I made a dump with pg_dump -s -Fp --no-owner and removed the database and schema definition ontop of the dump. Then i imported it into my new database. Seems to work. Is this how you do it? :) Tilman Baumann schrieb: >hi. > >I like to make a copy of my existing database as a playgound/sandbox for >developing. > >Is there any advise ho to achive this? > >Maybe there are tips how to work with it. Recommended workflows for >taking a snapsot of one database and transfer it to another (including >schema) and backmerging the changes on the developmnt playground. > >Thank you. > > > -- Tilman Baumann Software Developer Collax GmbH . Boetzinger Straße 60 . 79111 Freiburg . Germany p: +49 (0) 761-4514-836 f: +49 (0) 761-4563-793 ****** Meet us at CeBIT ****** LinuxPark, Halle 5, Stand E64/6