On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 09:56 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 05/29/2012 02:27 AM, Alexander Reichstadt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to "simply" export my postgres database from one server and > > then import it into another. I thought I could use PhpPgAdmin, but the > > hints on the web don't seem to work. One said to simply get a dump from one > > phpPgAdmin, the go to the other server, select the database, click the SQL > > button and then select the dump file. When I do this the import fails > > because the dump file begins with a \connect statement. > > I don't really know why pg_dump includes that \connect , but it isn't > the only problem you'll hit with that approach. PgAdmin-III seems to > wrap the invoked SQL in a transaction, and the dump will try to > (re)-create the `postgres' role, which will fail and abort the transaction. >
While I know the thread isn't on pgAdmin, I still want to fix an error. pgAdmin doesn't wrap the SQL in a transaction (in the query tool, which is the only tool that allows you to run a query). -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
