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Re: Documentation clarification request: pg_dumpall and Large Objects

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: "Radoulov, Dimitre" <cichomitiko@gmail.com>, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-03-29T17:55:11Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> Commit 763aaa06f0 has changed the situation: with the addition of other formats
> than the plain format, it no longer makes sense to say that pg_dumpall
> is not useful for backup.  Still, we should clarify what is *not* included.

> The attached patch does that and in passing improves the readability.

Pushed with trivial grammatical adjustments.  I also failed to resist
the temptation to improve the newly-added text nearby.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Doc: clarify introductory description of pg_dumpall.

  2. Add non-text output formats to pg_dumpall