Re: restoring a database to its initial state

Hello

2010/3/13 Manlio Perillo <manlio(dot)perillo(at)gmail(dot)com>:
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> Hi.
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> Usually when I need to restore a database to its initial state, what I
> do is to simply drop it, and then re-create it.
>
> However on a shared hosting this is not possible.
>
> By initial state I mean:
>  The content of template1 database
> or
>  The database without all objects owned by role X, and that can be
>  re-created by X
>
> where X is a role with normal privileges.
>
>
> I searched on pgFoundry, without success.
>
> It should not be hard to implement, but I would like to know if
> something similar has already been implemented.
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>

Usually people use a install and a uninstall scripts. First creates
dbobjects, second removes objects.

Regards
Pavel Stehule

>
> Thanks  Manlio
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