Re: pg_restore fails to restore sequence of specific table

I tried to restore the sequence also by specifying it in the -t flag but
got the same error. Can you explain why it isn't appearing in the plain
text backup but it does appear in the output of pg_restore -l ?

On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 9:31 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at wrote:

> Mariel Cherkassky wrote:
> > I have a backup of an entire db(9.2.5) that was taken with the next
> command :
> > pg_dump -U postgres -Fc my_db > mydb.dump
> >
> > Now, I'm trying to restore a specific table (with its sequence) but I'm
> getting the following error error:
> > pg_restore -d mydb -U postgres -v -t specific_table mydb.dump
> > output :
> > pg_restore: connecting to database for restore
> > Password:
> > pg_restore: creating TABLE specific_table
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC:
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 241; 1259 4236973 TABLE
> specific_table postgres
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: relation
> "specific_table_id_seq" does not exist
> > Command was: CREATE TABLE specific_table(
> > id integer DEFAULT nextval('specific_id_seq'::regclass) NOT NULL,
> > effectiveid integer DEFAULT ...
> > pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: relation
> "public.specific_table" does not exist
> > Command was: ALTER TABLE public.specific_table OWNER TO postgres;
>
> You have to restore the sequence as well:
>
> pg_restore -t specific_table -t specific_table_id_seq ...
>
> > I tried to generate a plain text from the dump :
> > pg_restore -U postgres -t specific mydb.dump > output
> > However, the output file doesnt contain the creation command of the
> sequence.
>
> Well, it isn't called "specific", is it?
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
> --
> Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com
>
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