pf@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The other day, I restored his first file with: > pg_restore --host "localhost" --port "5432" --username "postgres" > --no-password --dbname "myname" --create --clean --verbose "dumpfile" > Was my 134 table[1] myname DB saved because it was open? Yup. > If the dump file > contains the above statements, how can I be absolutely certain I won't > lose the DB? Reading the manual is advisable. --create --clean specifies exactly that the target database is to be dropped and recreated. regards, tom lane