Re: Dump and Restore in postgresql-8.3.6-1PGDG

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:33 AM, suresh adapa <suresha(at)collab(dot)net> wrote:

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> I am on Linux using postgresql-8.3.6-1PGDG
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> Taking Dump using
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> export PGPASSWORD=suresha && pg_dump -b -c -C --format=c -h localhost -p
> 5432 -U suresha -f /tmp/dump/db/suresha.sql suresha
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> Trying to Restore the same like
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> [root(at)cu018 scripts]# pg_restore -c --format=c -h localhost -p 5432 -U
> suresha -d suresha /tmp/dump/db/suresha.sql
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> Password:
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC:
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 6; 2615 2200 SCHEMA public
> postgres
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: must be owner
> of schema public
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> Command was: DROP SCHEMA public;
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: schema
> "public" already exists
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> Command was: CREATE SCHEMA public;
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 2663; 0 0 COMMENT SCHEMA
> public postgres
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> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: must be owner
> of schema public
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> Command was: COMMENT ON SCHEMA public IS 'standard public schema';
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> pg_restore: WARNING: no privileges could be revoked for "public"
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> pg_restore: WARNING: no privileges could be revoked for "public"
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> pg_restore: WARNING: no privileges were granted for "public"
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> pg_restore: WARNING: no privileges were granted for "public"
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> WARNING: errors ignored on restore: 3
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> Wondering how can I suppress the Error and other messages seen above.
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This is because you're restoring into the same database that you backed up
from. I recommend creating a new database 'suresha_new'

Then, restore into that new database. Once you've restored, you can:

ALTER DATABASE suresha RENAME TO suresha_orig;

ALTER DATABASE suresha_new RENAME TO suresha;

--Scott

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> Thanks
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> SureshA
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