Document that pg_dump -d/-D prevents invalid data from canceling the

entire table load.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 986a0d21afb8940726cab4b8ebfa4664f81e2a10..b29fe248dcf4e1b6854aaa263a5ccf7cb4ff2c87 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         non-PostgreSQL databases.  Note that
         the restore may fail altogether if you have rearranged column order.
         The -D option is safer, though even slower.
+        Also, while this option generates errors for invalid data, 
+        it allows other INSERTs to continue loading
+        data into the table.
        
       
      
@@ -190,6 +193,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
         ...).  This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
         useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
         non-PostgreSQL databases.
+        Also, while this option generates errors for invalid data, 
+        it allows other INSERTs to continue loading
+        data into the table.