diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index b35c702f99..55d4417168 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -501,6 +501,20 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
+
+
+
+
+ Dump data as INSERT commands (rather than
+ COPY). Controls the maximum number of rows per
+ INSERT command. The value specified must be a
+ number greater than zero. Any error during reloading will cause only
+ rows that are part of the problematic INSERT to be
+ lost, rather than the entire table contents.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
index ea4ac91c00..24719cefe2 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
{"no-sync", no_argument, NULL, 4},
{"no-unlogged-table-data", no_argument, &no_unlogged_table_data, 1},
{"on-conflict-do-nothing", no_argument, &on_conflict_do_nothing, 1},
+ {"rows-per-insert", required_argument, NULL, 7},
{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
};
@@ -329,6 +330,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
simple_string_list_append(&database_exclude_patterns, optarg);
break;
+ case 7:
+ appendPQExpBufferStr(pgdumpopts, " --rows-per-insert ");
+ appendShellString(pgdumpopts, optarg);
+ break;
+
default:
fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
exit_nicely(1);
@@ -648,6 +654,7 @@ help(void)
printf(_(" --no-unlogged-table-data do not dump unlogged table data\n"));
printf(_(" --on-conflict-do-nothing add ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING to INSERT commands\n"));
printf(_(" --quote-all-identifiers quote all identifiers, even if not key words\n"));
+ printf(_(" --rows-per-insert=NROWS number of rows per INSERT; implies --inserts\n"));
printf(_(" --use-set-session-authorization\n"
" use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
" ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));