Hello, I have a problem with backing up a database. The original db runs on a SuSE ES 9 box in Unicode. Version 7.4.2 The recovery db is supposed to run on a windows xp box. The encoding is UTF-8. Version 8.1 On the linux box I did: pg_dumpall > outfile On the windows box I did: psql -f outfile authdb Problem is when I reload the db in this manner the sequences for the id column gets messed up ("user_auth_id2_seq"). The count starts from 1 again when I insert a new row. :o( For error output please see below. I already created the empty db authdb on the recovery instance because otherwise an error is thrown. Cheers, Pete C:\Programme\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin>psql -f C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql authdb Password: You are now connected to database "template1". psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:11: ERROR: cannot delete from a view HINT: You need an unconditional ON DELETE DO INSTEAD rule. psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:13: NOTICE: SYSID can no longer be specified psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:13: ERROR: role "admin" already exists psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:14: NOTICE: SYSID can no longer be specified psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:14: ERROR: role "foo" already exists psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:15: NOTICE: SYSID can no longer be specified psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:15: ERROR: role "www" already exists psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:22: ERROR: cannot delete from a view HINT: You need an unconditional ON DELETE DO INSTEAD rule. psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:24: NOTICE: SYSID can no longer be specified psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:24: ERROR: role "www" already exists psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:25: ERROR: role "www" is a member of role "www" psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:32: ERROR: database "authdb" already exists You are now connected to database "authdb". SET SET SET REVOKE GRANT SET SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:83: NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "user_aut umn "user_auth.id" CREATE TABLE REVOKE GRANT CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE REVOKE GRANT SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:157: NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "login_i "login.id" CREATE TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:173: NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "antwort lumn "antworten.id" CREATE TABLE psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:188: NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "beitrae lumn "beitraege.id" CREATE TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:203: NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "user_lo umn "user_log.id" CREATE TABLE REVOKE SET SET SET SET SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5010: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit table "user_auth" ALTER TABLE psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5019: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit le "contentlist_summary" ALTER TABLE psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5028: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit table "user_data" ALTER TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5039: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit ble "login" ALTER TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5050: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit for table "antworten" ALTER TABLE psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5059: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit for table "beitraege" ALTER TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5070: NOTICE: ALTER TABLE / ADD PRIMARY KEY will create implicit or table "user_log" ALTER TABLE SET psql:C:/pgsqldump_20-04-07.sql:5080: ERROR: relation "user_auth_id2_seq" does not exist setval -------- 58 (1 row) setval -------- 1 (1 row) setval -------- 1 (1 row) SET setval -------- 28 (1 row) SET COMMENT You are now connected to database "template1". SET SET SET REVOKE GRANT SET COMMENT SET COMMENT