On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:14, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: > Hi , > > I suppose pgdump_all creates a SQL script > that is capable of recreating the entire database > except for large_objects. > > However pgdump_all produces one single large > SQL files and is not useful(easy) if one has to restore > a particular table. > > For this reason we backup our databases individually > using custom format and use pg_restore to restore > individual objects as when required. > > My doubt is are the individual database backup files > created through -Fc options along with an SQL file > created using "pgdump_all -g " sufficient to recreate > the entire database ? > Assuming your version of pg_dump dumps binary data with an -Fc dump, then yes. (Check the docs if you want to verify) -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend