Re: moving DB

Related to this- how do you accomplish the same this while preserving the existing OIDs?

>>> Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@xtra.co.nz> 06/06/00 02:33AM >>>
On Sat, 12 Jul 2036, rocael@usa.net wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> well, can somebody tell me how to move a DB (e.g. I have a DB named  NET in
> PC1 under pg6.5.3 and I want to put it in PC2 under pg7.0)
> should I copy just the data/base/NET/ directory and the paste it in the
> data/base of the PC2...

No, No, don't do that.
pg7.x cannot read databases created by pg6.5.3

> which are the exactly steps...
> 
> :o) thanx

use pg_dumpall on PC1 and then read it back in on the other system.

pg_dumpall -o > db.out   # on PC1

move the db.out file to PC2 in whatever way is appropriate.

psql -e template1 < db.out   # on PC2

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