Re: refreshing a database with pg_dump and psql

Sorry, I mean to say, reload the database. Does that makes sense?

Maria A Rossi
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From: David G. Johnston [mailto:david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 5:26 PM
To: Rossi, Maria
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] refreshing a database with pg_dump and psql

On Tuesday, May 26, 2015, Rossi, Maria <maria(dot)rossi(at)us(dot)pgds(dot)com<mailto:maria(dot)rossi(at)us(dot)pgds(dot)com>> wrote:
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?
You should probably expound on what you mean by "refresh".

David J.