Re: Postgres12 - Confusion with pg_restore

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On Friday, 5 June 2020 19:35, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Laura Smith n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp(at)protonmail(dot)ch writes:
>
> > But doesn't the second half of my original post demonstrate that I tried that very thing ? I did try creating the database first, but pg_restore just complained even more ?
>
> There are two ways you can do this:
>
> 1. Create the new database by hand (with CREATE DATABASE) and tell
> pg_restore to restore into it. In this case you don't say -C
> to pg_restore, and your -d switch points at the DB to restore into.
>
> 2. Have pg_restore issue CREATE DATABASE. In this case you do use
> the -C switch, and your -d switch has to point at some pre-existing
> database that pg_restore can connect to for long enough to issue the
> CREATE DATABASE.
>
> You can't mix-and-match these approaches.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Thanks for the clarificaiton Tom. All working now !