>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 9:50 AM, in message <12256258.post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, smiley2211 <smiley2211@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do I have to DROP \ recreate and load the target database (this is what I > currently do)? is there a way to just do an IN PLACE load like in other > RDBMS environments??? > > pg_dump proddb | gzip > proddb_082107.sql.gz > > gunzip < proddb_082107.sql.gz | psql -d testdb -f - You might want to consider using one or both of these pg_dump options: -c, --clean clean (drop) schema prior to create -C, --create include commands to create database in dump ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq