Re: Copy & Re-copy of DB

From: Ray O'Donnell <ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie>
To: "sivapostgres(at)yahoo(dot)com" <sivapostgres(at)yahoo(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Copy & Re-copy of DB
Date: 2021-01-21 13:41:50
Message-ID: 00b51766-0fb1-6c6c-82c1-e08cf122e798@rodonnell.ie
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On 21/01/2021 13:13, sivapostgres(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm from SQL Server now developing my current project using PG.
>
> In our earlier project(s), we used to copy the database from one server
> to another, work in another server, and re-copy it in the original
> server.   All happened easily with just transferring the two files (mdf
> & ldf) to our required server.
>
> Want to replicate the same in PG.  Is there any way to accomplish the
> same in PG ?

create database <new-db-name> template <old-db-name>

Would that do the job? You could also use pg_dump.

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // Ireland
ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie

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