Re: Need Database Backup

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, muralihw03(at)rediffmail(dot)com, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Need Database Backup
Date: 2015-08-30 14:21:14
Message-ID: 55E3115A.5010806@aklaver.com
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On 08/30/2015 07:13 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
> You need to recreate the database to reload the data into so
>
> from the windows command line:
> C:\PostgresDB\bin\createdb.exe -U postgres <your db name>;

That assumes Postgres is running, which at this point seems not to be
the case or at least is unproven.

>
> Then to restore the data from the sql backup
> C:\PostgresDB\bin\pg_restore.exe -U postgres <the sql backup file>

This will not work if the *.sql is a plain text file.

>
>

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com

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