On Jan 23, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Steve Thomas wrote:

> Yup, sorry -- should have included that.
>
> Dump was done using:
>
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump \
> --verbose \
> --oids \
> --create \
> --format=c \
> --username=dspace \
> dspace > dumpfile


You might try dumping to a file explicitly ( -f dumpfile )

>
> pg_restore -C -d postgres -U dspace dumpfile
>
> but when I include "-d postgres" I get this error:

I think you want to connect to the dspace database ( -d dspace )

>
>
> pg_restore: [archiver (db)] connection to database "postgres"  
> failed: FATAL:  database "postgres" does not exist
>
> which is possibly a vital clue. Leaving out the "-d postgres"  
> option, it seems to work -- outputs lots of CREATE TABLE messages  
> etc. -- but ... results as below.
>
> Am I supposed to create a database named "postgres" after initdb?

No

>>>
>>> createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace ; createdb -U dspace -E   
>>> UNICODE dspace

I usually use UTF8, I'm not sure if UNICODE is valid or not.
>>>

-Mark



~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Systems Manager
MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology




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