Re: "Pg_restore -C" is not creating a database ( Was Create database bug in 8.1.3 ? )

Great hint Tom!

pg_restore -C -Fc -d template1 < tdb1b.bak

Did the job. Actually if I specify any other database I am getting the same result ;)
I wanted to use custom (-Fc) option to backup BLOB files.
Why should I use the output of pg_restore to restore my BLOBs (if it is possible at all)?
If it were the case I simply would have used the plain text backup (pg_dump -Fp and then psql)...

Regards. Milen

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:45 PM
To: Milen Kulev
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] "Pg_restore -C" is not creating a database ( Was Create database bug in 8.1.3 ? )

"Milen Kulev" <makulev(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> I am getting the commands you mention:
>> pg_restore -C -Fc tdb1b.bak 1> OUT
>> Less OUT:

>> CREATE DATABASE testdb1 WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'UTF8'
>> TABLESPACE = tbs1; ALTER DATABASE testdb1 OWNER TO pg; \connect
>> testdb1 ...

>> , but testdb1 is NOT created !

Um ... you do realize that in this mode pg_restore just prints the SQL commands to its stdout? You're supposed to pipe
them into psql if you want anything to really happen. Or you can add a -d switch (usually "-d template1" when using -C)
if you want pg_restore to connect to a database server and issue the commands directly.

regards, tom lane

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