Re: [GENERAL] Restoring a Databases that features tserach2

Tom Lane wrote:
> Fischer Ulrich <ulrich(dot)fischer(at)aerodynamics(dot)ch> writes:
>
>>pg_dump (PostgreSQL) 7.3.2
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>> (pg_dumpall -g GLOBALobjects.sql)
>> pg_dump -s DATABASE > DBschema.sql
>> pg_dump -Fc DATABASE > DBdata.tar
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>>and rebuilt on the new system with:
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>>psql (PostgreSQL) 7.4.1
>> 1. createdb DATABASE
>> 2. (psql DATABASE < GLOBALobjects.sql)
>> 3. psql DATABASE < tsearch2.sql
>> 3.a. psql DATABASE < setup_ge_ispell.sql
>> 4. psql DATABASE < DBschema.sql
>> 5. pg_restore -N -a -v -d DATABASE DBdata.tar
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> This is certainly not going to work because the dump from the old
> database will already have all the tsearch2 objects, not to mention
> whatever setup_ge_ispell.sql may create. You should get rid of steps
> 3 and 3a.

Get rid of Step 3 and 3a produces Errors in Step 4 like:

:
CREATE TABLE
REVOKE
GRANT
CREATE TABLE
REVOKE
GRANT
ERROR: type "tsvector" does not exist
ERROR: relation "mitarbeiter" does not exist
:

So I think this is not a good idea ;-) I've got now a Sollution which
I'll post after writing and testing my own HowTo!

regards

Ulrich

>
>
>>There is no difference when dumped with "pg_dump (PostgreSQL) 7.4.1". I
>>get the same error. When I do not update the dict-settings
>>(setup_ge_ispell.sql) I can not even restore the other datas.
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> If you're still having trouble, try dropping the -N option to pg_restore.
> I don't know why that option even exists ... there is no practical use
> to it AFAIK.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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