Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, 5 June 2020 19:23, Christophe Pettus <xof@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jun 5, 2020, at 11:20, Laura Smith n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > sudo -u postgres pg_restore -v -C -d foobar 4_foobar_pgdump_Fc > > You need to connect to a database that already exists (such as "postgres"); it then creates the database you are restoring and switches to it. The relevant manual line is: > > "When (-C / --create) is used, the database named with -d is used only to issue the initial DROP DATABASE and CREATE DATABASE commands. All data is restored into the database name that appears in the archive." > > But doesn't the second half of my original post demonstrate that I tried that very thing ? I did try creating the database first, but pg_restore just complained even more ?
