pf(at)pfortin(dot)com writes:
> The other day, I restored his first file with:
> pg_restore --host "localhost" --port "5432" --username "postgres"
> --no-password --dbname "myname" --create --clean --verbose "dumpfile"
> Was my 134 table[1] myname DB saved because it was open?
Yup.
> If the dump file
> contains the above statements, how can I be absolutely certain I won't
> lose the DB?
Reading the manual is advisable. --create --clean specifies exactly
that the target database is to be dropped and recreated.
regards, tom lane