Re: [BUGS] PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

2010-05-12 Thread Russell Smith
On 03/05/10 01:30, Tom Lane wrote: > Russell Smith writes: > >> On 02/05/10 01:36, Tom Lane wrote: >> >>> No, that's the intended place for them given the current division of >>> labor between pg_dump and pg_dumpall. There have been complaints before >>> about this, but no one has propose

Re: [BUGS] PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

2010-05-02 Thread Tom Lane
Russell Smith writes: > On 02/05/10 01:36, Tom Lane wrote: >> No, that's the intended place for them given the current division of >> labor between pg_dump and pg_dumpall. There have been complaints before >> about this, but no one has proposed a better approach (where better >> means "fixes this

Re: [BUGS] PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

2010-05-01 Thread Russell Smith
On 02/05/10 01:36, Tom Lane wrote: > Russell Smith writes: > >> Is this considered a bug that the only way to do a dump/restore with >> database privileges is to use pg_dumpall? >> > No, that's the intended place for them given the current division of > labor between pg_dump and pg_dumpall

Re: [BUGS] PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

2010-05-01 Thread Tom Lane
Russell Smith writes: > Is this considered a bug that the only way to do a dump/restore with > database privileges is to use pg_dumpall? No, that's the intended place for them given the current division of labor between pg_dump and pg_dumpall. There have been complaints before about this, but no

[BUGS] PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

2010-05-01 Thread Russell Smith
Hi, I've recently upgraded to PostgreSQL 8.4 as Redhat had begun supporting it. I have tried to dump database grants, but have only found an obscure way to do it. I would expect; postgres$ pg_dump -Fc database_name > backup.pgdump would include all of the GRANT CONNECT on database_name TO "Rol