Re: refreshing a database with pg_dump and psql

> Am 26.05.2015 um 23:36 schrieb David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>:
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>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
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>>> Am 26.05.2015 um 23:09 schrieb Rossi, Maria <maria(dot)rossi(at)us(dot)pgds(dot)com>:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I have a database that was created from a ‘pg_dump –C’. No problems there. Then I ran the pg_dump again, this time without the –C. and tried to load it. But got a bunch of ‘object already exist’.
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>>> Can’t I refresh an existing database from a plain pg_dump? Is there an option that I have to use?
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>>> Thanks.
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>> Check the pg_restore manual. There is a "clean" option when using the custom format. I think this is what you are looking for.
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> ​Or just inject a "DROP DATABASE ..." into the equation somewhere.
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pg_restore -cC will do that, too.

Jan