Re: [GENERAL] Copy a database. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Copy a database.
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In response to Copy a database.  (Manik Surtani <manik@post1.com>)
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Manik Surtani <manik@post1.com> writes:

> I currently have a whole bunch of records in a database on one machine.
> I want to copy it all to an identical postgres setup on another
> machine.  I have already created all the necessary tables, with
> identical structures.  i just want to copy the records across.

On the "old" machine:

% pg_dump -a -D -f mydb.dump mydb

Then move mydb.dump to the new machine, and do:

% psql mydb
mydb=> \i mydb.dump

For more information, see 'man pg_dump'.

-tih
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