Re: Restore item in server menu (suggestion)

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 3:50 PM Arni Kromić <arni(dot)kromic(at)bios-ict(dot)hr> wrote:

> A pgAdmin4 feature I have always wanted is having some "restore" command
> in the server or Databases context menu. That would make restoring
> databases much easier, especially during development and testing when
> various changes occur frequently.
>
> Currently there are two options for restoring databases in pgAdmin from
> custom format backups, both a bit inconvenient:
>
> 1. Manually create database with the required name, then use Restore
> from its context menu; this has more steps than needed - there is no need
> to create the database manually
> 2. Use Restore from any existing database's menu, enabling the "CREATE
> DATABASE" option; faster, but potentially dangerous or inconvenient if one
> manages to overwrite the other database by mistake
>
> For someone frequently dumping and restoring various databases from within
> pgAdmin4 while also doing development in it, the new menu item would be
> quite useful. Alternatively, it could be added as an option in the Create /
> Database menu; something like "Create Database from backup".
>
Please create a feature request @
https://redmine.postgresql.org/projects/pgadmin4, we will analyse it and
will proceed further accordingly.

Thanks,
Khushboo

> --
> Kind Regards,
> Arni Kromić
>
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