On 8/21/07, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> 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 and note that you don't need a file in between steps. pg_dump -c proddb | psql -d testdb pg_dump --help and psql --help will give you a list of all the switches you can throw at them. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
