From: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
To: Net Tree Inc. <nettreeinc@gmail.com>
Cc: John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: how do I do dump and restore without bugging with constraint?
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:31:29 -0700
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Net Tree Inc. <nettreeinc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I am just trying to find the proper way to back and restore database
> that contain restriction.
> The other way to ask. If I have two 99% schema similar databases. The old
> one might contain few columns that does not exist in the new one and contain
> constrains that the new DB does not have. In that case, what's standard to
> do this?
> Since they are 99% similar in schema, can I do "data dump" only ? will that
> work?
> If owner for database between Old and new DB are different, do I must add
> that owner in by create new role?
> appreciated,
What I would do is to dump and restore the db as a whole which will
take care of constraint issues. Then I would alter the tables to
match the new schema.
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