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I was expecting `pg_dumpall` to get the `--format` option in v18,[0] but at the moment the docs say it's still only available in the development branch.[1] Is
by DicIfTEx 11mo ago
I was expecting `pg_dumpall` to get the `--format` option in v18,[0] but at the moment the docs say it's still only available in the development branch.[1]
Is anyone familiar with Postgres development able to give an update on the state of the feature? Is it planned for a future (18 or 19) release?
[0]: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=1495eff7bdb0779cc54ca04f3bd768f647240df2 https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit...
[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/app-pgdump.html#:~:text=%2DF%20format,cannot%20be%20changed%20during%20restore. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/app-pgdump.html#:~:tex...
- anarazel 11mo agoThe docs for 18 also show it, where do you get from that it's not available for 18?
- DicIfTEx 11mo agoAh my mistake, I linked to the docs for `pg_dump` (which has long had the `format` option) rather than `pg_dumpall` (which lacks it). Before Postgres 18 was released, the docs listed `format` as an option for `pg_dumpall` in the upcoming version 18 (e.g. Wayback Machine from Jun 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250624230110/https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/app-pg-dumpall.html#:~:text=%2D%2Dformat%20is%20plain-,%2DF%20format,the%20oid%20of%20the%20database.,-Note:%20see%20pg_dump https://web.archive.org/web/20250624230110/https://www.postg... ). The relevant commit is from Apr 2025 (see link #0 in my original comment). But now all mention has been scrubbed, even from the Devel branch docs.
- anarazel 11mo agoIt got reverted for now: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=ce9a6244b5b4ce1df71611512a757353803404a5 https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit...