On 06/10/2008 09:07, Alain Roger wrote: > i backup my database "sewe" using a standard process. > 1. it backups only database and not roles :-( roles are backuped separately. > 2. backup is a tar file > 3. backup command is : pg_dump -v -o -U myuser -ci -Ft -f sewe.tar sewe > > Question > how can i restore it now ? > could something like that could work on Windows XP ? > createdb sewe > gunzip -c sewe.tar | psql sewe
AAIU, the custom dump formats are less portable than the plain-text format, so you might be better off using that. In that case, you need to unzip the file first and then restore it using psql. Ray. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general