The dump file is binary format when using:
pg_dump -Fc --compress=9

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From: Uwe C. Schroeder [mailto:uwe@oss4u.com]
Sent: Thu 3/24/2005 8:57 PM
To: Lee Wu
Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_dump, pg_restore, insert vs copy



On Thursday 24 March 2005 08:35, Lee Wu wrote:
> I believe you're right.
>
> Any easy way to find out if -d was used if dump is done someone else?

yes, just look into your dump file. If it contains INSERT statements -d was
used, if it contains COPY statement -d was not used.



>
> Thanks,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:11 AM
> To: Lee Wu
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_dump, pg_restore, insert vs copy
>
> "Lee Wu" <Lwu@mxlogic.com> writes:
> > MY OS command is:
> > pg_restore -v -t mytable -d mydb -U postgres -R my.dmp
>
> That doesn't prove a thing; the question is what you typed at pg_dump.
>
> Thinking about it, I wonder if you did "pg_dump -d mydb ..."
> -d means something different to pg_dump than pg_restore.
>
> regards, tom lane
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