Re: pg_dump | pg_sql: insert commands and foreign key constraints

On 2008-09-23 19:03, William Garrison wrote:
> I have several .SQL files created from pg_dump, and I find that when I
> feed them into psql that I get tons of foreign key errors because the
> INSERT statements in the dump are not in the correct order. After
> reading the docs, mailing lists, and googling, I see posts saying this
> problem was fixed back in the 7.x days.

It is not fixed and is sometimes not possible to fix for data only dumps.

> Since I did a data only dump, I think my only option is to create the
> schema, manually disable all the constraints, then restore, then
> re-enable the constraints.

Much easier:

1. Create a schema with all constraints etc.
2. Dump this empty database with pg_dump with default options to
empty_database.sql.
3. Split empty_database.sql file to 2 files - tables.sql and
constraints.sql - all constraints will be at the end of empty_database.sql
4. drop database, create empty one, import tables.sql, import your
data-only backup, import constraints.sql.

Regards
Tometzky
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