Re: pg_restore peculiarities

From: Tim Penhey <tim(at)penhey(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_restore peculiarities
Date: 2004-09-18 22:33:38
Message-ID: 414CB7C2.40000@penhey.net
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Tom Lane wrote:

>Without taking a position on what the Windows installer ought to do ...
>*whenever* you are restoring a pg_dump dump, you ought to do so into
>an empty database cloned from template0. If the documentation doesn't
>say that in enough places, suggest some more.
>
>
Right. If, as Tom says, that restores should be into an empty database
cloned form template0, what then is the best way to provide a data
restore facility to a user though a back end system (Tomcat & JDBC) that
will have connections open to the database that you are trying to
restore to?

Tim

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