Re: Dumping/Restoring with constraints? - Mailing list pgsql-general

"Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com> writes:
> This is the dump command being used on a 8.2.3 database on Linux:

>    $ pg_dumpall > mydb.sql
>    $ umask 077
>    $ gzip mydb.sql

> Then I download the mydb.sql.gz file into my local computer (Mac OSX
> with 8.3.3) and unzip it to mydb.sql.

That's all fine ...

> The local database is already created, with all tables and constraints and all.

... but this isn't.  A pg_dump script expects to restore into an empty
database.  For pg_dumpall, you shouldn't even have created the
databases, just start from a virgin installation.

            regards, tom lane