"Tim Mickol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what are the: <schema_name>|<schema_owner>| directives all about? Good question. They look like an abbreviated select from pg_database, but pg_dumpall shouldn't be doing any such thing. Is it possible you've got a locally modified pg_dumpall script? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster