Re: Restoring sequence values

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bendik Rognlien Johansen <bendik(dot)johansen(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Restoring sequence values
Date: 2005-11-17 17:58:13
Message-ID: 29425.1132250293@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bendik Rognlien Johansen <bendik(dot)johansen(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Is there any way to restore the value of sequences when using
> pg_restore on a custom format (pg_dump -c) dump file?

It should happen automatically.

> Also is there an easy way to copy a database from one machine to
> another?
> I have tried using pg_dump/pg_restore, but this does not work well
> because the order of the objects get mixed up (Lots of foreign keys
> etc.)

This should work properly if using 8.0 or later pg_dump; older versions
were a few bricks shy of a load :-(. If it *is* 8.0, please post
details to pgsql-bugs.

regards, tom lane

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