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From: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: How to validate restore of backup?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:21:52 -0400
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 7:06 AM Vince McMahon <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have some questions When doing pg_restore of backup of a database to a
> NEW server.
>
> Is there a way to ensure the data integrity is in tact, and user ID and
> access works liked how it was in the old server?
>

pg_restore is just a bunch of CREATE, COPY and ALTER statements, since
pg_restore replays what was generated by pg_dump.

There can be errors, of course.  That's why I  run "createdb $DB 2>
/dev/null" to ensure that there's something for pg_restore to drop, then
"pg_restore --create --clean --exit-on-error", and  *most importantly*,
check the return code!!!

How to properly handle the materialized views when backing up and restoring?
>
> Thanks.
>


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