Hi Curtis,
> thanks for the advice. i now have a different error. :(
I suspected you would, but without knowing the commands you were using
decided guessing would only be confusing! Only the archive formats
from pg_dump are intended to be used with pg_restore. The default
output can be restored by psql:
$ pg_dump fubar > fubar.sql
$ createdb fubar2
CREATE DATABASE
$ psql fubar2 < fubar.sql
You are now connected as new user giles.
CREATE
$
$ pg_dump --format=c fubar > fubar.dump
$ createdb fubar2
CREATE DATABASE
$ pg_restore --dbname=fubar2 < fubar.dump
pg_restore: [archiver] WARNING:
Data restoration may fail because existing triggers cannot be disabled
(no superuser user name specified). This is only a problem when
restoring into a database with already existing triggers.
$
Regards,
Giles