Re: How to restore from backup to 8.4.3 server using 9.0 dump/restore

From: Robert Gravsjö <robert(at)blogg(dot)se>
To: Jayadevan M <Jayadevan(dot)Maymala(at)ibsplc(dot)com>
Cc: rod(at)iol(dot)ie, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to restore from backup to 8.4.3 server using 9.0 dump/restore
Date: 2010-12-16 12:06:37
Message-ID: 4D0A00CD.1000906@blogg.se
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On 2010-12-16 11.21, Jayadevan M wrote:
> Hello,
>> I don't know for sure, but I don't see why it should fail - it's only
>> reading it, not writing data to it or making any changes.
> Probably it will fail...
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-createdatabase.html
> Although it is possible to copy a database other than template1 by
> specifying its name as the template, this is not (yet) intended as a
> general-purpose "COPY DATABASE" facility. The principal limitation is that
> no other sessions can be connected to the template database while it is
> being copied. CREATE DATABASE will fail if any other connection exists
> when it starts;

Are there any other side effects to this besides failing CREATE DATABASE
command?

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Regards,
Robert "roppert" Gravsjö

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