Re: pg_dumpall size twist - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dumpall size twist
Date
Msg-id 9058.1224622542@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_dumpall size twist  (Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm@wwu.edu>)
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Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm@wwu.edu> writes:
> It turns out that one specific database called postgres is growing each time I perform a restore from the pg_dumpall
files.
> The database postgres has gone from 5.1MB to 10MB to 15MB to 20MB. No other database is growing like this. The
pg_dumpallis using the -c flag to drop databases before restoring them. 

> When I do a restore I do this command: psql -U postgres -f alldb postgres.
> Has it something to do with using postgres as the starting db?

Well, yeah: you can't drop the database you're connected to.  It might
be a good idea to pay attention to the errors emitted by the dump
script...

            regards, tom lane

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