Re: How to restore from backup to 8.4.3 server using 9.0 dump/restore

On Wednesday 15 December 2010 8:43:18 am Andrus Moor wrote:
> > Why does it have that requirement? And why doesn't it use the pg_dump
> > that came with the server? It seems pretty lame to assume that your app
> > has to provide pg_dump and not any other part of the Postgres
> > installation.
>
> Application is like pg_admin.
> It is typical client application which is used to edit data in existing
> servers running in different sites over internet.
> Application must have function to backup and restore whole database in same
>server where it connects. Only 5432 port is open to internet.
>
> Andrus.

I got to thinking more about this. How are the databases administered? In other
words how are they started/stopped, upgraded, logs read, etc?

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