users.
The -U is just the user you connect as. I think you what you might be wanting
to do dump a particular table or database. Some more information about how your
system is set up would be useful here but I think a not so elegant solution
would be so dump each database own by the user your want manual. There may be a
way to dump all the database's owned by a certain user but I don't know.
In order to migrate to 7.4, if the users were not created in 7.4 the pg_dump
result will fail or create under wrong user. How to prevent this?
I had a problem with this when I was test 7.4beta5. The easiest thing to do I
round was to use the pg_dumpall program from 7.4. You can dump over a tcp/ip
connection. I had no problems loading data from 7.1.3 or 7.3.4 using that method.
What is different between pg_restore and psql if restore the pg_dump result?
I
tried to use pg_restore, but it always fail. However, using psql it work.
In
turn of the performance, which one is the faster?
I don't use pg_restore because I prefer to dump as text. Pg_restore gives you
better flexibility in your restores but it is not text based. I don't know but
I supect that pg_restore is probably faster on "large" data sets.
Thanks
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Ruth Hsieh
Mobility IN, Lucent Technologies

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Keith C. Perry, MS E.E.
Director of Networks & Applications
VCSN, Inc.
http://vcsn.com

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