Re: Restore problem

On 12/28/2010 07:27 PM, Bob Pawley wrote:
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> -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Klaver
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 7:06 PM
> To: Bob Pawley
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Restore problem
>
> On 12/28/2010 07:05 PM, Bob Pawley wrote:
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Klaver
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:51 PM
>> To: Bob Pawley
>> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Restore problem
>>
>> On Tuesday 28 December 2010 6:41:51 pm Bob Pawley wrote:
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>>> > > Bob
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Adrian Klaver
>>> > adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com
>>> >
>>> > This is the plain text dump file through pg_admin dump. But the plain
>>> > text dump fie through psql restored in the same way.
>>>
>>> I am not following. psql cannot create a dump file. It can however be
>>> used
>>> to
>>> restore a plain text dump file created by pg_restore. I think you are
>>> going
>>> to
>>> need show the steps you took.
>>>
>>> I used PGAdmin to dump the June version and pg_dump mydb > db.sql to
>>> dump
>>> the May version.
>>>
>>> Both came out with the same problems.
>>>
>>> Bob
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>> What program are you using to look at the plain text file?
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>> Notepad
>>
>> Bob
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> Open the file in Wordpad and see if it looks better.
>
> I downloaded an sql editor and it looks the same in it as well.
>
> At least the editor will make it easier to fix the problem. However I
> would like to know what happened so I can avoid it in the future.

I am not sure. If the file is not to big and you wish you can send it to
me off list and maybe I can figure out what is going on.

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> Is the compressed file a better way to dump??

Yes in this case because you can do a restore from within pgAdmin.
>
> Bob

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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com