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On Friday, 5 June 2020 19:23, Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 5, 2020, at 11:20, Laura Smith n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp@protonmail.ch wrote:
> > sudo -u postgres pg_restore -v -C -d foobar 4_foobar_pgdump_Fc
>
> You need to connect to a database that already exists (such as "postgres"); it then creates the database you are
restoringand switches to it. The relevant manual line is:
>
> "When (-C / --create) is used, the database named with -d is used only to issue the initial DROP DATABASE and CREATE
DATABASEcommands. All data is restored into the database name that appears in the archive."
>
>
But doesn't the second half of my original post demonstrate that I tried that very thing ? I did try creating the
databasefirst, but pg_restore just complained even more ?
