8.1beta1: pg_dumpall -c does delete from pg_shadow?

Started by Nonameover 20 years ago2 messages
#1Noname
mark@mark.mielke.cc

Hey all.

Playing around, and pg_dumpall -c does delete from pg_shadow as
part of the role cleanup?

Our friendly psql complains that pg_shadow is a view:

psql:<filename>:11: ERROR: cannot delete from a view
HINT: You need an unconditional ON DELETE DO INSTEAD rule.

And then:

psql:<filename>:13: ERROR: role "<role1>" already exists
psql:<filename>:14: ERROR: role "<role2>" already exists
psql:<filename>:15: ERROR: role "<role3>" already exists

I assume this is easily reproduceable for others...

Cheers,
mark

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Noname (#1)
Re: 8.1beta1: pg_dumpall -c does delete from pg_shadow?

mark@mark.mielke.cc writes:

Our friendly psql complains that pg_shadow is a view:
psql:<filename>:11: ERROR: cannot delete from a view
HINT: You need an unconditional ON DELETE DO INSTEAD rule.

Yeah, this is on the open-items list; the DELETE FROM is broken (and
was always a pretty bogus approach anyway), but it's not very clear
what to do instead.

regards, tom lane