Re: restore question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ray O'Donnell
Subject Re: restore question
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Msg-id 89905c07-ae17-a1a7-2a26-ba8ab6109c50@rodonnell.ie
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In response to restore question  (Ronald Haynes <rhaynes74@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: restore question  (Ronald Haynes <rhaynes74@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 19/07/2022 11:11, Ronald Haynes wrote:
> Hi folks,  I am a fairly novice postgresql user.
> 
> 
> 
> I have a backup file for a couple of small postgresql databases.    The 
> backup file was created using postgresql 12.2, my Mac now has a 
> postgresql 13.x or 14.x versions.   I would like to restore the setup 
> from the backup file.
> 

That looks like a dump file generated by pg_dumpall, so restoring it 
should be as simple as:

    psql -f backup-file.sql

You'll possibly need other connection parameters as required by psql, 
such as -U (the PostgreSQL user to use for connecting) or others.

HTH,

Ray.


-- 
Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // Ireland
ray@rodonnell.ie



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