Re: Documentation clarification request: pg_dumpall and Large Objects

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Radoulov, Dimitre" <cichomitiko@gmail.com>, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-03-29T18:12:17Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
On Sun, 2026-03-29 at 13:55 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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.

Thank you,
Laurenz Albe



Commits

  1. Doc: clarify introductory description of pg_dumpall.

  2. Add non-text output formats to pg_dumpall