From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Cc: | Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(at)tradeindia(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Is pgdump_all == pg_dumpall -g + pg_dump of individual databases ? |
Date: | 2005-09-23 23:49:23 |
Message-ID: | 200509231949.23261.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net |
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On Thursday 22 September 2005 05:14, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I suppose pgdump_all creates a SQL script
> that is capable of recreating the entire database
> except for large_objects.
>
> However pgdump_all produces one single large
> SQL files and is not useful(easy) if one has to restore
> a particular table.
>
> For this reason we backup our databases individually
> using custom format and use pg_restore to restore
> individual objects as when required.
>
> My doubt is are the individual database backup files
> created through -Fc options along with an SQL file
> created using "pgdump_all -g " sufficient to recreate
> the entire database ?
>
Assuming your version of pg_dump dumps binary data with an -Fc dump, then yes.
(Check the docs if you want to verify)
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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