Re: Creating a clean database

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Keith Worthington <KeithW(at)NarrowPathInc(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Creating a clean database
Date: 2005-01-04 03:47:20
Message-ID: 20050104034720.GA80886@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:13:56PM -0500, Keith Worthington wrote:

> I have finished a testing phase and I would like to create a production
> database. My thought is to use pg_dump to create a backup of the data
> dictionary, create a new database using pgadminIII or psql and then use
> something (pg_restore or psql or ?) to rebuild all of the database
> objects. I am hoping that a technique is available that will allow me
> to get all new oids and reset all sequences. Suggestions will be
> appreciated.

Have you looked at the documentation for pg_dump, in particular
the --schema-only and --data-only options? If those won't work
then please be more specific about what you're trying to do.

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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