Re: Fastest DB restore options

Consider leaving all indicies off until the load finishes...

Naomi

ogjunk-pgjedan(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a fairly large DB to dump and restore as fast as possible. I'm moving from 8.0.3 to 8.2.3! :)
>
> I normally dump with these options:
>
> -d MyDB --clean --inserts --column-inserts --format=P
>
> But the last time I tried that, the restore took foreeeeeeeeeeeeeever. So I'm looking for the fastest way to import data from the old DB to the new one. Judging from pg_dump man page the following should be the fastest dump & restore:
>
> -d MyDB --format=c --ignore-version
>
> Is there anything else I can do to make the restore as fast as possible?
>
> Thanks,
> Otis
>
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> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
> match
>

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