Re: Restore problem

On Tuesday 28 December 2010 5:58:51 pm Bob Pawley wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Klaver
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:21 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Cc: Bob Pawley
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Restore problem
>
> On Tuesday 28 December 2010 3:06:40 pm Bob Pawley wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have restored a database using psql to windows version 8.4.
> >
> > During the restore the trigger code became jumbled.
> >
> > I now have a great number of lines that have moved so that they are now
> > included in lines the have been commented out – not to mention that the
> > code is hard to read.
>
> This is in the plain text dump file right?
>
> > Is there some way of correcting this – or re restoring the database, so
> > that I don’t have to go through the whole code line by line?
>
> With out seeing an example that is going to be difficult :)
>
> > 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 don't have a copy of what it was but here is something quite similar to
> the style I had before the dump.-
>

The restore process does not destroy the input file, it should still be
available.

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