Re: Cannot restore table using pg_restore - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Cannot restore table using pg_restore
Date
Msg-id 377.1227638829@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Cannot restore table using pg_restore  (Bill Todd <pg@dbginc.com>)
List pgsql-general
Bill Todd <pg@dbginc.com> writes:
> I am trying to restore a table named contact in the contact schema. I
> have tried two methods. The first is the command

> pg_restore --dbname=app --format=custom --schema=contact
> --table=contact.contact --username=postgres --single-transaction
> contact.backup

The correct incantation is
    --schema=contact --table=contact
You can use the qualified-name syntax in pg_dump's --table switch,
but nobody's gotten around to making pg_restore similarly bright.


> pg_restore -L contact.list contact.backup > result.txt
> This also runs without error but does not restore anything.

Well, in that form it's not supposed to do anything except emit SQL
into result.txt --- you probably want to use the -d switch, or else
pipe the SQL into psql.

            regards, tom lane

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