On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:27:38PM +0530, Rohit Prakash Khare wrote: > If I have a backup of pgsql database and I take this dump file to > another machine where postgresql is freshly installed with standard > settings. Will I be able to restore the database? How did you backup? pg_dump? Sure, oughta work fine, assuming you have all the necessary support in your target system. (e.g. if you're using plpgsql, for instance, you need to have performed createlang for it, &c.) A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unfortunately reformatting the Internet is a little more painful than reformatting your hard drive when it gets out of whack. --Scott Morris