Re: Transfer db from one port to another

[Killian Driscoll <killiandriscoll@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 23 December 2015 at 11:19, Killian Driscoll <killiandriscoll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 23 December 2015 at 11:07, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/23/2015 1:40 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote:

Try it with plain pg_dump.

pg_dump -h localhost -p 5432 -Fc <dbname> > dump.sql

pg_restore -h localhost -p 5532 dump.sql

I tried this, but nothing appears to happen when entering the commands. Attached is a screenshot of the shell window - what am I doing wrong?

those are system shell commands, not psql sql commands.      catch-22, in the windows environment, postgresql's command tools probably aren't in the path, so to execute the above commands try this...

    start -> run ->  CMD <enter>

(or, click on an 'Command Prompt' shortcut).

    C:\Users\YourName> path "c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin";%path%
    C:\Users\YourName> pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 <dbname> | pg_restore -p 5532

Thanks. When I do this I get an error: could not find a "pg_dump" to execute - I've used the path "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin";%path% which appears to be correct

Sorry, forgot to add: once I get the warning that the Pg_dump can't be found there is then a password prompt; I tried the db password and the pc password but both fail:

Password:
pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database "irll_project" failed: FATAL:  p
assword authentication failed for user "killian"
pg_restore: [archiver] input file is too short (read 0, expected 5)
 

if your postgres is installed somewhere else, replace "c:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin" in the PATH command with its actual location \bin  ....

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz