Re: sync two databases

If you're using pg_dump or pg_dumpall, I believe teh switch you want is
"-a".

<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/app-pgdump.html>
<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/app-pg-dumpall.html>

Be sure to also investigate whether or not you need --disable-triggers
when you restore. It sounds like you might.

Charley

Oeschey, Lars (I/EK-142, extern) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two databases (8.1.11) where the content of some tables should be
> synced nightly. I tried to dump the contents with a script (similar to a
> pg_backup script), and then load them again, but there is a DROP
> statement in the dump, that doesn't work on restore since there are
> dependencies between tables (restore says I should use DROP CASCADED,
> which I don't dare...). Is there a way to only dump the data? I can't
> seem to find the respective parameters in pg_dump documentation.
> Another thing: I have seen that database grow to 48Mio rows in one table
> (I didn't do the design ;)), so I'm afraid a standard dump using "COPY"
> could give me problems later on... though a "INSERT" is said to be slow?
>
> Any ideas on this?
>
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