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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:26:39 -0500
From: Geoffrey <lists@serioustechnology.com>
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Subject: Re: loading same instance of dump to two different servers
	simultaneously?
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Susan Russo wrote:
> Hi -
> I'm wondering if anyone has had success doing a simultaneous
> load of one Pg dump to two different servers?  The load command
> is actually run from two different workstations, but reading the
> same pgdump-file.
> 
> We use this command from the command line (Solaris-10 OS):
> 
> uncompress -c pgdump-filename.Z | psql -h pgserver-A  pg-dbname
> 
> and, likewise wonder if we can run the same command on another
> workstation, but reading the SAME 'pgdump-filename.Z'
> to load onto ANOTHER server ('pgserver-B'), i.e.:
> 
> uncompress -c pgdump-filename.Z | psql -h pgserver-A  pg-dbname

I don't think this is really a postgres question, but the fact you're on 
a UNIX type of OS, you should have no problem doing this.  uncompress 
will simply open the file separately for each shell session.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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