Re: Export and import from one postgres server to another

On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 09:56 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 05/29/2012 02:27 AM, Alexander Reichstadt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to "simply" export my postgres database from one server and then import it into another. I thought I could use PhpPgAdmin, but the hints on the web don't seem to work. One said to simply get a dump from one phpPgAdmin, the go to the other server, select the database, click the SQL button and then select the dump file. When I do this the import fails because the dump file begins with a \connect statement.
>
> I don't really know why pg_dump includes that \connect , but it isn't
> the only problem you'll hit with that approach. PgAdmin-III seems to
> wrap the invoked SQL in a transaction, and the dump will try to
> (re)-create the `postgres' role, which will fail and abort the transaction.
>

While I know the thread isn't on pgAdmin, I still want to fix an error.

pgAdmin doesn't wrap the SQL in a transaction (in the query tool, which
is the only tool that allows you to run a query).

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