Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE43564FCD3 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:54:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12018-08 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:54:07 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9E5964FCC1 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:54:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8CJs3Q8015647; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:03 -0400 (EDT) To: kevin kempter cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: exporting/importing BLOB's (lo_* style) In-reply-to: <71F52673-AB71-49C1-BC36-A0179CA3D00C@kevinkempterllc.com> References: <71F52673-AB71-49C1-BC36-A0179CA3D00C@kevinkempterllc.com> Comments: In-reply-to kevin kempter message dated "Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:19:28 -0600" Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:03 -0400 Message-ID: <15646.1221249243@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200809/123 X-Sequence-Number: 30216 kevin kempter writes: > Hi All; > I want to dump a set of BLOB's from one db/server and import to another. > I assume I cannot do a pg_dump unless I also dump related > pg_largeobject rows for the referenced OID > I assume I'll need to export via distinct lo_export commands and use > lo_import to insert into the second database server. Why don't you just use pg_dump? regards, tom lane