I recently posted a similar message but left some key info out: I migrated my database from 7.3 to 7.4 this weekend using the pg_dumpall tool which I now realize does not capture blobs.
I now need to move only the blob data to the 7.4 database. The problem with redoing the dump with pg_dump -b is the database is now in production and writing over the top of changes to the database is not exceptable. The blob data is very static so if there was some way to copy the physical files from disk and modify some records in the system tables to properly locate the blob records that would be best. Another option I was looking at was to restore the archived database with the blobs intact and then restore the production version over the top without destroying the blob data. All suggestions welcome, I'm dying here. -- Warren Little Senior Vice President Secondary Marketing Security Lending Wholesale, LC www.securitylending.com Tel: 866-369-7763 Fax: 866-849-8082 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
