I spent a whopping seven hours restoring a database late Fri nite for a client. We stopped the application, ran pg_dump -v -Ft -b -o $db > ~/pre_8.3.tar on the 8.2.x db, and then upgrading the software to 8.3. I then did a pg_restore -v -d $db ./pre_8.3.tar and watched it positively crawl. I'll grant you that it's a 5.1G tar file, but 7 hours seems excessive. Is that kind of timeframe 'abnormal' or am I just impatient? :) If the former, I can provide whatever you need, just ask for it. Thanks! -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 http://doug.hunley.homeip.net I've been dying to hit something since I pressed "1" to join your conference. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
