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From: dfgpostgres <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: can recs be transferred between DBs ?
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:56:28 -0400
Message-ID: <CAAcmDX9t2Od6DmPs3zUq=P2jDFhm-wiVsdF5=+yp=OtsYt1vxQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

psql (15.3, server 15.15) on linux

dvdb=# \d arch_restore
                  Table "misc.arch_restore"
 Column |       Type        | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------+-------------------+-----------+----------+---------
 pk     | integer           |           | not null |
 proj   | character varying |           |          |
 data   | character varying |           |          |
Indexes:
    "arch_restore_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (pk)

dvdb=# select * from arch_restore order by pk;
 pk | proj  |    data
----+-------+------------
  1 | alpha | the_data_1
  2 | alpha | the_data_2
  3 | alpha | the_data_3
  4 | beta  | the_data_4
  5 | beta  | the_data_5
  6 | beta  | the_data_6
  7 | gamma | the_data_7
  8 | gamma | the_data_8
  9 | gamma | the_data_9
(9 rows)

I decided that it's time to archive the 'beta' project.  So I create a new
DB in the PG instance and put them all there leaving...

dvdb=# select * from arch_restore order by pk;
 pk | proj  |    data
----+-------+------------
  1 | alpha | the_data_1
  2 | alpha | the_data_2
  3 | alpha | the_data_3
  7 | gamma | the_data_7
  8 | gamma | the_data_8
  9 | gamma | the_data_9
(9 rows)

And in the "beta_archive" DB I have the beta proj recs...

dvdb=# select * from arch_restore order by pk;
 pk | proj  |    data
----+-------+------------
  4 | beta  | the_data_4
  5 | beta  | the_data_5
  6 | beta  | the_data_6
(9 rows)

The managers tell me that they want to restore "beta" back to the main DB.
I know I could do this with something like a perl script, making
connections to both DBs and transferring them over using select statements
in "beta_archive" and insert statements in the main DB.  But is there a
better way, something inherent in PG SQL that allows me to do something
like this ?

Thanks in Advance


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