Cheryl,
> Is there a way to copy/export the DB (or it's tables) to another DB and dump
> all this stuff that's causing the problems? In particular, in the past I
> have exported the entirety of a database into a flat file and imported it
> into a "clean" version. Admittedly, it's been a while and that was for an
> app using DB2 which didn't have a lot of built in tools, but the theory
> applies...
Sure. Use pg_dump. See the docs under "Server Programs" or your favorite
PostgreSQL book.
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco