From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: John A Meinel <john@arbash-meinel.com>
Cc: SpaceBallOne <space_ball_one@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Can anyone explain this: duplicate dbs.
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:02:41 -0400
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John A Meinel <john@arbash-meinel.com> writes:
> By the way, I think doing:
> CREATE DATABASE tempdb WITH TEMPLATE = originaldb;
> Is a much faster way of doing dump and load. I *think* it would recreate
> indexes, etc. If it just does a copy it may not show the dump/restore
> improvement.
CREATE DATABASE just does a physical copy, so it won't do anything at
all for bloat issues.
regards, tom lane
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