On 24/08/2004 14:40 Eduardo S. Fontanetti wrote:
> How can I do a test if my dumping is really working, I
> can't apply the dump in my database, because it will
> overwrite a lot of data. I was thinking about restore
> in another database name, but I can't, it always
> restore on the original database.
> 
> Somebody have a cooking recipe about to test if my
> backup is working fine, and will help if I need
> sometime?

Are you using pg_dump or pg_dumpall? I just use pg_dump on individual 
databases (pg_dumpall works on the whole cluster) and can restore that to 
any database.


HTH

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• Dump and Restore at 2004-08-24 13:40:32 from Eduardo S. Fontanetti

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