Re: Restaring a dumped database

Mohlomi Moloi wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I’ve used the following script for my dump; pg_dump -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432
> -U mohlomi -F p teleform > "teleform_Backup.dump" – and it worked fine.
>
> After my dump, I dropped the database teleform - My nightmare starts
> when I try to restore and I get error massages that the database dropped
> already exist etc...
>
> I used the script psql -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432 -U mohlomi -d teleform <
> "teleform_Backup.dump" for restoring the database.
>
> Funny enough the above scripts works at a table level!!!
>
> Any assistance will be welcomed.

If you are trying to restore over an existing database; then you should
either:
1) use -c option on pg_dump.
2) manually drop all tables, indexes and database.