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From: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Restoring database from backup
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:26:37 -0800 (PST)
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Adrian Klaver wrote:

> Alright, from here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html
>
> "-c
> --clean
>
>    Output commands to DROP all the dumped database objects prior to 
> outputting the commands for creating them. This option is useful when the 
> restore is to overwrite an existing database. If any of the objects do not 
> exist in the destination database, ignorable error messages will be reported 
> during restore, unless --if-exists is also specified.
>
>    This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output file. 
> For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you call pg_restore.
> "
>
> This means when you run the script with:
>
> psql -d bustrac -f bustrac-2024-12-12.sql
>
> it will clean out the current corrupted objects and replace them with those 
> in the backup file.

Adrian,

That's what I thought since I wrote the script based on reading pgdump a
long time ago.

Thanks for confirming! I'll fix my carelessness now.

Carpe weekend,

Rich

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