amul sul <sula...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There's a comment in dumpExtension() that explains it.
> Let me explain the case I'm trying to tackle. I have two old dump > data, each of them have couple objects depend on plpgsql. I have > restored first dump and trying restore second dump using 'pg_restore > -c' command, it is failing with following error: > ERROR: cannot drop extension plpgsql because other objects depend on it This is hardly specific to extensions. If you try a restore with -c into a database that has other random objects besides what's in the dump, you could get errors from * dropping tables that are referenced by foreign keys from tables not known in the dump * dropping functions that are used in views not known in the dump * dropping operators or opclasses used by indexes not known in the dump etc etc. > Works well without '-c' option, but that what not a general solution, IMHO. The general solution is either don't restore into a database containing unrelated objects, or be prepared to ignore errors from the DROP commands. The extension case actually works more smoothly than most of the others. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers