On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:34:00AM +0200, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > (e.g. pg_dump | pg_restore to avoid wasting space 2 times) > then run slony to permanently update the last bits If you're going to run slony, then the pg_dump|pg_restore step is completely wasted. Slony will restore all the data again. You do need to run pg_dump -s, of course. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/