In response to "Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@xxxxxxxxx>: > > The recommended solution is to use a regular schema-and-data dump. > > If you really have to separate schema and data, the --disable-triggers > > switch might help, though you open yourself to the possibility of > > loading inconsistent data that way. > > Thanks Tom. > > This is the dump command being used on a 8.2.3 database on Linux: > > $ pg_dumpall > mydb.sql > $ umask 077 > $ gzip mydb.sql > > Then I download the mydb.sql.gz file into my local computer (Mac OSX > with 8.3.3) and unzip it to mydb.sql. > > The local database is already created, with all tables and constraints and all. Don't do that. Do one of the following: *) Allow the dump file to create all tables. *) In the early step dump the data only with pg_dumpall --disable-triggers -a -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 412-422-3463x4023