From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> |
Cc: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Upgrade Problem: 7.4.3 -> 8.1.2 |
Date: | 2006-01-19 23:09:30 |
Message-ID: | 43D01C2A.60103@commandprompt.com |
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Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Doug McNaught wrote:
>
>> Yes, as I said before, 'pg_dumpall' only produces SQL format dumps, which
>> you restore using 'psql'. 'pg_restore' is only for binary dumps.
>
> Doug,
>
> I read the backup/restore web page to which you pointed me. I think that
> the new database is not initiated. When I follow the instructions and
> enter:
>
> psql -f /var/tmp/backup.sql
>
> I see:
>
> psql: FATAL: database "postgres" does not exist
What happens when you psql -U postgres template1 ?
>
> This is the same message I read when I append 'postgres' to the command.
> Back
> to the manual.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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