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| author | Stephen Frost | 2016-11-29 15:35:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Stephen Frost | 2016-11-29 15:35:16 +0000 |
| commit | f45719997d3c8c8feb563ea9976ced15681de1ce (patch) | |
| tree | a1f82532e2a1288d124e1b5339fff624567f847f /doc | |
| parent | a982b02a49e13a488c95cacf90cb197b59d60069 (diff) | |
Clarify pg_dump -b documentation
The documentation around the -b/--blobs option to pg_dump seemed to
imply that it might be possible to add blobs to a "schema-only" dump or
similar. Clarify that blobs are data and therefore will only be
included in dumps where data is being included, even when -b is used to
request blobs be included.
The -b option has been around since before 9.2, so back-patch to all
supported branches.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20161119173316.GA13284@tamriel.snowman.net
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index 2f8871f1d30..204bd739a9b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -130,8 +130,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <para> Include large objects in the dump. This is the default behavior except when <option>--schema</>, <option>--table</>, or - <option>--schema-only</> is specified, so the <option>-b</> - switch is only useful to add large objects to selective dumps. + <option>--schema-only</> is specified. The <option>-b</> + switch is therefore only useful to add large objects to dumps + where a specific schema or table has been requested. Note that + blobs are considered data and therefore will be included when + --data-only is used, but not when --schema-only is. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |