Re: Backup questions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera Munoz
Subject Re: Backup questions
Date
Msg-id 20040730170718.GA22690@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: Backup questions  ("Jason Tesser" <JTesser@nbbc.edu>)
List pgsql-general
On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:20:31AM -0500, Jason Tesser wrote:
> Does anyone know what is going on with my 2nd question below?

I think you'd have to show a specific example.

> > 2.  I thought the best way was to create a script that would use pg_dump to
> > create a dump every night and then use restore if I need to.  I did this
> > but I am having a problem.  Apparently there were a few Primary key Big
> > Serial fields that had the name changed on them after they were created.
> > The backup works fine but during the restore it fails because it thinks a
> > relation is missing.  Before restoring the database with the changed fields
> > works fine, I just cannot get it to restore.  Is there something in the
> > background that Postgres is hanging on to after I renamed the fields that
> > is preventing me from restoring?  How can I work around this?

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