Re: pg_restore - generated column - not populating

The pg_restore command is actually  pg_restore -Ft -d mydb mydb.tar (my
mistake).

I didn't provide the -h -p -U since I use the super user account to restore
(I will try adding them). The restore had always worked until I altered the
table in the source database.

After I added the column, the restore still takes place but does not
populate the generated column. I did a backup using pgAdmin and the restore
populated all data using the same syntax on the tar file. So my
suspicion is that pg_dump is not doing the dump correctly. I will work on
it further. Thanks for your suggestions.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:23 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
wrote:

> On 2/22/21 7:43 PM, Santosh Udupi wrote:
> > If I backup using pgAdmin, I am able to restore using pg_restore but for
> > some reason, pg_rsestore on the output from pg_dump does not create
> > values for the generated columns
> >
>
> To troubleshoot this:
>
> 1) Stick to one dump/restore combination. The three versions you tried
> before just confuse the issue. For instance:
>
> pg_dump -Ft mydb > mydb.tar
> pg_restore -Ft -d mydb mydb.backup
>
> makes no sense. As mydb.backup came from:
>
> pg_dump -C -Fc mydb > mydb.backup
>
> I have not tested, but I'm pretty sure the pg_restore just ignored the
> -Ft and just did -Fc.
>
> 2) Big explicit in your dump and restore commands for -h(ost), -p(ort)
> and -U(ser). I suspect you may not be restoring to where you think you are.
>
> 3) Closely follow the progress of both the dump and the restore.
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>