I haven't tried the 7.4 beta, so it may be fixed there - but in
7.3.4, pg_dumpall doesn't generate the commands to create schemas
in the right order. This bug may have been reported before, but
I saw no response to it in the lists.

Try this in a fresh database after an initdb:

template1=# create user test nocreatedb nocreateuser;
CREATE USER
template1=# create database testdb;
CREATE DATABASE
template1=# \c testdb
You are now connected to database testdb.
testdb=# create schema authorization test;
CREATE SCHEMA
testdb=# set session authorization test;
SET
testdb=# set search_path="test";
SET
testdb=# create table abc ();
CREATE TABLE
template1=# \q
testdb=# \q

$ pg_dumpall -U postgres
--
-- PostgreSQL database cluster dump
--

\connect "template1"

--
-- Users
--

DELETE FROM pg_shadow WHERE usesysid <> (SELECT datdba FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'template0');

CREATE USER test WITH SYSID 100 NOCREATEDB NOCREATEUSER;


--
-- Groups
--

DELETE FROM pg_group;



--
-- Database creation
--

CREATE DATABASE testdb WITH OWNER = postgres TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'SQL_ASCII';


\connect template1
--
-- PostgreSQL database dump
--

--
-- TOC entry 2 (OID 1)
-- Name: DATABASE template1; Type: COMMENT; Schema: -; Owner:
--

COMMENT ON DATABASE template1 IS 'Default template database';


\connect testdb
--
-- PostgreSQL database dump
--

SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION 'test';

--
-- TOC entry 2 (OID 16977)
-- Name: test; Type: SCHEMA; Schema: -; Owner: test
--

************************************************** ***********************
This will fail because user 'test' has not been granted
create on the database (which pg_dump also fails to output,
but that's a separate bug) It should create the schema as
the superuser, then switch to the use to create tables within
that schema.
************************************************** ***********************

CREATE SCHEMA test;


SET search_path = test, pg_catalog;

--
-- TOC entry 3 (OID 16978)
-- Name: abc; Type: TABLE; Schema: test; Owner: test
--

CREATE TABLE abc (
);


--
-- Data for TOC entry 4 (OID 16978)
-- Name: abc; Type: TABLE DATA; Schema: test; Owner: test
--

COPY abc FROM stdin;
\.


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I tested this bug in 7.4beta2 and it still generates the 'create schema'
after the 'set session auth' which causes a failure upon restore.

Fortunately with the other bug I reported being fixed that gives me
the work around of just granting create on the database to the users
that own the schemas.


On Thu, 04 Sep 2003, Ben Grimm wrote:

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This has been fixed in the current CVS snapshot and will be in the next
7.4 beta. Thanks.

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