----- "CG" <cgg007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not sure what you mean when you say I > should restore to a file. Do you mean I should dump the database to an > SQL file instead of the "compressed" format? See Johns answer. > > What do you think I will find? > > In the database dump, it is including a row that should be marked as > deleted. I can select on that key in the production database and get > zero rows, and I can select on that key in the restored database and > find the row. When I ignore errors the data is restored, but the > foreign key can't be created (and that is the only error I encounter). > The presence of the data in the dump can not be contested... :) > Well I often find what I 'know' and what is are not the same:) Basically restoring to the file replicates the database restore, with out the error hopefully. Looking at the data restored in the file might give you a clue to what is going on. Just one step in the process of resolving the problem. Adrian Klaver aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general