Re: Backup and Restore - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From David A. Leedom
Subject Re: Backup and Restore
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Msg-id 5.2.0.9.0.20030605164012.02888230@mail.hightowergroup.com
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In response to Backup and Restore  ("David A. Leedom" <daleedom@hightowergroup.com>)
List pgsql-admin
But I have blobs in my data so I am using -F c

At 01:22 PM 6/5/2003 -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:

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>On Thursday 05 June 2003 04:56, David A. Leedom wrote:
> > I am using 7.2.x. When I run pg_dump on a database the objects are not
> > loaded in the correct dependency order.
> >
> > Soooo.... when I run pg_restore it fails because objects that are needed
> > have not been restored yet (ie.  trieds to restore a view that points to a
> > table that has not yet been restored).  I then monkey around with the Table
> > of Contents (TOC) and am able to get the restore to work.
> >
>
>Don't use pg_restore. Use psql. Note that pg_dump dumps a bunch of SQL
>commands.
>
>This is also a cheap way to "vacuum" the database:
>
># pg_dump <dbname> | gzip > dump.gz
># dropdb <dbname>
># createdb <dbname>
># gunzip -c dump.gz > psql <dbname>
>
>- --
>Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>
>(was jgardn@alumni.washington.edu)
>Live Free, Use Linux!
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