Using PostgreSQL 8.3 on Windows, I make a backup like this: pg_dump -U postgres -C -d -D -Fc -f ispaaa-pg.bak ispaaa Then restore like this: pg_restore -U postgres -C -d template1 -v -Fc ispaaa-pg.bak And I get lots of these errors: pg_restore: creating TABLE voip pg_restore: creating FUNCTION pldbg_abort_target(integer) pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 21; 1255 16419 FUNCTION pldbg_abort_target(integer) postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: could not load library "C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.3/lib/pldbgapi.dll": The specified module could not be found. Command was: CREATE FUNCTION pldbg_abort_target(session integer) RETURNS SET OF boolean AS '$libdir/pldbgapi', 'pldbg_abort_target' ... pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function public.pld bg_abort_target(integer) does not exist Command was: ALTER FUNCTION public.pldbg_abort_target(session integer) OWNER TO postgres; It looks like a packaging issue with the windows installer - these commands work fine for me on Linux. Thanks, Dan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster