When I restore from a pg_dumpall file, I am required to peform the following steps or else all the records in the databses are duplicated. If I only empty the data/base folder I get al sorts of errors. I find in necessary to wipe the entire data folder and rebuild it with initdb. Is there a better way to restore using a pg_dumpall file then doing all these steps: * stop postmaster service * delete everything in the data folder (var/lib/pgsql/data) * as postgres user run initdb * exit postgres user * psql -U postgres -f pg_dumpall_file postgres thansk -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin