Re: [TCLUG:20610] moving PostgreSQL table

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

% pg_dump dbname | gzip > filename.dump.gz

reload it with

% createdb dbname
% gunzip -c filename.dump.gz | psql dbname

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy Wilson <wilson@visi.com>
To: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:39 PM
Subject: [TCLUG:20610] moving PostgreSQL table


> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm migrating a very simple PostgreSQL database from one machine to
another
> and I can't figure out the proper procedure. I scanned a bunch of the
docs,
> but I can't find anything that says, "Hey, idiot, here's how you move a
> database from one machine to another!"
>
> Can I simply tar up the files in the existing 'foo_db' directory and move
> them to the new machine and untar in the appropriate place?
>
> -Tim
>
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