postgres - pg_dump and pg_restore without roles I'm trying to restore a dump without having the appropriate roles on the receiving database.
As mentioned here but also here, you need to have the --no-owner as an option, either in pg_dump or pg_restore or both.
I've used the following command line to create my dump:
&quot;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_dump.exe&quot; --no-owner -Ft --dbname=postgresql://avo******:AV0******?@127.0.0.1:5432/BI_DB &gt; K:\BI\backup\sort\bck_%timestamp%.tar

The restoring line is as follows:
&quot;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_restore.exe&quot; --host localhost --port 5432 --username &quot;postgres&quot; --dbname &quot;BI_TEST2&quot; --no-password  --no-owner --role=postgres --exit-on-error --verbose &quot;D:\D\avo\backup\bck_04042017_1410.tar&quot;

As you can see, both have the --no-owner option but eventually, I have the error below:

What terribly bugs me is the log below:
pg_restore: [programme d'archivage (db)] Erreur pendant le traitement de la TOC (« PROCESSING TOC ») :
pg_restore: [programme d'archivage (db)] Erreur à partir de l'entrée TOC 2633 ; 0 0 ACL adm avo******
pg_restore: [programme d'archivage (db)] could not execute query: ERREUR:  role « avo****** Â» does not exist

Why does it say it needs a role even if the --no-owner was specified?
Did I miss something?
I'm running on Postgres 9.3
The error occurs when pg_restore set the ACLs : you can use --no-acl to prevent GRANT commands. 

With the -Ft option in pg_dump, you can skip roles and ACLs only in pg_restore. You can also edit the catalog with --list if you need more details.