pg_dump without oids

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#1Stéphane Schildknecht
stephane.schildknecht@postgresqlfr.org

Hi all,

pg_dump and pg_dumpall have the -o option that should tell them to
include oids in dump. I didn't chose this option, and the dump doesn't
include "WITH OIDS", but the tables are created with oids when restoring
this dump.

I'm dumping from 7.4.5 to 8.2.1.
I do have
#default_with_oids = off
in postgresql.conf for 8.2.

Is there a way to prevent creating table with oids ?

A table created by psql client is created without OID.

Thanks by advance

St�phane Schildknecht

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Stéphane Schildknecht (#1)
Re: pg_dump without oids

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Schildknecht?= <stephane.schildknecht@postgresqlfr.org> writes:

pg_dump and pg_dumpall have the -o option that should tell them to
include oids in dump. I didn't chose this option, and the dump doesn't
include "WITH OIDS", but the tables are created with oids when restoring
this dump.

You misunderstand what that option is for: it's for trying to preserve
the exact OID values present in your old installation. It's not about
adding or removing OID columns.

Is there a way to prevent creating table with oids ?

No, and I don't think it'd be within pg_dump's charter to editorialize
on table definitions like that. Instead see ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS.

regards, tom lane