Re: Backup and Restore

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On Thursday 05 June 2003 04:56, David A. Leedom wrote:
> I am using 7.2.x. When I run pg_dump on a database the objects are not
> loaded in the correct dependency order.
>
> Soooo.... when I run pg_restore it fails because objects that are needed
> have not been restored yet (ie.  trieds to restore a view that points to a
> table that has not yet been restored).  I then monkey around with the Table
> of Contents (TOC) and am able to get the restore to work.
>

Don't use pg_restore. Use psql. Note that pg_dump dumps a bunch of SQL
commands.

This is also a cheap way to "vacuum" the database:

# pg_dump <dbname> | gzip > dump.gz
# dropdb <dbname>
# createdb <dbname>
# gunzip -c dump.gz > psql <dbname>

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Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>
(was jgardn@alumni.washington.edu)
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