| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de> |
| Cc: | "Rossi, Maria" <maria(dot)rossi(at)us(dot)pgds(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: refreshing a database with pg_dump and psql |
| Date: | 2015-05-26 21:36:56 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwa3M_hDYnbnDdT0e3v=O+1xeDzkdgs1Ssan2eo=Sa70KQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de> wrote:
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> Am 26.05.2015 um 23:09 schrieb Rossi, Maria <maria(dot)rossi(at)us(dot)pgds(dot)com>:
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> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have a database that was created from a ‘pg_dump –C’. No problems
> there. Then I ran the pg_dump again, this time without the –C. and tried
> to load it. But got a bunch of ‘object already exist’.
>
> Can’t I refresh an existing database from a plain pg_dump? Is there an
> option that I have to use?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Check the pg_restore manual. There is a "clean" option when using the
> custom format. I think this is what you are looking for.
>
>
Or just inject a "DROP DATABASE ..." into the equation somewhere.
David J.
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