Re: Cannot recreate DB scheme using pg_dump

prakashn@uci.edu writes:
> I've attached the schema dump, and the corresponding psql output when 
> run by the superuser as "psql -f schema_dump db_name >& psql_output".  

Okay, I see the problem: pg_dump is losing track of which session
authorization it's currently got selected.  This is a consequence of
what the ACL-dumping code has to do to replicate GRANTs granted by
non-owners.  The attached patch (against 7.4 branch) seems to fix it.

			regards, tom lane

Index: pg_backup_archiver.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c,v
retrieving revision 1.79.2.2
diff -c -r1.79.2.2 pg_backup_archiver.c
*** pg_backup_archiver.c	24 Feb 2004 03:35:43 -0000	1.79.2.2
--- pg_backup_archiver.c	19 Jul 2004 20:56:06 -0000
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*** 2262,2267 ****
--- 2262,2278 ----
  			ahprintf(AH, "%s\n\n", te->defn);
  	}
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * If it's an ACL entry, it might contain SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION
+ 	 * commands, so we can no longer assume we know the current auth setting.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (strncmp(te->desc, "ACL", 3) == 0)
+ 	{
+ 		if (AH->currUser)
+ 			free(AH->currUser);
+ 		AH->currUser = NULL;
+ 	}
+ 
  	return 1;
  }