Re: pg_dump question

From: Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>
To: Judith <jaltamirano(at)correolux(dot)com(dot)mx>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump question
Date: 2007-10-05 21:11:35
Message-ID: CBD44097-66F0-41B3-B957-6A7DABD4AEAC@myemma.com
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On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Judith wrote:

> Hello every body!! I have a quesyion respect pg_dump...........
>
> I need to backup the db structure, I suposse that I do with
> pg_dump -s, but I want to restore but just with some tables with
> the db catalogues, can I do this?, I mean, restore al the db
> structure without data and after restore the data of the catalogues
> tables??

Don't worry about the catalog tables. If all you want is the schema
dumped and restored then, yes, use the -s flag. The data in the
catalog tables is built as the schema is rebuilt during the restore,
i.e postgres takes care of those for you.

Erik Jones

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