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From: Curtis Mortensen <shakiro2@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_restore error
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:51:51 -0600
Message-ID: <CPECIDGAKENJOOCGOHGJMEONCBAA.shakiro2@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CPECIDGAKENJOOCGOHGJAEOGCBAA.shakiro2@yahoo.com>

In case anyone else was following my problem and wanted to know how to
resolve it, I'll post what the solution was...

I had a bunch of '/connect user' commands in my dump file causing the ident
authentication errors.  I took those out and the plpgsql stuff that I didn't
need in the dump, and that restored everything fine to a new database,
except that none of my web applications could get in.  That was when i
realized that I'd left out the authorization stuff in pg_hba.conf.  When I
added that, everything worked great.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Curtis Mortensen
  Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 3:55 PM
  To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
  Subject: Re: [NOVICE] pg_restore error


  I finally got a chance to try out your suggestions, but it seems that
something I'm doing is still wrong.

  When I try the first method described below, I get this error:

  You are now connected as new user postgres.
  ERROR:  function plpgsql_call_handler already exists with same argument
types
  ERROR:  Language plpgsql already exists
  \connect: FATAL 1:  IDENT authentication failed for user "cmortensen"

  When I try the other method, I get this error:

  pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR:  function
plpgsql_call_handler already exists with same argument types

  I get the impression that the problem is deeper than just trying to
backup, but being a very green novice to Postgres, I'm not sure where to
start tracking the problem to its source...

  Thanks for all your help so far :)
    -------- Original Message --------

Hi Curtis,

> thanks for the advice.  i now have a different error. :(

I suspected you would, but without knowing the commands you were using
decided guessing would only be confusing!  Only the archive formats
from pg_dump are intended to be used with pg_restore.  The default
output can be restored by psql:

$ pg_dump fubar > fubar.sql
$ createdb fubar2
CREATE DATABASE
$ psql fubar2 < fubar.sql
You are now connected as new user giles.
CREATE
$

$ pg_dump --format=c fubar > fubar.dump
$ createdb fubar2
CREATE DATABASE
$ pg_restore --dbname=fubar2 < fubar.dump
pg_restore: [archiver] WARNING:
  Data restoration may fail because existing triggers cannot be disabled
  (no superuser user name specified).  This is only a problem when
  restoring into a database with already existing triggers.
$

Regards,

Giles

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