From: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de>
To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Rossi, Maria <maria.rossi@us.pgds.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: refreshing a database with pg_dump and psql
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 23:41:15 +0200
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> Am 26.05.2015 um 23:36 schrieb David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Am 26.05.2015 um 23:09 schrieb Rossi, Maria <maria.rossi@us.pgds.com>:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a database that was created from a ‘pg_dump –C’. No problems there. Then I ran the pg_dump again, this time without the –C. and tried to load it. But got a bunch of ‘object already exist’.
>>>
>>> Can’t I refresh an existing database from a plain pg_dump? Is there an option that I have to use?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Check the pg_restore manual. There is a "clean" option when using the custom format. I think this is what you are looking for.
>>
>
> Or just inject a "DROP DATABASE ..." into the equation somewhere.
>
pg_restore -cC will do that, too.
Jan=
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