I am using pg_dump.

It means that I can't restore to a different name
database??

Eduardo S. Fontanetti

 --- Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> escreveu: 
> 
> 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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