Re: restore question

From: Ray O'Donnell <ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie>
To: Ronald Haynes <rhaynes74(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: restore question
Date: 2022-07-19 12:10:13
Message-ID: 89905c07-ae17-a1a7-2a26-ba8ab6109c50@rodonnell.ie
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On 19/07/2022 11:11, Ronald Haynes wrote:
> Hi folks,  I am a fairly novice postgresql user.
>
>
>
> I have a backup file for a couple of small postgresql databases.    The
> backup file was created using postgresql 12.2, my Mac now has a
> postgresql 13.x or 14.x versions.   I would like to restore the setup
> from the backup file.
>

That looks like a dump file generated by pg_dumpall, so restoring it
should be as simple as:

psql -f backup-file.sql

You'll possibly need other connection parameters as required by psql,
such as -U (the PostgreSQL user to use for connecting) or others.

HTH,

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // Ireland
ray(at)rodonnell(dot)ie

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