Backup / restore procedure documentation
От | Havard Eidnes |
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Тема | Backup / restore procedure documentation |
Дата | |
Msg-id | 20030724.152542.107639297.he@uninett.no обсуждение исходный текст |
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Re: Backup / restore procedure documentation
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Список | pgsql-docs |
Hi, I'm a postresql novice but otherwise a Unix system administrator. I recently upgraded one of my postgresql installations from 7.2.2 to 7.3.3, and saved the pg_dumpall output for reload after the upgrade. However, I find that the documentation of the restore procedure as found in sections 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 in and of itself to be inadequate. The procedure in 9.1.2 says "can be restored with psql as described above", referring to section 9.1.1, which says: psql dbname < infile The text in 9.1.2 fails to mention where "dbname" is to be taken from in this context. The exact procedure one need to follow is however documented in section 1.4, where it is specified that you need to use the "template1" database when restoring a full database dump, like so: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -d template1 -f outputfile Attempts at doing psql < outputfile (which I incorrectly assumed would do the right thing) with a newly-initialized database system just stonewalled me with psql: FATAL: Database "pgsql" does not exist in the system catalog. I think the documentation in section 9.1.2 should be improved to better reflect the required procedure as described in section 1.4, and/or a cross reference should be given, so that this information can be more easily found. Regards, - Håvard
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