I just ran pg_dumpall from today's CVS against a 14 April server - I got:

pg_dumpall: query failed: ERROR:  type "e" does not exist
pg_dumpall: query was: SELECT spcname, pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(spcowner) AS 
spcowner, spclocation, spcacl FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace WHERE spcname NOT 
LIKE E'pg\_%'

That comes from v1.62 of pg_dumpall.c :

    res = executeQuery(conn, "SELECT spcname, "
                     "pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(spcowner) AS spcowner, "
                       "spclocation, spcacl "
                       "FROM pg_catalog.pg_tablespace "
                       "WHERE spcname NOT LIKE E'pg\\_%'");

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revision 1.62
date: 2005/06/26 03:03:48;  author: momjian;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Add E'' syntax so eventually normal strings can treat backslashes
literally.

Add GUC variables:

        "escape_string_warning" - warn about backslashes in non-E strings
        "escape_string_syntax" - supports E'' syntax?
        "standard_compliant_strings" - treats backslashes literally in ''

Update code to use E'' when escapes are used.
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My version of the server predates those GUC settings - could the code
be assuming that my server can cope with something it can't?
(Normally I would just upgrade everything - and I bet it will work -
but, I think we still recommend that people use new pg_dumpall to
dump their old server when upgrading..)

Cheers,

Patrick

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