Re: Postgresql Backup & Dump

On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 00:42, gajanan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my application I need to use old database present on postgersql at
> client site. For that I have created dump using
>
> pg_dump -o db_name | gzip > db_dump
>
> command at the client site and then downloaded the dump on local
> server. But when I am trying to restore, it only restore the empty
> database tables. I am using following command to restore the database.
>
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql db_name < db_dump
>
> Client postgresql ver is 7.1 and I am using 7.4. Also the size of
> database is about 600 MB.
>
> Is it depends on the size or version?

more the version than the size (especially given the relatively small
size of your dump)

>
> So what shuold be right procedure to restore the database at my server
> from the remote server?
>

if possible i'd recommend trying to dump the 7.1 database with the 7.4
pg_dump program.

> Where I am going wrong?
>

i guessing that you are getting some type of error when loading your
dump into the 7.4 system that your just not seeing. crank up the logging
and see where it is. alternatively try dumping using insert commands as
this tends to be a little more robust when dealing with problem dumps
(though it will be slower)

Robert Treat
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