Re: Errors when restoring backup created by pg_dumpall

On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM PopeRigby <poperigby@mailbox.org> wrote:

> On 12/1/24 13:55, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> writes:
> >> On 12/1/24 13:14, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> It would be useful to know what is the command at line 4102
> >>> of all.sql.
> >> It is here:
> >> https://gist.github.com/poperigby/fcb59eb6c22c6051800e06a0ec482b49
> >> CREATE TABLE public.geodata_places (
> >>       id integer NOT NULL,
> >>       name character varying(200) NOT NULL,
> >>       longitude double precision NOT NULL,
> >>       latitude double precision NOT NULL,
> >>       "countryCode" character(2) NOT NULL,
> >>       "admin1Code" character varying(20),
> >>       "admin2Code" character varying(80),
> >>       "modificationDate" date NOT NULL,
> >>       "earthCoord" public.earth GENERATED ALWAYS AS
> >> (public.ll_to_earth(latitude, longitude)) STORED,
> >>       "admin1Name" character varying,
> >>       "admin2Name" character varying,
> >>       "alternateNames" character varying
> >> );
> > Ah!  Then the failure occurs because we do a planning pass on the
> > GENERATED expression (I don't remember exactly why that's needed
> > during CREATE TABLE).  So maybe messing with the dump script's
> > search_path setting *would* be enough to get you past that.
> >
> > Having said that, the CREATE should have been seeing the new-style
> > definition of ll_to_earth() if the 1.2 version of earthdistance
> > was correctly installed.
> >
> >                       regards, tom lane
>
> So, is there anything I can do to fix this particular backup? I'm kind
> of stuck here. There's also the issue with it for some reason failing to
> connect to the lldap database after it literally just created it. Some
> weird things going on.
>

Another alternative is to open the .sql file in Notepad++, then add
"public." before all the unqualified "earth" and "ll_to_earth" references.

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