Hi Chad,
Once you have initdbed, try psql -e template1 < myfile.sql
Should work fine if your new system is about the same version as the one the
dump is coming from. Not quite sure were the lines go here. It does not touch
other dbs on new / old machine, only those in the dump, very good.
BR,
aarni
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 18:35, you wrote:
> I know that Ive seen a good article on dumping and restoring, but I cant
> find it.
>
> I am moving my database to another (hopefully faster) machine. I have done
> a pg_dumpall -c myfile.sql and copied it to my new machine. But now I cant
> find any docs on how to restore it.
>
> TIA
> Chad
>
> p.s. Is the content management software that justin talks about @
> techdocs.postgresql.org supposed to help manage all the documentation?
>
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