On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 13:33:21 -0600
Sergei Agalakov <sergei.agala...@getmyle.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Currently as in PG 9.4, 9.5 the order of the statements in the script 
> produced by pg_dump is uncertain even for the same versions of the 
> databases and pg_dump.
> One database may script grants like
> 
> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE contracttype FROM PUBLIC;
> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE contracttype FROM madmin;
> GRANT ALL ON TABLE contracttype TO madmin;
> GRANT SELECT ON TABLE contracttype TO mro;
> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,DELETE,UPDATE ON TABLE contracttype TO musers;
> 
> and the other may change the order of grants like
> 
> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE contracttype FROM PUBLIC;
> REVOKE ALL ON TABLE contracttype FROM madmin;
> GRANT ALL ON TABLE contracttype TO madmin;
> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,DELETE,UPDATE ON TABLE contracttype TO musers;
> GRANT SELECT ON TABLE contracttype TO mro;
> 
> It complicates the usage of pg_dump to compare the structures of the two 
> similar databases like DEV and PROD, two development branches etc.

I don't think pg_dump was ever intended to serve that purpose.

dbsteward, on the other hand, does what you want:
https://github.com/nkiraly/DBSteward/wiki

-- 
Bill Moran


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