On Thursday 03 June 2010 4:05:14 pm Wang, Mary Y wrote: > Hi, > > I've some test data in a database and would like to delete that database > and clean everything that is associated with that database. Then I'd like > to populate the same database with different data. My plan is to: > (1) Remove the /usr/local/pgsql/data directory > (2) psql -e mydatabase -f /tmp/indumpfile.txt & > /tmp/outdumpfile.txt > (/tmp/indumpfile.txt has all the sql statements to restore the database) > (3) Restart the postgres server > > Not sure if I need to run the VACCUM command, because I know Postgres 8.3.8 > has the auto-vacuum daemon on to perform VACCUMs when it's necessary. Did > I miss any other steps for cleaning up? > > Please advise. > > Thanks > Mary Why not use DROP DATABASE? Removing the data directory removes the whole Postgres cluster, possibly including the config files. -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
